Information Request for Claimant Firm Costs

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April 2019 FOI_3727

The following information was requested on 29 March 2019:

For the last two financial year available please provide a full list (preferably in excel format) of all the claimant firms to have received money from the NHSLA in relation to claimant costs for the clinical negligence scheme (CNST) ? For each of the firms please provide the following information:

1. Claimant Firm Name 2. Nr of Claims 3. Damages Paid 4. Defence Costs Paid 5. Claimant Costs Paid 6. Total Paid

Our Response

Please find attached the requested information. The information supplied relates to claims closed/settled in those years but payments may have been spread across a range of financial years, not necessarily just in the last 2 years. Please note that ‘claimant costs’ includes not only the fees of that firm but other costs such as expert and barrister’s fees and court costs.

This does not include claimant firms where no damages or claimant costs were awarded.

We have suppressed low numbers as we believe that disclosure of information with this level of granularity is exempt under Section 40(2) by virtue of section 40(3) (a) (i) of the Act, where disclosure to a member of the public would contravene one or more of the data protection principles. The data protection principles are set out in Article 5 of the General Data Protection Regulation. We take the view that it would not be fair or lawful (given the sensitive and confidential nature of the information held) to disclose such information, and any disclosure would therefore contravene the first data protection principle.

In some instances the low numbers of claims (fewer than 5) in each category, the likelihood exists that individuals who are the subject of this information may be identified either from this information alone, or in combination with other available information. In addition to this, as this information is considered to be sensitive personal data (the data subjects’ medical condition); NHS Resolution believes it has a greater responsibility to protect those individuals identities’, as disclosure could potentially cause damage and/or distress to those involved. Where we are in the territory of such small numbers in

the attached, we have used a ‘#’ symbol in the relevant field. You should still be able to see aggregate/total details for higher level fields containing this data.

If you would like to know how data is categorised in our Claims database please see the following link: Glossary

This concludes our response to your request.

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T A B L E O F C O N T E N T S

NB: Number of claims fewer than 5 (and any associated values, within the same row) are masked with a "#" (in accordance with Data Protection guidelines). Accordingly, some total values may also be approximated to prevent masked values to be deduced through reverse calculation.

Q1: For the last two financial year available please provide a full list of all the claimant firms to have received money from the NHSLA in relation to claimant costs for the clinical negligence scheme (CNST)?

Table 1: Number and Cost of Claims Closed/Settled between financial years 2016/17 and 2017/18

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Table 1: Number and Cost of Claims Closed/Settled between financial years 2016/17 and 2017/18

Closed_Settled Y Clinical_NonClinical Clinical Scheme CNST Claim_Outcome_FOI (Multiple Items)

