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Catherine Bennett

Experience Catherine has over 12 years’ experience of handling complex, sensitive and high value claims for Defendants. She is a Nominated Partner for NHS Resolution and manages a team of lawyers undertaking a broad range of case work of differing value and complexity. She also manages Capsticks’ Claims Handling Service which provides an innovative, outsourced service for the management of healthcare organisations’ claims. Expertise Catherine is a recognised expert in defending the most challenging claims, including those concerning alleged breaches of human rights. Although very experienced in traditional court based litigation, Catherine has used mediation successfully on behalf of defendants on numerous occasions. Catherine is well known for leading the Capsticks’ claims handling service. She has developed an innovative in-house administrative service for Trusts. Training is one of Catherine’s passions and she has lectured extensively on medico-legal topics and trends in litigation at board level. · Capsticks LLP

EnglandClinical Negligence, Healthcare

About

Catherine Bennett is a partner with over 12 years’ experience defending complex, sensitive and high-value claims for defendants. She manages a team at Capsticks LLP, leads the firm’s outsourced Claims Handling Service for healthcare organisations and is experienced in mediation and defending human-rights related claims, as well as delivering medico-legal training to boards.

Practice areas

Clinical NegligenceHealthcareLitigationInsuranceDispute ResolutionMediationClaims ManagementMedical Law

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Expertise

NHS and healthcare organisationsOutsourced claims handling/Claims Handling ServiceDefending human-rights-related claimsUse of mediation for defendantsMedico-legal training and lecturing

Education

  • M.A. (Cantab), 1997
  • M.A. Medical Law and Ethics, King's College, London, 2006