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Hitchcock QC, Patricia Year of call: 1988 Appointed silk: 2011
Clerk: Glenn Hudson, Cloisters, London

Professional Associations: PIBA, APIL, AVMA, MIND, INQUEST, CMC
Overseas: Cyprus
Claimant work only
SCI clinical negligence cases: 5 SCI personal injury cases: 1
Published work: includes Lewis & Buchan: Clinical Negligence – Chapter 20: Experts
(Bloomsbury Professional 2012)
Butterworths: Personal Injury Litigation Service – Division XV Catastrophic Injury

Patricia is a specialist in brain and spinal cord injury. Recent cases include a spinal
tumour in a child where an open biopsy caused paralegia; tetraplegia following
negligent surgery, misdiagnosed TB meninggitis resulting in a C6 spinal cord and
incomplete tetraplegia following clinically negligent management of injury after a fall.
Hunter, Rob Year of call: 2000

Clerk: Vince Plant, Devereux Chambers, London
Professional Associations: PIBA
Claimant work only
Overseas: Latvia, America and other parts of Europe. Group actions
in Egypt, the Dominican Republic and elsewhere
SCI personal injury cases: 3
Rob is a well-regarded large loss / severe injury practitioner who is described by the
leading legal directories as strong on quantum and decisive on liability matters.
Jones, Nicholas David Year of call: 1987

Clerk: Andrea McLean, Civitas Law, Cardiff
Professional Associations: PIBA
Overseas: Africa, France
Claimant work 90% Defendant work 10%
SCI clinical negligence cases: 1 SCI personal injury cases: 3

Nick has a great deal of experience of catastrophic injury claims which involve spinal
cord injury (paraplegia, tetraplegia and locked in) and brain damage. He is well
versed in dealing with claims involving 24 hour care regimes, substantial
accommodation needs and periodic payment orders.

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