Year of Closure (Settlement Year for PPOs) Defence Claimant --- Claimant Solicitor Firm No of Claims Damages Paid Costs Paid Costs Paid Total Paid 2017/18 Irwin Mitchell 457 174,818,255 12,593,710 52,538,793 239,950,758 Slater & Gordon 271 58,671,902 4,562,998 21,833,727 85,068,627 Fletchers 180 7,273,779 637,396 6,184,433 14,095,608 Enable Law 162 24,129,576 1,734,984 6,563,520 32,428,080 Quality 132 8,302,704 870,672 2,994,237 12,167,613 Thompsons 114 13,314,850 1,447,250 5,430,985 20,193,084 Neil Hudgell 114 3,620,440 613,775 2,157,667 6,391,882 Leigh Day 102 34,621,102 2,291,559 10,903,604 47,816,266 Simpson Millar 97 16,017,259 1,526,955 6,270,881 23,815,095 Pryers 96 7,868,062 1,066,642 5,170,929 14,105,632 Curtis Legal 95 1,273,722 191,493 587,897 2,053,112 Shoosmiths Access Legal 87 16,838,711 1,701,224 8,357,609 26,897,544 JMW 82 37,335,127 2,246,591 7,394,629 46,976,346 Bridge McFarland 67 6,812,475 996,882 4,680,782 12,490,138 EAD 64 2,221,592 558,609 2,041,038 4,821,239 Lyons Davidson 64 3,084,424 572,540 1,974,193 5,631,156 Royds Withy King 61 13,800,704 1,018,216 4,681,739 19,500,659 Switalskis 59 13,338,332 975,515 4,134,257 18,448,105 Hudgell 52 7,277,189 494,156 1,694,783 9,466,127 Gadsby Wicks 50 5,565,108 840,046 5,596,196 12,001,351 Wolferstans 50 1,651,792 667,339 2,514,846 1,530,392 Bower & Bailey 49 1,329,191 390,117 1,298,820 3,018,128 Atherton Godfrey 47 4,385,947 931,176 4,870,622 10,187,744 Hugh James 46 3,154,938 498,852 2,902,473 6,556,263 Penningtons Manches 45 19,962,053 1,009,035 5,487,802 26,458,890 Pattinson & Brewer 43 3,018,550 558,465 2,326,768 5,903,784 Attwood 41 1,041,723 188,143 819,421 2,049,287 Hodge Jones & Allen 40 12,038,740 767,863 3,340,164 16,146,767 Linder Myers 38 13,085,257 899,116 3,025,700 17,010,073 Brindley Twist Tafft & James 37 4,207,576 472,890 1,642,750 6,323,216 Jackson Lees 37 16,991,012 858,612 3,220,194 21,069,818 Longden Walker And Renney 37 5,411,194 509,506 1,885,354 7,806,054 Coles Miller 36 1,379,677 139,490 821,996 2,341,162 Price Slater Gawne 36 1,314,620 361,054 1,814,694 3,490,368 Dutton Gregory 35 1,631,454 373,515 1,825,663 3,830,632 Nelsons 35 5,321,735 838,473 2,009,669 8,169,877 Lime Personal Injury 34 1,578,578 433,327 2,234,207 4,246,112 Russell Cooke 34 3,454,673 694,571 2,551,276 6,700,520 Fairweathers 32 1,744,463 305,110 1,752,095 3,801,668 Thomson Snell & Passmore 32 3,165,697 478,394 1,836,853 5,480,944 Wixted & Co 32 1,191,689 187,061 744,830 2,123,580 Hay & Kilner 30 5,581,607 551,961 2,352,101 8,485,669 Stephensons 29 6,439,875 874,428 3,020,769 10,335,072 Burnetts 28 21,398,048 1,259,720 4,908,528 27,566,295 Ashtons Legal 27 6,182,272 617,759 2,506,183 9,306,214 Geldards 27 1,127,190 196,306 983,820 2,307,316 Forbes 27 1,438,524 271,083 549,503 2,259,110 Michael W Halsall 27 443,763 77,230 566,086 1,087,079 Langleys 27 2,387,440 401,664 1,353,249 4,142,353 Stewarts Law 27 23,985,039 1,939,459 12,710,394 38,634,892 Express 26 5,855,096 268,917 2,195,141 8,319,154 Heptonstalls 26 3,492,333 472,762 2,231,335 6,196,431 Thompson Smith & Puxon 26 3,102,003 275,967 1,071,038 4,449,009 Lamb Brooks 26 587,780 132,389 473,306 1,193,475 Armstrong Foulkes 25 1,589,060 328,010 1,154,710 3,071,781

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Table 1: Number and Cost of Claims Closed/Settled between financial years 2016/17 and 2017/18

Closed_Settled Y Clinical_NonClinical Clinical Scheme CNST Claim_Outcome_FOI (Multiple Items)

