Undergraduate degree:
B.A. (Law) Hons 1979
Post Graduate degree:
Bar Finals 1980
The Clinical Negligence work that I do encompasses all areas of mal-practice within the medical/nursing and other paramedical disciplines (see reported cases above).
This includes cerebral palsy cases, adult brain damage cases, as well as neurology, orthopaedic, ophthalmology, gynaecology, paediatric, general surgery, dentistry and General Practice cases.
I have acted and continue to act in cases involving Nervous Shock and all areas of preliminary issues, including, for example, Limitation.
I have acted in many Quantum cases, with extensive Loss of Past and Future Earnings, Pension and Care claims. I have acted in all levels of Quantum cases, some very high, with up to £4 million Damages claimed.
In Personal Injury work, I act in all types of accident and injury relating to road traffic, home, work and industrial accidents. I have acted for an Andersen employee, for example, who was the victim of a slipping accident at work where her loss of earnings as a Director was very large. Her claim was for in excess of £2 million and was settled for a substantial amount of that.
I have acted in all the fori, including The House of Lords, The Court of Appeal, The High Court, The Crown Court, The County Court and the Coroner’s Court and in the first 10 years of Call, when I also did Crime, Immigration and Employment Law, in The Industrial Tribunal, The Immigration Tribunal, The Employment Appeal Tribunal and, in the very early days, The Magistrates Courts!
Former career/other qualifications:
Qualified as a Registered Nurse at St. Thomas’ Hospital, London 1972 to 1975 (S.R.N). Thereafter, “Bank” nursing whilst studying for the Bar.
Judicial appointments and date of appointment:
1999 - Deputy District Judge
2002 - Family Health Services Appeal Authority Chair
2002 to 2005 - GMC Legal Assessor
2003 - Health Professions Council Legal Assessor
2004 - Mediator in Time Limited Small Claim & Fast Track cases, accredited to Devon & Exeter Law Society
2005 - Legal Assessor to The General Social Care Council
2005 - Legal Assessor to the General Dental Council (GDC)
2006 - Legal Assessor to the Council for Licensed Conveyancers (CLC)
2006 - Legal Assessor to The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
2006 - Mediator/Arbitrator appointed to The Sports Dispute Resolution Panel
2006 - Legal Assessor to the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy
2006 - Legal Chair to the FHSAA Pharmacy Appeals
2006 - Legal Chair to the FHSAU Pharmacy Location Appeals
2006 - Legal Assessor to the Nursing and Midwifery Council in 2006, which continues
2007 - Legal Chair to the Doctors and Dentists Appeal Panel (DDAP)
2008 - Assistant Deputy Coroner for Plymouth and South Devon
2009 to 2010 - Chair of the Investigating Committee of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
2009 - Fee Paid Tribunal Judge (Health, Education and Social Care Chamber)
2011 - Vice-Chair of Appeals Committee of The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA)
Areas of Practice:
Clinical Negligence
Personal Injury
Reported Cases:
Pereira v Keleman [1995] 1 FLR 428
Donoghue v Blundell [1985] Current Law Year Book 1986 Para 2254
Brown v Guy’s & Lewisham NHS Trust [1996] 8 Med LR 132
Skelton v Lewisham & North Southwark Health Authority & anr [1997] Lloyds Rep Med 324
D. Brown v Lewisham & North Southwark Health Authority [1997] Lloyds Rep Med 265; [1999] Lloyds Rep Med 110, C.A.
Publications:
Chapter entitled “Negligence and the Obstetric Anaesthetist” in book “Obstetric Anaesthesia”, published by Balliere Tindal 1995.
Many articles for Nursing Times, Pulse, the RCN’s Nursing Standard and other associated Journals.
Quotations from Directories:
"is excellent on on complex medical issues" - Legal 500 (2010)
"has an excellent knowledge of medicine and the law - highly recommended" - Legal 500 (2009)
Languages:
French
Luxembourgish
Hobbies:
Writing
Walking
Sailing
