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Ms Rebecca Thomas
Work Department
Clinical Negligence and Personal Injury
Position
Rebecca is a director of clinical negligence and personal injury at Duncan Lewis Solicitors, she has over 20 years’ experience acting in this area of law. She is responsible for risk assessing all of the clinical negligence and personal injury claims handled by the firm.
Rebecca specialises in dealing with severe and complex clinical negligence and personal injury cases including, but not limited to; claims involving birth injuries, brain injuries, surgical injuries and orthopaedic injuries resulting from delay, misdiagnosis or negligent spinal or gastrointestinal surgery. She also has extensive experience in representing clients in ophthalmic cases including retinal detachment and laser surgery claims.
Rebecca also has extensive experience as a licensing specialist. She has represented a variety of clients including restaurateurs, club owners, publicans and festival organisers. Rebecca applied for and obtained one of the first 24 hour licences for premises inside the O2 Arena as well as a new Premises Licence for a festival on the Isle of Wight.
Career
Rebecca joined Duncan Lewis in May 2016 as a partner-level director in clinical negligence. Prior to joining Duncan Lewis Solicitors, Rebecca was head of clinical negligence, personal injury and licensing at a leading legal 500 firm in the West End.
Memberships
Rebecca is a member of the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL).
Education
Rebecca took her postgraduate solicitors final examination at the College of Law and obtained her LLB (Hons) from the University of Westminster.
Lawyer Rankings
South East > Insurance > Personal injury: claimant
Duncan Lewis Solicitors is known for its ‘hardworking, client focused‘ and diverse team, attracting praise for its ‘collaborative attitude‘, which means that ‘working with the team is a dream‘. The key names are Rebecca Thomas, who handles both personal injury and clinical negligence cases, and Renu Daly, who focuses on clinical negligence while also having expertise in the area of abuse. Daly – who was previously head of legal services for a multi-site acute NHS Hospital Trust – ‘brings a real energy and buzz to every case’; other well-regarded members of the team, which operates from offices in Harrow and London, include the ‘kind, considerate and extremely hardworking’ Ifrah Ahmed.
South East > Insurance > Clinical negligence: claimant
Duncan Lewis Solicitors is known for its ‘hardworking, client focused‘ and diverse team, attracting praise for its ‘collaborative attitude‘, which means that ‘working with the team is a dream‘. The key names are Rebecca Thomas, who handles both personal injury and clinical negligence cases, and Renu Daly, who focuses on clinical negligence while also having expertise in the area of abuse. Daly – who was previously head of legal services for a multi-site acute NHS Hospital Trust – ‘brings a real energy and buzz to every case’; other well-regarded members of the team, which operates from offices in Harrow and London, include the ‘kind, considerate and extremely hardworking’ Ifrah Ahmed.
Lawyer Rankings
- Clinical negligence: claimant South East > Insurance
- Personal injury: claimant South East > Insurance
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Private client > Family: Beds, Bucks, Herts, Middx
- Employment > Immigration
- Real estate > Social housing
Firm Rankings
- Insurance > Clinical negligence: claimant
- Insurance > Personal injury: claimant
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Beds, Bucks, Herts, Middx
- Dispute resolution > Debt recovery
- Crime, fraud and licensing > General crime and fraud
- Insurance > Professional negligence
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate