Despina Kavadas
Partner
Despina is an experienced medical negligence solicitor
Despina is a partner who specialises in clinical negligence. She joined Leigh Day as a trainee in 2000, qualifying in 2002 and has been practising in the specialist field of clinical negligence ever since.
Despina acts for clients bringing compensation claims because of negligent medical treatment. Her clients include women whose babies have brain damage because their births were mismanaged, or who were injured themselves during the labour and delivery; people who have been injured during surgery; families of people who have died as a result of negligent medical treatment and claims for delays in diagnosis of cancer.
What the directories say
Despina Kavdas is a standout for me. She’s encouraging without being pushy. She tests the case thoroughly and works very hard to make sure all the arguments are covered.
Legal 500 2024
Legal expertise
Cases where Despina has obtained successful settlements for her clients include:
- Obtaining compensation for a young woman who sustained perineal damage during the course of the delivery of her first daughter and consequently suffered physical and psychological injuries and financial loss.
- A claim for the two children of a mother whose GP failed to refer her for respiratory problems resulting in her death.
- Obtaining compensation for a woman who underwent negligent hip surgery.
- A claim brought by the parents and on behalf of the estate of a baby girl who died shortly after her birth from the injuries sustained during the course of her delivery.
- Acting for a woman who sustained a diathermy burn during the course of the delivery of her baby and suffered psychological injury.
- Obtaining compensation for a mother following failures in care that led to the stillbirth of her daughter.
- Settling a wrongful birth claim.
- Settling liability in an obstetric brain injury case with quantum to be assessed.
Accreditations
Leigh Day lawyer to speak at Make Birth Better’s 10-year anniversary Birth Trauma Summit
Leigh Day lawyer Despina Kavadas will be a keynote speaker at Make Birth Better’s 10-year anniversary Birth Trauma Summit
Two NHS trusts’ different approaches to similar clinical negligence claims
Despina Kavadas compares the personal and economic impact of two NHS trusts’ different approaches to handling clinical negligence claims.
More than £21 million secured for child who suffered cerebral palsy birth injury
A settlement of over £21 million has been secured from a NHS Health Trust for a child who sustained a serious brain injury at birth at due to negligent treatment by medical professionals.