Year of Closure (Settlement Year for PPOs) Defence Claimant --- Claimant Solicitor Firm No of Claims Damages Paid Costs Paid Costs Paid Total Paid Graysons 25 537,938 150,623 1,011,464 1,700,025 McMillan Williams 25 12,117,080 674,572 2,802,402 15,594,054 Powell & Co 25 2,868,924 354,695 1,255,210 4,478,829 (blank) 25 2,879,190 344,148 1,080,240 4,303,578 MTA Personal Injury 25 653,098 165,213 762,245 1,580,556 OP Law 24 1,068,366 96,473 787,030 1,951,869 Dental Law Partnership 23 345,432 87,272 270,724 703,428 Higgs & Sons 23 7,520,143 478,758 1,618,572 9,617,473 New Law 23 658,716 108,884 643,587 1,411,188 Foot Anstey 22 1,446,288 302,206 1,888,067 3,636,561 Anthony Collins 22 6,093,106 947,414 2,519,271 9,559,790 Waldrons 22 3,686,144 236,874 995,812 4,918,830 Lanyon Bowdler 22 12,942,090 451,177 2,180,576 15,573,843 Williamsons 22 1,996,013 167,739 794,527 2,958,279 Anthony Gold 21 5,055,808 381,485 1,650,388 7,087,681 Attwaters Jameson Hill 21 3,561,783 303,516 1,747,700 5,612,999 BL Claims 21 8,021,291 301,045 1,318,715 9,641,051 Bolt Burdon Kemp 21 4,278,058 398,727 3,038,859 7,715,645 Morrish 21 2,643,971 193,984 627,974 3,465,929 Sills & Betteridge 21 1,117,132 308,012 925,645 2,350,790 Forster Dean 20 175,980 104,116 421,100 701,196 Freeths Cartwright 20 2,457,087 527,040 1,468,419 4,452,546 Field Fisher Waterhouse 20 28,345,550 1,206,901 5,158,582 34,711,033 Scrivenger Seabrook 20 4,038,922 606,775 2,113,463 6,759,160 Yes Personal Injury Lawyers 20 332,586 57,985 368,891 759,463 Pearson and Financial Advisers 20 1,790,863 253,484 770,178 2,814,525 Taylor & Emmet 20 984,337 213,759 1,158,531 2,356,627 Moore & Blatch 20 12,427,157 727,484 3,537,239 16,691,881 Clarke Willmott 19 2,573,464 298,376 972,553 3,844,393 Girlings 19 1,730,760 328,890 1,556,484 3,616,134 Scott Rees & Co 19 278,508 115,072 426,452 820,031 Maxwell Hodge 19 6,298,193 263,814 1,118,697 7,680,704 Browell Smith & Co 18 157,234 38,221 282,943 478,398 Harris Fowler 18 563,654 158,423 967,412 1,689,489 Kingsley Napley 18 12,578,996 609,373 3,505,992 16,694,360 Thompson & Co 18 713,451 124,074 700,013 1,537,538 Gotelee 17 1,555,985 320,186 1,494,404 3,370,575 Howells 17 2,639,528 390,773 1,428,318 4,458,619 Harding Evans 17 356,547 25,026 296,839 678,411 The Roland Partnership Specialists 17 779,430 229,516 706,051 1,714,997 Trethowans 17 1,993,151 257,881 1,127,457 3,378,489 Freeths 16 814,321 195,352 1,256,931 2,266,604 Davies & Partners 16 7,280,264 508,292 2,568,909 10,357,465 Medical Accident Group 16 604,280 102,290 621,115 1,327,685 True Personal Injury 16 462,465 144,556 583,768 1,190,790 Michelmores 16 4,323,324 415,014 2,196,060 6,934,398 Stone Rowe Brewer 16 577,278 170,575 530,942 1,278,795 Osborne Morris & Morgan 16 3,412,005 313,152 1,611,307 5,336,464 Oliver & Co 16 142,147 64,451 332,025 538,623 Boyes Turner 15 25,733,153 990,739 3,571,482 30,295,373 Ison Harrison 15 1,064,184 188,963 685,400 1,938,546 Liddy's 15 497,280 91,962 435,499 1,024,741 PHH 15 711,543 160,244 604,350 1,476,137 Mintons t/a Minton Morrill 15 12,531,392 493,569 1,696,196 14,721,157 Chadwick Lawrence 14 3,303,616 329,030 1,474,447 5,107,093 BB Legal 14 1,246,059 160,468 1,275,874 2,682,401

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Table 1: Number and Cost of Claims Closed/Settled between financial years 2016/17 and 2017/18

Closed_Settled Y Clinical_NonClinical Clinical Scheme CNST Claim_Outcome_FOI (Multiple Items)

