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We have an experienced team of lawyers who advise in respect of matters relating to Healthcare, Social Care and Life Sciences. CMS’ specialist team handles claims of all sizes and undertakes work in a number of areas including:

  • Coverage
  • Medical Malpractice
  • Coroner’s Inquests
  • Regulatory and Professional Discipline
  • Life Sciences, including claims arising from clinical trials, medical devices, product liability, pharmaceuticals.
  • Criminal Investigations
  • Data Breaches
  • Contractual indemnity arrangements
  • Digital Health and AI 
  • Dentists and Aesthetics
  • Elite Sport
  • Care homes

Our expertise has been gained over many years of instructions from Medical Defence Organisations, insurers on behalf of their insureds, and direct instructions from large organisations and individual professionals. Our teams are based in London, Bristol, Sheffield and Edinburgh. CMS provides access to our specialist lawyers in the UK and in other jurisdictions so that we can draw as needed on expert advice – from litigation lawyers in France to regulatory lawyers in Germany.

Dispute resolution: We help our clients avoid litigation and provide expert advice to resolve disputes where possible. Our advice is clear, commercial and conscious of reputational risk. We will vigorously defend unmeritorious claims.

Risk management: Having dealt with incidents arising in healthcare, social care and life sciences settings for many years, we understand the importance of risk management to both our provider clients and their insurers. Learning from incidents is key to mitigating risks and minimising exposure, so we work closely with our clients on a number of initiatives to help them to achieve this. 

Costs: As legal costs are increasingly a significant factor in all dispute resolution, the team now has a dedicated costs unit to further enhance our service to clients across CMS, minimising costs spend, maximising costs recovery and providing strategic costs advice.

Full Service: As a full-service firm, we work closely with colleagues in areas such as CQC regulation and data protection to provide comprehensive advice focused on achieving the best outcome.

For more information and detailed credentials, contact the Partner team, details above.


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