Andrew Davies

Position

Partner, Clinical Negligence Team

Services

Medical Negligence
Costs

Areas of expertise

Profile

Andrew Davies is a Partner in the Hugh James Clinical Negligence Team. He has specialised in clinical negligence claims since 1988. He has been a member of the Law Society’s Clinical Negligence Panel since 1996 and a member of the Action against Medical Accidents Panel (AvMA) since 1998.

Andrew has handled cases in all areas of clinical negligence during his career. The majority of his time is spent on cases for both children and adults who have suffered brain injury or paralysis as well as cases involving psychiatric injury. He has expertise in pursuing claims arising from negligent gall bladder surgery as well as severe injury cases caused by Compartment Syndrome. His reputation for handling cases sensitively means that he is regularly instructed by families who have suffered fatalities through clinical negligence.

Whilst the majority of his case load involves strongly contested multi million pound claims his focus is upon achieving the right result for his client in the quickest time possible.

Andrew has considerable expertise in legal costs and costing services.

Opponents have described him as

“Excellent and very dogged Department Head Andrew Davies is comparable with the best in London. He is very experienced, and has a thorough understanding of the facts of the case and chooses his Experts well” (Chambers 2005)
“Star performer” (Chambers 2006)
“… is department head and specialises in cases of the utmost severity” (Legal 500 2007)
“Well respected … remains popular with clients for his expertise in maximum severity injuries” (Chambers 2008)
“…. Heads the team and commands respect in his field” (Chambers 2009)
“Very highly regarded for his expertise in clinical negligence cases, particularly with respect to the costing of claims” (Chambers 2010)
“Fights cases well” (Chambers 2011)
Andrew Davies is a "class act" known for "working every angle." (Chambers 2012)

Andrew has acted in the following

Multi million pound brain injury claim for a child in a case where the Midwife had falsified medical records.
Leg amputation of a lorry driver through orthopaedic mis management and surgery.
Cervical cancer through negligent reporting of cervical smear
Negligent monitoring of a course of steroids by a GP resulting in a movement disorder and psychiatric injury
Nasty scarring to a young girl caused by a failure to monitor drug infusion through a Venflon Needle
Heart and kidney damage of a young man caused by a failure to monitor renal function
Negligent knee repair surgery causing a young mother’s leg to be left permanently stiff and painful
Permanent blindness of a school boy through negligent neurosurgery
Failure to diagnose and treat Compartment Syndrome which ended the sporting career of a promising rugby player
Failure to properly repair vaginal tears suffered by a young teacher
Pressure sores through a lack of nursing care
£190,000 settlement for a retired gentleman following negligent gall bladder surgery where his first solicitor advised there was no case to answer
£3/4 million pounds award for young children following the death of their mother which was found at Trial to be the result of negligence by an ambulance crew.
Multi million pound award for a young girl who was left brain damages through her GP’s failure to diagnose meningitis.
Company Director who was the victim of negligent hip replacement surgery.
Multi million pound settlement following scoliosis surgery which left a bright young man paraplegic.
On behalf of the family of Mason Jones who died following the E Coli outbreak in South Wales in September 2005.