Post Mortem Medical Examination

Meet your specialists: Personal Injury & Medical Negligence

Paul McNeil

Head of Medical Negligence & Personal Injury

Peter Williams

Head of Asbestos Claims

Jill Greenfield

Partner, Head of Serious Injury Sector

Samantha Critchley

Partner

Keith Barrett

Partner

Anna Bond

Partner

Mark Bowman

Partner

Iona Meeres-Young

Partner

Andrew Morgan

Partner

Jenny Urwin

Partner

Jane Weakley

Partner

Jonathan Zimmern

Partner

Jennifer Buchanan

Senior Associate

Christina Gardiner

Associate

Claire Glasgow

Solicitor

Caron Heyes

Senior Associate

Will Jones

Associate

Dushal Mehta

Senior Associate

Shaheen Mosquera

Solicitor

Nilam Patel

Solicitor

Arti Shah

Senior Associate

Helen Thompson

Senior Associate

Robin Tubbs

Senior Associate

Post Mortem Medical Examination

It is almost always the case that a Coroner who opens an Inquest will require a post-mortem examination.

The main exception is when the deceased was suffering from a well-diagnosed and advanced terminal condition.

In most cases a post mortem will help establish the cause of death. This could be relevant to any compensation claim.

It may be possible to obtain a post-mortem report at private expense if the Coroner has not already done so.

Or start your claim online.

Awards

Fieldfisher received Personal Injury Team of the Year 2017 at the Solicitors Journal Awards.

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Fieldfisher’s ‘excellent’ practice is ‘a leading firm in this field’ and ‘provides an excellent, bespoke service to clients’ - Top Tier Practice, Legal 500 2017

"The group is praised for its commitment to 'demystifying the legal process' while this is a firm for which the client has always been a priority"

Fieldfisher has successfully been recognised as an "Occupation and Asbestos Disease Specialists" Fieldfisher are now recognised as assessors

Fieldfisher's Personal Injury and Medical Negligence solicitors are proudly listed as 'Super Lawyers' in both on-line and off-line printed publishings.

Fieldfisher are signatories of the Ethical Marketing Charter demonstrating our commitment to responsible, transparent and professional marketing.

Fieldfisher has been named as the winners of the Legal 500 United Kingdom 2015: *Claimant Clinical Negligence Award*. Testament to our expertise.

Jill Greenfield, awarded 'Lawyer of the year 2016' by the United Kingdom Brain Injury Forum (UKABIF) for support of victims with neurological injuries

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Spotlight: Personal Injury & Medical Negligence

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Following a serious bus accident in West Croydon on Sunday 11th November, Mark Bowman has confirmed he has been contacted by a person injured in the incident.

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Fieldfisher's personal injury team is representing most of the victims injured in the Westminster Bridge terrorist attack in March 2017 in ongoing civil claims.

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Fieldfisher represents parents of Yousef Al-Kharboush who died in ITH Pharma contaminated baby feed case

The CPS has recently announced that it will charge ITH Pharma over contaminated baby feed that led to the deaths of three babies. Senior Associate Arti Shah is representing one of the families involved.

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£37m award for boy who contracted herpes virus at Watford General at birth

Paul McNeil has successfully settled a claim on behalf of a six-year-old boy who contracted the herpes simplex virus at Watford General hospital in 2012, which led to brain fever.

30 Oct 2018