Stuart Keyden

Partner

Bristol

Stuart Keyden focuses primarily on public sector clinical negligence claims on behalf of the NHS.

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About Stuart

Bio
  • Biography

    Stuart specialises in clinical negligence, including claims arising from incidents abroad involving complex issues of jurisdiction and choice of law.

    He has over 10 years’ experience advising clients in the health and social care sector. His key clients include NHS Resolution, various NHS Trusts and the leading medical defence organisation in the UK.

    Stuart focuses primarily on public sector clinical negligence claims on behalf of the NHS, including complex and high value birth injury, spinal and fatal claims. He also acts on behalf of private practitioners for the leading medical defence organisation in the UK as well as a number of insurers on a wide variety of clinical negligence claims across all areas of medical and dental practice.

    Relevant experience includes:

    • Acting for the Defendants in Pomphrey v. Secretary of State for Health and North Bristol NHS Trust [2019] 4 WLUK 483, which addressed important issues of causation and scope of duty.
    • Acting for the NHS in a complex birth injury case that was resolved for more than £20 million.
    • Acting for a privately insured surgeon in a claim brought by a professional footballer.
    • Managing a number of claims brought against GPs, predominantly relating to alleged delays in diagnosing cancer.

    Stuart has been published in the Journal of Personal Injury Law.

Sector Expertise
  • Independent Health

  • NHS

Service Expertise

Office Location

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Bristol

  • DAC Beachcroft LLP
  • Portwall Place, Portwall Lane
  • Bristol, BS1 6NA

+44 (0) 117 918 2000

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Health and Social Care

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NHS Resolution publish thematic review of the first year of the Clinical Negligence Scheme for General Practice (CNSGP)

Insurance

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Dashed dreams and loss of earnings for sportspersons in med-mal claims

Health and Social Care

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CRU repayments found to be non-compliant with Insurers’ property rights under European Convention on Human Rights

Health and Social Care

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Recoverability of inquest costs – what constitutes an ‘admission’?

Health and Social Care

3 Min Read

Guidelines, not tramlines! The interplay between NICE Guidelines and clinical judgement

Health and Social Care

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No room for error: service of the Claim Form by Litigants in Person

Health and Social Care

8 min read

The erosion of patient confidentiality?

Health and Social Care

5 min read

The long goodbye to Bolam: Consent in clinical negligence claims