Year of Closure (Settlement Year for PPOs) Defence Claimant --- Claimant Solicitor Firm No of Claims Damages Paid Costs Paid Costs Paid Total Paid Gaby Hardwicke 14 330,632 69,757 243,600 643,989 Hopkins 14 381,020 101,160 485,892 968,072 Wilkin Chapman 14 374,138 107,410 349,773 831,321 Tees Law 14 4,201,658 494,400 2,923,764 7,619,822 S J Edney 14 1,761,505 224,601 857,837 2,843,943 DMA Law 13 297,878 115,110 428,850 841,838 Hampson Hughes 13 121,457 85,872 376,397 583,727 Barlow Robbins 13 1,933,178 258,943 1,324,990 3,517,111 Glynns 13 1,150,791 223,852 1,309,654 2,684,297 Hart Brown 13 2,731,124 220,215 1,639,759 4,591,098 Ben Hoare Bell 13 3,467,606 161,915 450,709 4,080,230 Tozers 13 10,261,922 743,773 2,207,249 13,212,944 Shakespeare Martineau 13 602,347 204,985 896,598 1,703,930 Nalders 13 351,000 214,111 525,509 1,090,620 Blake Lapthorn 12 2,509,258 269,981 1,023,059 3,802,298 Blythe Liggins 12 784,438 135,032 341,406 1,260,876 BDE Law 12 184,613 21,503 216,362 422,478 Devonshires 12 609,260 174,667 1,050,114 1,834,041 Graystons 12 927,095 74,314 480,569 1,481,978 CM 12 77,099 30,750 146,000 253,849 Jobling Gowler 12 6,576,768 307,015 798,050 7,681,833 Universa Law 12 201,606 47,126 228,020 476,752 Knights Professional Services 12 12,219,884 592,087 2,307,660 15,119,630 Wake Smith 12 706,750 151,388 529,255 1,387,393 Medical Specialists 12 887,487 222,644 1,261,432 2,371,564 Fieldfisher 11 14,175,419 586,646 2,834,206 17,596,271 Butcher & Barlow 11 267,741 76,326 182,233 526,299 Dicksons 11 552,135 120,608 283,018 955,761 Metcalfes 11 2,437,746 122,465 543,663 3,103,874 Osbornes 11 3,049,911 192,048 1,450,500 4,692,459 Moosa Duke 11 431,200 203,567 1,069,250 1,704,017 Mayo Wynne Baxter 11 5,001,370 209,669 669,668 5,880,707 Camps 10 624,001 107,792 749,095 1,480,887 FBC Manby Bowdler 10 64,568 21,976 134,350 220,894 Barcan and Kirby 10 508,424 247,622 1,684,085 2,440,131 McKeag & Co 10 329,079 46,698 267,125 642,902 Mellor Hargreaves 10 207,494 76,622 304,200 588,315 Mercury Legal 10 1,609,429 107,460 690,426 2,407,316 Ralli 10 506,095 82,743 356,000 944,838 Ringrose Law 10 286,085 70,772 302,953 659,810 Boyce Hatton 9 114,764 36,426 153,573 304,763 Gregory Abrams Davidson 9 235,640 56,086 322,313 614,039 Jefferies 9 1,479,800 172,136 383,690 2,035,627 Clarkson Wright & Jakes 9 655,184 106,868 506,858 1,268,910 Cleaver Thompson 9 23,502 33,959 122,500 179,961 Sarah Barclay 9 906,339 191,328 732,842 1,830,508 MJP 9 927,855 112,377 363,203 1,403,435 Roythornes 9 869,868 95,849 243,575 1,209,292 Morgan Jones & Pett 9 662,583 81,487 269,572 1,013,642 Moore Blatch 9 4,147,409 194,736 641,250 4,983,395 Goodlaw 8 392,825 37,642 228,850 659,317 Chris Kallis 8 626,451 118,863 421,737 1,167,051 Gordon Dean 8 113,000 79,621 256,950 449,571 Scott-Moncrieff & Associates 8 526,269 59,293 289,550 875,112 Kiteleys 8 1,086,425 134,567 434,713 1,655,705 Wilson Browne 8 205,748 96,147 241,228 543,123

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Table 1: Number and Cost of Claims Closed/Settled between financial years 2016/17 and 2017/18

Closed_Settled Y Clinical_NonClinical Clinical Scheme CNST Claim_Outcome_FOI (Multiple Items)

