Healthcare

Assistant Solicitor

Carla Applegate is an experienced clinical negligence solicitor at Gordons Partnership. Carla acts mainly on behalf of doctors for a leading medical defence organisation in complex claims typically involving catastrophic injury.

Carla trained and qualified at Stewarts into clinical negligence in 2009, specialising in brain and spinal cord injury, becoming an Associate in 2014.  She brings a wealth of experience in high value clinical negligence claims. Having litigated on behalf of Claimants for over 10 years, Carla joined Gordons in September 2019.

She currently acts in a range of medical defence matters including a number of stroke cases, cauda equina claims, and oncology and kidney injury claims. Her previous experience also included acquired brain injury, orthopaedic injury and fatal claims.

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University of Kent, Law LLB (Hons), 2003