Our recognised team of dedicated healthcare lawyers are Chambers tier one status and handle a wide range of clinical negligence and health law matters. Split between Cambridge and London, our clients praise the high level of integration between the two offices.
Kennedys is one of only 10 firms nationwide appointed onto the NHS Litigation Authority clinical negligence panel, acting on behalf of over 60 trusts and primary care trusts in East Anglia and London. We also act for the largest medical defence organisation, the Medical Protection Society and medical malpractice insurers, in particular one of the largest medical malpractice insurers - The Medical Professional Liability Company.
Our team is unrivalled, acting on behalf of the entire defendant healthcare sector which gives us a truly unique understanding of clinical negligence from every perspective – whether a doctor or midwife in the NHS, a consultant acting in their private capacity, a GP, a dentist or a nurse employed by a private hospital.
Our areas of advice include:
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Advising on liability and quantum in complex and high value claims
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Costs
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Data protection
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Freedom of Information Act
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Group/class actions
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Local authority care issues
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Periodical payments expertise
Kennedys’ commitment to innovation and quality has placed us at the cutting edge of clinical negligence litigation. We are instructed on matters of fundamental and strategic importance – such as the potential reduction to the discount rate by the Lord Chancellor.
Download our Periodical Payments Guide (PDF, 415KB).
Work highlights
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Advising the NHS Litigation Authority on indexation, state funding and double recovery. Representing the Defendant in the leading Court of Appeal cases on these issues - Crofton v NHSLA [2007] and RH v United Bristol Healthcare NHS Trust [2008].
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Advising the NHS Litigation Authority on any potential reduction to the discount rate by the Lord Chancellor. This includes drafting of adjournment provisions to be contained in periodical payment orders and providing a mechanism to calculate any differential in a claimant’s damages should the discount rate be reduced.
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Continuing focus on claimants’ costs and successfully challenging claimants’ costs at detailed assessment over the past 12 months – including on appeal to the High Court.