Year of Closure (Settlement Year for PPOs) Defence Claimant --- Claimant Solicitor Firm No of Claims Damages Paid Costs Paid Costs Paid Total Paid St Helens Law 8 1,010,437 136,805 306,934 1,454,176 Shaw & Co 8 51,005 20,368 118,018 189,391 Miya 8 148,820 133,174 218,850 500,844 Freeman Johnson 7 200,231 32,304 131,866 364,402 Coffin Mew 7 3,562,935 286,424 880,108 4,729,467 Garratts 7 1,530,790 158,602 982,837 2,672,229 BLV LAW 7 220,412 47,324 141,500 409,236 Barratt Goff and Tomlinson 7 5,943,010 584,978 1,503,047 8,031,034 IceBlue Legal 7 173,623 25,879 116,050 315,553 Fosters 7 249,204 17,692 91,839 358,736 Alsters Kelley 7 322,600 59,426 332,250 714,276 Holmes & Hills 7 109,250 24,661 176,000 309,911 Cohen Cramer 7 146,144 58,571 271,713 476,427 Your Legal Friend 7 47,666 5,772 117,749 171,187 Tilly Bailey & Irvine Hartlepool 7 164,429 28,606 120,900 313,935 Potter Rees Dolan 7 6,547,789 333,511 1,025,072 7,906,373 Ward Gethin Archer 7 397,534 50,042 137,922 585,497 SheridanLaw 7 2,109,553 140,368 673,301 2,923,222 Paul Crowley & Co 7 86,250 24,991 187,034 298,275 Wards 7 465,000 97,411 303,413 865,825 Wadsworths 7 67,500 27,860 95,488 190,849 Jordans 7 103,304 42,319 223,500 369,123 Smith & Graham 7 467,046 38,045 324,988 830,079 Peasegoods 7 36,883 19,634 50,250 106,767 Ramsdens Rice Jones Clarksons 7 240,702 45,800 223,164 509,666 Coodes Preston Goldburn 6 1,136,916 184,837 505,925 1,827,678 Hansells 6 719,295 100,232 359,500 1,179,027 Clear Law 6 146,000 53,415 142,115 341,530 Grindeys 6 73,500 36,487 115,750 225,737 Bell Lax 6 67,750 37,399 109,350 214,499 Farleys 6 160,000 49,446 178,875 388,321 Harrowells 6 320,690 49,629 229,800 600,119 Eaton Smith 6 92,519 27,170 125,550 245,239 HLW Keeble Hawson 6 129,165 35,931 251,985 417,080 Howell Jones & Partners. 6 139,303 11,661 70,842 221,806 BHP Law 6 63,000 13,445 127,500 203,945 Duncan Lewis 6 53,075 31,757 119,270 204,102 Iacopi Palmer 6 890,780 73,678 336,486 1,300,944 Horwich Cohen Coghlan 6 93,000 41,033 352,390 486,423 Harrison Clark Rickerbys 6 984,612 163,411 1,042,083 2,190,107 Russell & Russell 6 73,637 15,710 87,600 176,947 Penningtons 6 351,493 115,912 814,500 1,281,905 Woodfines 6 95,000 43,274 152,300 290,574 T G Baynes 6 170,380 32,634 112,600 315,614 Slee Blackwell 6 192,700 29,918 178,050 400,668 Plexus Law TA Cogent Law WP 6 433,004 74,790 329,294 837,088 MPH 6 1,523,833 243,818 769,750 2,537,400 Metamorph Law 6 197,627 56,806 339,000 593,433 Lance Mason 6 122,060 47,215 187,375 356,649 Serious Law 6 5,300,189 310,615 1,376,970 6,987,774 Sternberg Reed 6 971,482 116,274 488,610 1,576,366 SJP Law 6 555,927 79,075 432,339 1,067,341 William Graham Law 6 437,011 38,831 225,875 701,717 Bhatt Murphy 5 173,396 97,676 544,667 815,739 Battens 5 197,380 15,864 62,951 276,195 Addies 5 691,097 64,886 672,000 1,427,982

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Table 1: Number and Cost of Claims Closed/Settled between financial years 2016/17 and 2017/18

