Shivi Nathan | Fieldfisher
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Professional background

Professional background

My experience includes representing children and adults in cases of the maximum severity. I focus on obstetric claims where children have sustained brain injuries during or just after birth.

I represent clients affected by maternal birth injuries and birth trauma – physical and psychological. I led the claimant team in the widely reported case of Davison v Leitch securing record breaking damages of £1.6m for my client.

I am regularly recommended to women affected by perineal tear injury directly from their clinicians and through word of mouth via a close knit and trusted community. I recently co-authored a chapter in the latest edition of the book Pelvic Floor, Perineal and Anal Sphincter Trauma during childbirth.

I work closely with training and medical leads for the acute care medical trainees at various London hospital trusts and run study days and medico-legal training for the staff on issues including inquests and note taking.

I am a regular guest speaker at medico-legal conferences and host specialist study days. 

I am an APIL accredited Senior Litigator and am on the panel as a clinical negligence specialist for AvMA (Action against Medical Accidents).

Awards & recognition

Awards & recognition

Client

Shivi Nathan really looked after me over the course of my case which ended up being several years due to the pandemic. I was kept informed throughout and felt that she was a real advocate for me. I am grateful for all of her efforts and expertise.

Client

Following my life-changing irreversible Spinal Cord Injury, I approached Shivi Nathan… She kept me informed at every step of the process. She kept me at ease during those frustratingly long years. I always had a strong trust with my solicitor because of her utmost professionalism, dedication and passionate approach to me and my family.

Client

I cannot begin to thank our wonderful solicitor Shivi Nathan enough for all her incredible support, hard work and utter commitment to our daughter's clinical negligence claim.

Authored pieces

Insights Case studies
Medical Negligence
Case Study

Liability settled for teenager with cerebral palsy caused by kernicterus at birth

07.10.2026
Following approval by the courts this week, Shivi Nathan agreed liability with Croydon Health Services NHS Trust on behalf of a 16-year-old boy with athetoid cerebral palsy.
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A woman in a hospital gown stands by a bassinet near a window in a hospital room, with an empty bed, a couch, and a vase of flowers visible.
Medical Negligence
Case Study

Mother suffered severe birth tear after labour signs ignored

20.11.2025
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A pregnant person lying in a hospital bed wearing a hospital gown, with hands resting on their belly, sunlight streaming through a window in the background.
Medical Negligence
Case Study

Hillingdon Hospitals Trust settles liability for baby's brain damage following mismanaged labour

24.06.2025
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A pregnant woman sits in a wheelchair, holding her belly, while a nurse in blue scrubs stands behind, guiding the wheelchair. They are in a hospital room with medical equipment and an empty bassinet nearby.
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Spotlight on maternity safety continues as RCOG calls for urgent action

13.02.2025
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Birth Trauma Association describes 'lives ruined by the experience of birth'

26.07.2024
In a damning indictment of the current state of the UK's maternity care, a report published by the Birth Trauma Association in May this year cites thousands of women as having intrusive procedures during childbirth without their consent.
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What others say…

Client

Shivi Nathan really looked after me over the course of my case which ended up being several years due to the pandemic. I was kept informed throughout and felt that she was a real advocate for me. I am grateful for all of her efforts and expertise.

Client

Following my life-changing irreversible Spinal Cord Injury, I approached Shivi Nathan… She kept me informed at every step of the process. She kept me at ease during those frustratingly long years. I always had a strong trust with my solicitor because of her utmost professionalism, dedication and passionate approach to me and my family.

Client

I cannot begin to thank our wonderful solicitor Shivi Nathan enough for all her incredible support, hard work and utter commitment to our daughter's clinical negligence claim.