Clinical negligence, personal injury.

Alison is a partner in the PI and clinical negligence team, which handles a range of personal injury and clinical negligence cases. She has over 30 years’ experience in the field, with particular expertise in clinical negligence cases involving obstetric negligence. She has handled many cases on behalf of children with cerebral palsy as a result of ante-/peri-/post-natal events, running the cases to trial, if necessary, to achieve the best outcome for her clients, eg Zhang v Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Massey v Tameside & Glossop Acute Services NHS Trust. She also acts on behalf of adults who have sustained brain damage as a result of meningitis or hypoxia, eg Napoli v Bromley Hospitals NHS Trust, and those who have suffered significant spinal cord injuries.

Jesus College, Oxford (1989 BA Hons Experimental Psychology; 2014 MA Oxon); Nottingham Law School (1990 CPE; 1991 LSF).