Mari Rosser
Proffil
Position
Partner
Service(s)
Area of Expertise
- Brain injury
- Spinal injury
- Catastrophic injury
- Fatal accidents
- Obstetric cases
Profile
Mari Rosser is a partner in the
Health Law and Redress team. Her main area of expertise is clinical
negligence, she is a member of both The Law Society’s clinical
negligence panel and the referral panel for Action against Medical
Accidents. Mari has a particular specialism in adult brain injury
cases and fatal accident claims. She has advised a number of
patients who have been victims of gross neglect, representing the
interests of patients and bereaved families in such cases involving
GMC proceedings.
Mari is head of a team which
advises and assists the Welsh Community Health Councils (CHCs) on
all aspects of medical law. She has been providing legal
advice and support to the CHCs since the firm’s appointment as the
CHCs’ solicitors in 2004. She has advised the CHC Board, Chief
Officers and advocates on a variety of complex issues of public and
medical law. Mari has also provided training to Chief Officers and
Complaints Advocates on a variety of subjects.
Within Hugh James, Mari is
currently working with the Welsh Government's Health and Social
Policy Department on the implementation of the new NHS Redress
arrangements. This role is crucial to the Hugh James clinical
negligence team, both in relation to the conduct of individual
cases and the advice service which it provides to the Community
Health Councils in Wales.
Mari has been central to the public
debate on many of the recent changes to the way in which patients
concerns about NHS services are handled. She served on the National
Assembly Working Party which formulated the rules of the Speedy
Resolution Scheme.
She gave evidence to the Assembly
Committee on the NHS Redress Measure and has contributed
extensively to the consultation on the draft Putting Things Right
Regulations.
Mari is recommended by both the
Legal 500 and Chambers directories as a leader in the field of
clinical negligence. Mari is also an adjudicator for the
Legal Services Commission.
Mari is also a regular media
contributor commenting (in Welsh and English) on matters relating
to Health law and Clinical Negligence.
Professional Career
Qualified: 1992
Partner at Hugh James: 2001
Consultant at Hugh James: 2007
Partner at Hugh James: 2011
Education
Law Degree, Aberystwyth University, 1988
Law Society Finals, 1989
Languages
Welsh
Personal Interests
Keep fit, cooking, reading and gardening.
Mari
Rosser
Partner
E mari.rosser@hughjames.com
T 029 2022 4871