Browne Jacobson LLP

Health Advisory and Litigation

Kelly is a Partner in the Nottingham NHS Resolution team and has been actively involved in a number of the leading cases included within our submission, in particular [non-publishable matter 1]. Kelly has extensive experience of acting in high value and/or complex clinical negligence claims for NHS bodies including NHS Resolution, NHS Trusts and NHS England along with GPs and privately insured doctors.

Kelly has a wealth of understanding of the legal landscape regarding informed consent following her involvement in the leading Court of Appeal case of Shaw v Kovac. She has worked with NHS Trusts and clinicians to provide an insight into this important and developing area of law and medical ethics. See for example our video blog on consent. https://www.brownejacobson.com/health/training-and-resources/training-videos/2018/11/consent-for-clinicians

She is one of the team’s mediation champions and has considerable experience of mediating the most complex and sensitive cases. This includes successful resolution of a group action involving multiple patients, a very high value claim where a GP had suffered significant physical harm during childbirth and a teenage suicide case which was covered by BBC’s Panorama programme.

Ranked as a ‘Rising Star’ in the Legal 500, Kelly is a partner in our health and litigation department and is our ‘Mediation Champion’.

Kelly has extensive experience of working at the forefront of society’s biggest issues defending high value and/or complex clinical negligence claims for NHS bodies including NHS Resolution, NHS Trusts and NHS England along with GPs, privately insured doctors, and other major government departments.

Within the firm’s specialist obstetric division, Kelly supports Trusts with investigations into devastating birth injury cases including NHS Resolution’s Early Notification Scheme cases (an innovative programme for improving safety in maternity care).

Kelly has worked closely with NHS Resolution on its response to the Ministry of Justice’s Call for Evidence on Dispute Resolution and has provided support and guidance to Trusts and clinicians. Capturing data about the drivers of engagement and resolution, Kelly has also collaborated with mediation providers on how the future of mediation can be improved.

Kelly has a wealth of understanding of the legal landscape regarding informed consent following her involvement in the leading Court of Appeal case of Shaw v Kovac. Working with a variety of NHS Trusts and clinical groups, Kelly has provided an insight into this important and developing area of law and medical ethics. Consent for clinicians

Senior Associate at Nabarro LLP, Sheffield Sills & Betteridge

BA (Qualifying) Law & Criminology Legal Practice Course Solicitor – admitted August 2006