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Clementine Coram James
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Position
Clementine’s main areas of practice are personal injury, clinical negligence and professional discipline. She also acts in commercial matters, often involving property disputes.
She has particular expertise in the regulation of medical professionals and members of the financial services industry after secondments at the Nursing and Midwifery Council and the Financial Conduct Authority. In addition, Clementine has experience of public inquiries having been instructed as a junior for the Metropolitan Police service on the Undercover Policing Inquiry and in the Grenfell Tower Inquiry.
Clementine regularly appears in the County Court, High Court and the Coroners’ Court. Her cases include fast track and multi track trials and contested applications where she appears for claimants and defendants alike. Her medical practice spans the full clinical spectrum with recent instructions including obstetrics, oncology, orthopaedic, dental and general surgery, acute medicine and general practice. She is recognised as a leading junior in the clinical negligence field by Legal 500, 2021.
Career
Year of call: 2012
Memberships
Clementine is a member of PIBA, AvMA, APIL, YFLA and the London Young Lawyers’ Group
Education
BPTC: Outstanding, Kaplan Law School
GDL: Commendation, City Law School
English Literature: BA(Hons), Bristol University
Scholarships and prizes
Advocacy prize for best overall performance, Kaplan Law School
Law prize, Kaplan Law School
BPTC Award, Inner Temple
BPTC Exhibition and Duke of Edinburgh Scholarship, Inner Temple