Clinical Risk and Medical Malpractice
We understand the challenges that arise in the healthcare sector when patient expectations are not met, and we also recognise that cost pressures in the sector and on medical malpractice indemnifiers have never been so acute. As the provision of healthcare fragments away from its traditional delivery models, more and more claims activity will affect commercial entities, private clinics, hospitals, general healthcare providers – and their insurers.
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Our extensive team of medical malpractice specialists are leading legal advisers in the health and social care sector, serving NHS Resolution, private healthcare providers, insurers and other indemnifiers including the UK's largest medical defence organisation.
We deal with all claims, from those with multi-million pound potential liabilities to the smallest, which are often the most complicated.
Our medical malpractice solicitors operate internationally, providing clients with unrivalled expertise through our network of offices throughout Europe, Latin America, and partner firms in all key jurisdictions.
Technology, experience, and expertise are combined to ensure you receive the best service for dealing with, and where possible avoiding, clinical negligence claims of all types and all values. No matter how complicated, repercussive, or potentially expensive a claim is, your work is safe with us.
Featured experience
- Acting for a German hospital and its insurer faced with a multi-million pound complex cross-border claim. The claim was successfully defended at the UK Supreme Court.
- Advising NHS England in relation to the highly significant COVID-19 Inquiry, which examines the UK’s response to the pandemic
- Acting for all NHS Trusts in England in respect of compensation claims arising from the use of synthetic mesh in the treatment of incontinence and prolapse
- Managing the defence of a claim relating to Pre-implantation Genetic Diagnosis, involving scientific complexities which challenge current legislative boundaries
- Acting for a UK hospital group and US insurer in a hypoxic brain injury case involving multi-jurisdictional issues with a value in excess of £20million
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Health and Social Care Regulatory
Our health and social care regulatory specialists will provide you with practical, strategic advice designed to help you resolve complex issues in this highly regulated sector.
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Inquests
Our experienced healthcare regulatory lawyers represent NHS and independent providers in inquest proceedings.
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Governance and Compliance in Healthcare
Working within our leading health and social care team, our governance experts specialise in helping health and social care organisations implement effective governance practices.
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Advocacy
Our in-house barristers chambers delivers quality in-house advocacy and advisory services.
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Public Inquiries and Investigations
Our experienced team has been involved in almost every high-profile inquiry in recent years.
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”Having experienced the claims handling process from a variety of law firms over the years I would say that DAC Beachcroft are by far the best. They are excellent at providing timely well-structured reports to us as defendants – setting out key points and recommendations in a way that makes interpretation of the reports easy. They are also very good at picking up the phone to keep me as the client updated.
Legal 500, Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence: Defendant, North, 2023
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”An excellent firm providing a first class service for defendants.
Legal 500, Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence: Defendant, South-West, 2023
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DAC Beachcroft is one of the best in this field. A team with fantastic depth, they consistently produce good results at competitive rates. They’re excellent at keeping us appraised of key legal decisions and produce helpful articles summarising the potential long term effects those decisions have on the medical world. Simon Perkins, leading from the front, is superb at putting webinars on for our members on a diverse range of interesting topics.
Legal 500, Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence: Defendant, South-West, 2023
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”Very strong team from top to bottom with years of experience and considerable knowledge of the complex market. This team interacts well with the national clinical negligence group within the firm increasing its skills.
Legal 500, Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence: Defendant, South-East, 2023
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Leaders with great judgement who train and oversee a team who reflect their attention to detail. Never flustered and always well-prepared and fastidious.
Legal 500, Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence: Defendant, South-East, 2023
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An excellent firm providing a first class service for defendants.
Legal 500, Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence: Defendant, South-East, 2023
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¿Por qué elegir DAC Beachcroft?
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salud e inmobiliario. Combinamos excelentes conocimientos jurídicos y experiencia de vanguardia para diseñar soluciones en
que se adapten a las necesidades de nuestros clientes, a menudo con un uso inteligente de la tecnología.
Seguros
DAC Beachcroft es reconocido como un asesor preeminente en el mercado de seguros, y ponemos un fuerte énfasis en las relaciones a largo plazo que construimos con usted para que realmente podamos agregar valor a su negocio.
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Sanidad y asistencia social
DAC Beachcroft está considerado líder del mercado en la prestación de asesoramiento jurídico corporativo, comercial y normativo a proveedores de servicios sanitarios.
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Inmobiliario
Con 170 abogados, somos uno de los mayores equipos jurídicos inmobiliarios del Reino Unido. Nuestra amplia red nos proporciona conocimientos y acceso a nivel nacional, regional y local.
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Servicios financieros
Asesoramos regularmente a diseñadores y fabricantes de productos, organismos comerciales y minoristas, distribuidores e inversores de capital riesgo que desean invertir en el sector de los servicios financieros.
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Tecnología
Como asesores de confianza desde hace muchos años en el sector tecnológico, ofrecemos soluciones pragmáticas e innovadoras que le permiten tomar decisiones informadas sobre la mejor manera de maximizar su éxito.
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Especialidades industriales
Combinamos nuestro profundo conocimiento del sector con una astuta conciencia comercial y un alcance mundial.
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