About
Rosalind Bird is Legal Director in Weightmans' Healthcare team in London, who joined the firm in 2022 and has over 20 years' experience resolving clinical negligence and personal injury disputes for the NHS and a broad range of insurers. She advises on and manages catastrophic injury claims—with a focus on birth/neonatal brain injury, neurological and spinal injury—and has extensive experience of claims involving maternal and neonatal death, psychiatric-care failures, periodical payment orders and multi-party GP litigation.
Practice areas
Clinical NegligencePersonal InjuryHealthcareInsurance DefenseHuman Rights
Office
Expertise
Birth and neonatal brain injuryMaternal and neonatal death claimsNeurological and spinal injuryPsychiatric-care failure claims (including attempts at suicide)Defence of health professionals (doctors, midwives, optometrists, osteopaths, physiotherapists, sonographers, dentists)Care home defenceNHS and insurer defenceMulti-party clinical negligence litigationClaims involving periodical payment orders and Human Rights Act issues