Stephen Webber

Stephen Webber Position

Partner, Head of Medical Negligence

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Areas of expertise

Clinical negligence
Human rights
Public inquiries

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Stephen Webber is a Partner and Head of the Clinical Negligence Team at Hugh James. Stephen specialises in high value clinical negligence cases, including cerebral palsy, spinal injuries, brain injuries, psychiatric injury, obstetric cases and issues relating to human rights.

Stephen has acted in the following:

Court of Appeal case of Ceri Ann Walters v North Glamorgan NHS Trust, the leading case on the issue of psychiatric injuries affecting secondary victims.

A cerebral palsy claim, T v Gwent Healthcare NHS Trust in which £4 million was recovered following a brain injury to an infant client.

On behalf of the families affected by the e-coli outbreak in South Wales in September 2005 in relation to a civil action and was appointed by the Welsh Assembly Government to represent the families in the public inquiry.

Lawrence v Pembrokeshire county council court of Appeal dealing with issues of whether a Local Authority has a duty of care to parents when dealing with their children.