Hempsons

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Hempsons, a national law firm with offices in London, Manchester, Harrogate, Newcastle and Southampton. specialises in health and social care law, crime and charity law.

The firm, which is well known in the field of defendant clinical negligence, advises NHS Resolution, NHS trusts, medical defence organisations and individuals.

In the NHS alone, its clients include more than 120 organisations, trusts and foundation trusts, commissioning bodies and NHS England’s area teams. The firm also acts for private healthcare providers and hundreds of GPs, dentists and other healthcare professionals and practitioners.

The firm is acting for Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust concerning the inquest into the death in 2018 of 22-month-old Ella-Rose Clover from injuries inflicted by Michael Wild, her godmother’s boyfriend. Wild was convicted of her murder in 2019.