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Guy Forster

Partner · Fieldfisher

EnglandMedical Negligence, Personal Injury

About

Partner in Fieldfisher’s Medical Negligence department in England, acting for adults and children in birth injury (including cerebral palsy), neonatal injury, brain and spinal injury, amputation and wrongful birth, and representing families at inquests. Vice President of the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL), member of the Law Society’s clinical negligence panel, on the specialist panel for Action against Medical Accidents (AvMA) and a trustee of Baby Lifeline; gave oral evidence for APIL to the House of Commons Health and Social Care Committee’s 2022 inquiry into NHS Litigation.

Practice areas

Medical NegligencePersonal InjuryInquests & Inquiries

Office

Expertise

Birth Injury (Cerebral Palsy)Neonatal InjuryBrain & Spinal InjuryAmputationWrongful BirthInquestsPatient SafetyRehabilitation

Education

  • Trent College, Nottingham
  • l’Université de Limoges — Diplôme d’Etudes Juridiques Françaises (1998–1999)
  • University of Birmingham — LLB Law with French Law (1996–2000)
  • Nottingham Law School — LPC (2002; commendation)