Chantelle specialises in a wide range of medical negligence claims.

She also assists David Thomas, director and head of our London office, on complex and high value cases, with a special interest in birth injury claims.

Chantelle holds a LLM Masters in Professional Legal Practice and is a member of the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers.

APPROACH

Chantelle is affable and approachable, and this assists her in building strong client relationships. She is conscientious and dedicated to achieving the best outcomes for her clients.

EXPERIENCE

Notable cases that Chantelle has assisted on:

• DXP v Lewisham & Greenwich NHS Trust – Record breaking interim payments in birth injury cerebral palsy case of utmost severity. Claimant awarded final damages of £10 million.
• AXM v Homerton University Hospitals NHS Trust – Child awarded £12 million damages for severe brain injury due to avoidable hypoglycaemia shortly after his birth
• DDD v Imperial Healthcare NHS Trust – £6.2 million award for hypoxic brain injury sustained following girls birth due to negligent management of her condition in neonatal unit.
• Freeman v Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust (2021) EWHC 3378 (QB) – Claimant succeeds in highly contested trial at the High Court and is awarded £500,000.00 for the injury and death of her child.
• Robert’s v SSAFA & Ministry of Defence (2020) EWHC 994 (QB) – Claimant won the right to have his birth injury case heard in the High Court of England & Wales – Mrs Justice Foster ruled that the case was not statute barred under German law.
• GHJ v West Middlesex University Hospital - High Court approves £21.6m payout for child who suffered brain injury at birth.
• EW v Bassetlaw District General Hospital - Family wins justice over negligent care leading to daughter’s brain injury.