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Background

Francesca Martin

Call: 2010

Francesca Martin has more than a decade of experience focusing on serious injury and clinical negligence work. She is able to handle complex legal proceedings of high value and is adept and costs budgeting. Her expertise ensures that your case will be managed effectively within the legal framework.

Expertise

Clinical Negligence

Francesca has particular expertise in delayed, missed or wrongful diagnosis of perineal tears, having just secured compensation in such a case for £800,000.

She holds particular interest and expertise in delayed diagnosis of cancer claims and claims arising out of missed or wrongful diagnosis in A&E. For example, failure to detect aortic dissection, failure to diagnose appendicitis, cauda equina.

Brain Injury & Cerebral Palsy

Francesca believes that the role of the legal team, barrister and solicitor, in a brain injury case is critical. She has expertise to advise on the best way to ensure timely rehabilitation for individuals affected by these life-changing injuries. She understands that the importance of support and sensitivity for both injured parties and their families. Francesca is used to working with medical, care and therapeutic experts to build a maintenance regime so that those with acquired brain injuries can live as comfortably and independently as their injury allows.

She regularly represents individuals who have suffered hypoxic brain injuries at birth; and those who have acquired brain injuries through road traffic accidents, falls from height; or due to delayed diagnosis in subarachnoid hemorrhage.

Cancer

Francesca is very experienced in cases of delayed diagnosis of cancer where breach of duty lies with General Practitioners and radiologists. She has successfully concluded cases concerning skin cancer, lung cancer, cervical cancer, and breast cancer, to name but a few.

She is used to working closely with oncologists to identify the right level of compensation based on the most up-to-the-minute data sets for survival based on the site of the cancer and its staging.

Personal Injury

Francesca is experienced in multi track litigation arising from serious road traffic accidents and accidents that occur in the course of an individuals work.

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Publications


Breaking Barriers: Journey to the Bar, then and now – Francesca Martin

Francesca Martin is of mixed heritage, her mother is from Yorkshire in the North of England and her father is from Dominica in the Winward…

Publications


Admissibility of bespoke life expectancy evidence in Catastrophic Injury Cases

Toby Chaplin (by his mother and litigation friend, Diane Chaplin) v Ben Pistol, Allianz Insurance Plc [2020] EWHC 1543 (QB),2020 WL 03254432 Key Points Mr…

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  • Jules Thorn Scholar of the Middle Temple
  • LLB (Hons)

Related News, Resources and Events

Publications


Breaking Barriers: Journey to the Bar, then and now – Francesca Martin

Francesca Martin is of mixed heritage, her mother is from Yorkshire in the North of England and her father is from Dominica in the Winward…

Publications


Admissibility of bespoke life expectancy evidence in Catastrophic Injury Cases

Toby Chaplin (by his mother and litigation friend, Diane Chaplin) v Ben Pistol, Allianz Insurance Plc [2020] EWHC 1543 (QB),2020 WL 03254432 Key Points Mr…

View all related news

Clerk Team

William Theaker

Practice Director, Clinical Negligence & Personal Injury

williamt@no5.com

07494 070989

Clare Radburn

Practice Director, Family, Clinical Negligence and Personal Injury

clarer@no5.com

07809 407950

Pete Mottram

Practice Manager, Clinical Negligence & Personal Injury (Multi-Track)

peterm@no5.com

Matthew Reeves

Clinical Negligence, Personal Injury (Multi Track) and Regulatory Clerk

matthewr@no5.com

Tracey Witherford

Clinical Negligence & Personal Injury (Multi-Track) Clerk

traceyw@no5.com

Morgan Smith

Clinical Negligence (Multi-Track) & Personal Injury Clerk

morgans@no5.com

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