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Healthcare Law
Specialists in the Defence of Healthcare Professionals
The healthcare team at Gordons Partnership provides specialist legal support to healthcare professionals and organisations across a wide range of regulatory, claims and compliance matters.
Our team acts exclusively in the defence of healthcare professionals and care providers. The team operates with a defendant-only focus and does not accept instructions from regulators, commissioners, claimants or complainants. This ensures our advice remains conflict-free and aligned with the needs of insurers, healthcare providers and their professionals.
Healthcare - The Claims Team
The claims team at Gordons Partnership is Ranked Tier 1 in the Legal 500 for defendant clinical negligence and is nationally recognised for its technical excellence and extensive sector knowledge.
Maintaining a defendant-only focus ensures that advice is conflict-free and aligned with the needs of insurers, healthcare providers and the professionals they support.
Clients benefit from proactive communication, early strategic advice and comprehensive support throughout the life of a claim.
The team’s innovative structure allows it to offer preferential rates, volume discounts and loyalty bonuses, making it one of the most competitive clinical negligence teams in the market.
Acting in the defence of doctors, dentists, pharmacists and other healthcare professionals, the team has extensive experience handling every type of healthcare-related claim, including:
- High-value and complex claims (routinely valued in excess of £10 million)
- Catastrophic injury
- Delayed diagnosis
- Birth injuries
- Spinal injuries and Cauda Equina Syndrome
- Dental negligence
- Ophthalmology
- Fatal accident
- Multi-party claims
Why People Choose Gordons Partnership
Clients trust Gordons because we do more than provide legal answers, we give clarity in uncertainty and confidence in moments of doubt. These values guide everything we do.
People-first
We treat every client with respect and empathy.
Clarity always
We explain things simply, so you know where you stand.
Confidence through expertise
Our experienced team gives advice you can rely on.
Integrity in action
We do what we say, and we are transparent about costs and process.
What Clients Say
We are listed in the Legal 500 as follows:
Clinical negligence: defendant Clinical negligence: defendant – ranked: Tier 1
“Gordons has established an excellent reputation in the areas of clinical negligence, healthcare advisory and regulatory work. Their exceptional team of Defence lawyers still manages to provide a personal service while also handling quality work for healthcare practitioners.”
“Iain Pickering is very robust with an uncanny ability to win all his cases. Alison Harden is calm, measured and sensible with excellent judgment. Shelley Boyd is a rising star who knows how to take points very effectively.”
“This niche department features prominently on our list to highly commend, for regulatory and claims.”
“Molly Page is praised for her ‘thoughtful, clever and excellent judgment’ in representing clients in catastrophic injury and vicarious liability claims.”
Our Clinical Negligence Defence Team
We offer a free initial telephone consultation to all prospective clients. If you require advice on healthcare claims, regulatory matters or professional investigations, please do not hesitate to contact our healthcare team.
Speak to Our Clinical Negligence Defence Team
If you need advice on regulation, compliance, contracts, or any other matter affecting your health or social care services, our team is here to help. You will not be passed around or left in the dark, you will deal directly with lawyers who listen, explain, and act in your best interests.
Gordons Partnership, clarity and confidence in legal advice, from people you can trust.
Email Alison Harden, Iain Pickering, Shelley Boyd, Molly Page, Carla Applegate, Emma Stockill, Tom James, William Johnson, Yazmine Butler-Hewitt, or Teya Jones to arrange a confidential conversation.