Closed_Settled Y Clinical_NonClinical Clinical Scheme CNST Claim_Outcome_FOI (Multiple Items)

Year of Closure (Settlement Year for PPOs) Defence Claimant --- Claimant Solicitor Firm No of Claims Damages Paid Costs Paid Costs Paid Total Paid Claim Time 5 29,200 19,290 41,575 90,065 Armstrong Luty 5 82,147 19,645 103,166 204,958 Harold Stock & Co 5 120,000 22,694 94,850 237,544 Curtis Law 5 55,250 22,170 135,930 213,350 Butterworths 5 93,500 6,629 81,089 181,218 Freeth 5 348,200 86,962 116,042 551,204 Corries 5 88,980 19,369 104,400 212,749 Barratts 5 4,537,954 248,268 617,507 5,403,730 HPA 5 294,169 62,109 116,000 472,278 GMS Law 5 120,000 133,751 267,790 521,540 Dale & Newbery 5 227,334 39,272 149,349 415,955 BTMK 5 794,244 76,397 228,754 1,099,395 tgbaynes 5 150,067 20,018 78,750 248,835 O H Parsons 5 345,250 59,488 561,000 965,738 Novum Law 5 1,068,680 107,875 992,000 2,168,555 WBW 5 279,686 54,453 198,846 532,985 Lester Aldridge 5 111,500 7,190 75,570 194,260 Wiseman Lee 5 3,449,712 349,473 1,248,816 5,048,002 Your Lawyers 5 85,500 52,173 211,000 348,673 Morrisons 5 204,818 32,427 268,500 505,745 Ward & Rider 5 213,615 34,335 162,000 409,950 Smith Partnership 5 130,850 10,852 43,775 185,477 Timms 5 238,500 135,986 364,848 739,333 Wright Hassall 5 230,116 24,084 102,350 356,550 Vincents 5 278,005 49,631 256,707 584,343 Aggregated 478 Claimant Solicitor Firms (with each having less than 5 claims) 822 87,083,215 9,552,473 37,024,320 133,660,008 2016/17 Irwin Mitchell 433 161,732,411 11,574,099 47,092,775 220,399,286 Slater & Gordon 267 35,369,526 3,745,735 16,875,475 55,990,736 Fletchers 198 2,108,624 511,707 4,272,040 6,892,371 Neil Hudgell 147 2,898,142 786,240 2,744,003 6,428,385 Thompsons 129 6,633,714 1,142,162 4,930,629 12,706,506 Leigh Day 118 26,884,325 2,561,379 12,812,617 42,258,320 Hudgell 100 6,260,051 714,564 3,266,179 10,240,794 Shoosmiths Access Legal 97 11,366,015 1,355,794 8,686,589 21,408,398 Pryers 92 7,595,153 1,291,217 6,751,997 15,638,367 Simpson Millar 83 8,156,629 1,059,455 4,886,880 14,102,965 Lyons Davidson 75 3,905,006 565,901 2,216,223 6,687,130 EAD 71 6,652,643 929,162 3,351,061 10,932,866 Bridge McFarland 65 7,151,995 1,055,819 4,454,182 12,661,996 Quality 61 7,347,748 712,577 2,686,687 10,747,012 Foot Anstey 60 6,353,738 884,039 3,402,709 10,640,486 Wolferstans 58 4,504,822 678,921 3,013,321 8,197,063 Stephensons 55 7,027,447 1,199,874 4,620,259 12,847,580 JMW 51 12,830,252 1,055,649 4,690,151 18,576,052 Linder Myers 44 2,140,078 263,696 1,504,875 3,908,649 Atherton Godfrey 43 2,116,166 544,091 2,708,119 5,368,376 HLW Keeble Hawson 43 940,846 329,652 1,429,203 2,699,701 Penningtons Manches 43 5,670,118 652,966 3,379,625 9,702,709 Curtis Legal 42 425,650 80,712 250,910 757,272 Heptonstalls 41 6,216,167 1,145,058 5,820,829 13,182,054 Pattinson & Brewer 41 2,691,348 428,382 1,893,863 5,013,592 Coles Miller 40 912,850 263,408 1,201,596 2,377,854 Brindley Twist Tafft & James 40 2,663,019 571,339 1,697,473 4,931,830 Lamb Brooks 40 895,074 136,134 638,604 1,669,813

