Field Fisher Waterhouse LLP announces the appointment of a
leading medical negligence team who will join the firm on 1st May.
Partners, Richard Vallance and Edwina Rawson; solicitors, Dr Chista
Kermani and Claire Howeson; and barrister Jonathan Zimmern, join
from Charles Russell.
Richard, Edwina and their team have a leading
reputation in the industry and will see the firm’s Personal Injury
& Medical Negligence practice grow to eight partners and six
other fee earners, significantly boosting its medical negligence
capability.
Richard Vallance has over 30 years’ experience
in medical negligence work and is acknowledged as “one of the best
clinical negligence solicitors in the business” by Legal 500.
He advises on a wide range of high-value medical negligence claims
and is an Assessor on the Law Society Clinical Negligence
Specialist Panel. He is a member of Action for Victims of
Medical Accidents (AvMA) and former chair of the Forum of Complex
Injury Solicitors.
Edwina advises on a wide range of medical
negligence claims including those involving surgery, birth injury
and fatal accidents. She was heavily involved with the vCJD
(Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease) compensation scheme and has
advised on high profile cases relating to cosmetic surgery and
superbugs. She has campaigned for improvements in pre-natal
testing and better protection for cosmetic surgery patients. She is
a Special Adviser to AvMA as well as a member of the Clinical
Negligence Law Society Panel.
Dr Chista Kermani is a qualified doctor and
worked in surgery for a number of years before becoming a solicitor
and joining Charles Russell. Jonathan Zimmern is a qualified
barrister and, as well as advising on a range of medical negligence
claims, represents clients at Coroners’ Inquests.
The new team will build on Field Fisher
Waterhouse’s existing medical negligence
practice led by partner, Paul
McNeil. It is virtually unique as a City based medical
negligence practice which focuses on high value, complex claims
with cases covering antenatal care,
obstetric care, paediatric care, ophthalmology, surgery and clinical trials.
Paul McNeil said:
“Richard, Edwina and the team have an excellent reputation in the
medical negligence field and we have known
them for many years. Their practice complements our strengths and
our focus on high value, complex cases and our combined resources
give us unparalleled depth and expertise in the field.”