Clinical negligence: claimant
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Slater and Gordon
Yvonne is a Principal Lawyer in our Cardiff office. She has over 25 years' experience dealing with complex and high value clinical negligence cases. She has extensive experience in all types of clinical negligence cases, particularly in relation to high value and complex birth injury, brain and spinal/vascular injury claims.Yvonne is frequently mentioned in legal directories and praised for her ability to achieve high awards of damages in maximum severity cases. She has been involved achieving some of the highest value settlements in the UK, including a recent award worth £19 million.Yvonne's expertise was recognised when she was asked to form part of the working party appointed by the Welsh Assembly Government to advise on the implementation of the Redress Act in Wales.
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Geldards LLP
Rachel is an experienced Senior Associate who specialises exclusively in medical negligence work. She represents claimants and their families who have suffered as a result of negligent care, pursuing both private and NHS medical practices. Rachel has a varied caseload which includes claims relating to obstetric/gynaecological negligence, delayed/misdiagnosis of cancer, fatal claims, surgical errors and claims involving children. She has a particular interest in orthopaedic injuries including avoidable amputations.
Rachel is an approachable, compassionate and pro-active lawyer who believes in always putting the interests of her clients first.
Prior to specialising in medical negligence cases, Rachel handled complex, high-value personal injury claims, having trained at a niche clinical negligence and personal injury firm. She has considerable experience in dealing with clients who have suffered serious life-changing injuries and acting on behalf of bereaved families. Rachel sensitively guides her clients through the medical negligence process and treats all cases equally irrespective of value. Rachel is recognised in the Legal 500 as a key lawyer in her field.
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Slater and Gordon
Senior associate, Kelly Lloyd-Davies is Team Leader of the complex clinical negligence team in Wales. Based in the Cardiff office, Kelly is an experienced and accomplished clinical negligence solicitor who ably heads the team dealing with a wide range of complex clinical negligence cases whilst running her very own extensive case load of complex and catastrophic claims.
A senior and respected manager and lawyer, Kelly was part of the Slater and Gordon national team who devised and implemented the business litigation strategy for the management of complex cases across the organisation.
Commercially aware, Kelly is a skilled and very proactive litigator. With nearly two decades of experience, she has gained a vast amount of expertise in advising clients on birth injury claims, delayed or missed diagnosis claims, negligent surgery and treatment claims. Renowned across the sector for her professionalism, knowledge of the law, and empathy, Kelly’s clients include adults, adults with a disability, children, and bereaved families.
Working closely with numerous charities and organisations, Kelly is an accredited APIL member and has an excellent understanding of current legislation and case law.