We are delighted to announce the appointment of Vanessa Cashman and Isaac Hogarth as Joint Heads of our Clinical Negligence Team.
Vanessa’s clinical negligence practice encompasses a huge range of medical specialties. She predominantly acts for claimants but also accepts instructions on behalf of defendants. Vanessa has particular expertise in birth and obstetric injuries, spinal injury and brain injury. She is frequently led and has extensive experience of both liability and quantum disputes in such cases.
Vanessa is ranked for clinical negligence in both the Legal 500 and Chambers & Partners. Chambers Bar Guide 2025 describe Vanessa as “a superstar in the field of clinical negligence” and “tireless in securing the best results for her clients”.
Read Vanessa’s full profile here.
Isaac has a specialist clinical negligence, personal injury and insurance practice. He is generally instructed in cases involving life-changing spinal and brain injuries, chronic pain, amputations and fatalities. He is ranked as a leading junior in clinical negligence and personal injury in both the Legal 500 and Chambers and Partners.
Chambers Bar Guide 2025 describes Isaac as “truly excellent” with “a masterful grasp of complex causation issues” and “a calm presence on the most testing of medical negligence cases”.
Read Isaac’s full profile here.
On behalf of the whole Clinical Negligence team, Vanessa and Isaac warmly thank Henry Charles, as outgoing head of the group, for all of his efforts and the impressive legacy he leaves them. Henry continues to be a full time member of 12KBW and our Clinical Negligence Team.
12KBW’s Clinical Negligence Team is ranked in both Chambers & Partners and the Legal 500. Our team has vast experience of all aspects of clinical negligence cases and acts on behalf of both claimants and defendants.