CLINICAL NEGLIGENCE

Cloisters Chambers is recognised as a leading set for claimant clinical negligence work, with a team comprising highly respected silks and an exceptional depth of talented junior counsel across all levels of seniority. Members are instructed in some of the most complex and high-value medical negligence litigation in the country, including catastrophic neurological injuries, cerebral palsy claims, delayed diagnosis cases, spinal injury litigation and fatal claims. The leading legal directories consistently recognise the strength and depth of the team, as well as Chambers’ collaborative culture, attention to detail, innovative approach to quantum and the quality of its clerking support.

Cloisters has long been at the forefront of developments in clinical negligence law, acting in many of the landmark authorities which have shaped the field. These include A v Powys Local Health Board (£10.7 million), at the time the highest clinical negligence award ever made at trial and the first to exceed the £10 million threshold; Masterman-Lister v Brutton & Co, the leading Court of Appeal authority on capacity; Iqbal v Whipps Cross University NHS Trust concerning compensation for the “lost years” and the doctrine of precedent; Crofton v NHSLA regarding the impact of local authority payments on care claims; and Lucas v Barking, Havering & Redbridge Hospitals NHS Trust on disclosure of draft witness statements and expert reports.

Today, the team continues to be instructed in ground-breaking and high-profile litigation involving complex liability and quantum disputes, regularly securing substantial settlements and awards for injured claimants and their families. In the last year alone, members of the clinical negligence team recovered in excess of £150 million on behalf of claimants.