Armstrong Foulkes LLP is a boutique firm based in Middlesbrough exclusively focusing on claimant clinical negligence. Jointly led by the firm’s four key partners, the team supports claimants in a wide variety of claims including surgical and birth complications, medical misdiagnosis, incorrect prescriptions or breaches of duty in care homes. While Ashleigh Holt manages a substantial case load of challenging and high value cases, Joanne Davies was appointed to the AvMA Specialist Clinical Negligence Panel in 2023. Kathryn Watson has a solid post-issue caseload including high value complex medical negligence cases, often in a High Court setting. Drawing on deep experience, Hilton Armstrong consults on all matters.
Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
- ‘Armstrong Foulkes punches well above its weight. It may be a small team, but the quality of their work is well above the average. There is far more meaningful engagement and strategy input from this firm than most would give.’
- ‘Kathryn Watson is the consummate professional. She has worked tirelessly on our case and shows care and compassion to all our needs. Her communication with us has been timely and highly effective. She has helped guide and support us through a very difficult time. We have been much impressed by Kathryn’s expertise and the transparency she has shown throughout the process’.
Work highlights
- Representing a lady left with significant cognitive deficits following delayed diagnosis of meningo-encephalitis.
- Representing a private client in high-value issued clinical negligence claim for £1.5m, for delayed diagnosis of subarachnoid haemorrhage, complicated by allegations of contributory negligence made by the Defendant.