Leigh Day is a leading firm of medical negligence law specialists, ranked by legal directories as national leaders in this field of personal injury work. We act for patients who bring clinical negligence compensation claims because of sub-standard medical care and hospital accidents. We realise that experience in medicine, nursing and science is important to our work and our medical accidents and clinical negligence compensation team consists of lawyers and other staff with these backgrounds, such as doctors, midwives and nurses.
Our solicitors have experience in most areas of medicine and medical negligence claims but specialise in severe or catastrophic medical injuries claims as a result of medical accidents, negligent medical treatment, GP error or clinical mistakes, inappropriate treatment, hospital negligence or missed diagnosis. These include catastrophic injuries such as brain and spinal injuries, amputation and cauda equina syndrome claims and claims relating to the missed or delayed diagnosis of cancers, infectious diseases and cases of food poisoning. Our team of specialist medical negligence and medical accident solicitors are also expert at handling birth injury claims. Our expert clinical negligence solicitors have successfully secured compensation totalling many millions of pounds for their clients.
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Clinical negligence lawyers recognise failings in care for diabetic patients
Clinical negligence solicitor Kirsten Wall settles cancer claim for client
Emmalene Bushnell secures compensation for parents whose 5-month old baby died at Barnet Hospital
Maria Panteli has secured compensation for a woman who did not realise she was pregnant
Ruby was catastrophically brain-injured when she was born
Family of dead man receive damages after negligence by medical staff
Update on the withdrawal of legal aid in clinical negligence cases
Delay in appropriate treatment for infection in shoulder joint, inappropriate antibiotic treatment resulted in infection to the spine causing permanent damage to the spine
Alison Millar has secured compensation of over £1m for her client
A significant six-figure sum has been paid to our client after a hospital procedure went wrong.
Clinical negligence partner Anne Winyard settles two important brain injury cases for her clients, and secures anonymity orders
John Baker was let down by A&E who failed to carry out a CT after he fell down stairs
Brain injured child receives extensive compensation after birth blunders
Ruth Picardie died 14 years ago when her cancer was misdiagnosed by a negligent surgeon
Leigh Day client’s sarcoma cancer was misdiagnosed and mistreated leading to loss of arm
A coroner has delivered his verdict following the death of Martina Jones who died after stay in nursing home