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Richard Earle has a wide and varied practice covering medical negligence and personal injury ranging from cases of maximum severity, such as cerebral palsy, obstetric negligence to oncology, ophthalmic, general and plastic surgery as well as claims against GPs. Richard is a member of both the AvMA (Association against Medical Accidents) and the Law Society's Clinical Negligence Panels; and a Senior Litigator of the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL).

In The Legal 500 (2009) "Richard Earle is singled out for his ‘smooth and thorough’ approach".

Examples of Richard's work include:

settling two claims for brain injured children, both for £1 million lump sum damages plus periodical payments. The first case was for a boy who suffered damage after contracting the herpes virus at the age of six (overall value £3.85 million). The other case for a boy who suffered brain damage prior to and during his delivery, leaving him with dyskinetic and athetoid cerebral palsy (overall value £2.25 million).
settling an ophthalmic case following injury caused by diabetic retinopathy for £300,000
settling a personal injury claim for £250,000 after a man died as a result of another person’s driving negligence
settling a medical negligence claim for £220,000 after a man was misdiagnosed as suffering from colitis instead of bowel cancer from which he died as a result
settling a medical negligence claim for £130,000 where a man admitted to an A&E ward died following failure to act on the fact that his airway was partially obstructed
settling a claim for £125,000 damages where a patient was diagnosed incorrectly and underwent unnecessary surgery, leaving her with recurrent aches and pains as well as emotional distress.