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Table 1: Number and Cost of Claims Closed/Settled between financial years 2016/17 and 2017/18

Closed_Settled Y Clinical_NonClinical Clinical Scheme CNST Claim_Outcome_FOI (Multiple Items)

Year of Closure (Settlement Year for PPOs) Defence Claimant --- Claimant Solicitor Firm No of Claims Damages Paid Costs Paid Costs Paid Total Paid Thomson Snell & Passmore 40 12,112,399 826,004 3,620,905 16,559,307 Longden Walker And Renney 39 2,052,364 423,883 2,244,039 4,720,286 Hugh James 39 2,951,666 455,157 2,663,839 6,070,662 Royds Withy King 39 4,437,806 600,923 3,480,840 8,519,568 Fairweathers 37 3,428,325 261,411 1,660,611 5,350,347 Rapid 36 236,081 182,083 304,070 722,233 Hodge Jones & Allen 35 19,781,451 1,032,515 4,050,046 24,864,013 Wixted & Co 34 629,844 191,738 576,739 1,398,321 Langleys 33 2,337,213 365,683 1,681,526 4,384,422 Moore & Blatch 33 3,222,839 501,714 3,071,327 6,795,879 Anthony Collins 32 3,917,930 640,953 1,727,351 6,286,234 Gadsby Wicks 32 3,058,482 506,015 4,696,579 8,261,075 Stewarts Law 32 25,310,262 2,129,264 14,741,238 42,180,765 Armstrong Foulkes 31 1,775,985 180,509 1,204,539 3,161,033 Jackson Lees 31 3,504,145 458,747 2,516,261 6,479,153 Graysons 31 708,205 237,186 1,202,592 2,147,983 Lanyon Bowdler 31 3,499,584 415,344 1,898,745 5,813,673 Russell Cooke 31 3,096,554 450,175 2,207,443 5,754,172 Nelsons 30 5,228,815 360,900 920,337 6,510,052 Price Slater Gawne 30 5,225,278 489,114 1,892,036 7,606,428 Ashtons Legal 29 9,685,124 467,559 3,002,773 13,155,456 Williamsons 29 2,794,445 344,306 1,636,222 4,774,973 (blank) 29 19,279,387 946,525 2,792,766 23,018,678 Express 28 1,024,024 305,205 1,829,697 3,158,926 Davies & Partners 28 1,852,220 315,251 1,413,627 3,581,098 Field Fisher Waterhouse 28 15,191,482 916,420 5,161,663 21,269,566 Lime Personal Injury 28 2,162,517 387,317 2,089,486 4,639,320 Freeths Cartwright 27 4,245,953 635,658 1,540,336 6,421,948 Attwood 27 364,688 58,981 329,483 753,151 Ison Harrison 27 1,092,241 242,153 942,306 2,276,701 Geldards 26 770,805 209,002 1,292,037 2,271,844 McMillan Williams 26 14,785,918 833,590 4,272,498 19,892,006 Taylor & Emmet 26 2,726,321 514,682 2,805,856 6,046,859 Waldrons 26 1,268,600 360,809 1,019,611 2,649,020 Bolt Burdon Kemp 25 5,556,691 427,369 2,754,635 8,738,695 Dutton Gregory 24 1,608,305 277,578 1,580,698 3,466,580 Hay & Kilner 24 4,466,267 415,034 1,675,830 6,557,131 Leo Abse & Cohen 24 925,990 133,627 888,717 1,948,334 Mintons t/a Minton Morrill 23 7,001,441 511,991 1,844,154 9,357,586 MTA Personal Injury 23 662,162 178,916 810,850 1,651,929 Michelmores 23 2,566,332 575,616 3,666,375 6,808,324 Penningtons 23 1,417,663 336,788 2,102,256 3,856,707 Devonshires 22 1,467,588 239,027 1,597,794 3,304,409 Anthony Gold 22 11,186,982 674,056 2,892,368 14,753,406 Bower & Bailey 22 667,504 137,064 526,777 1,331,345 Higgs & Sons 22 1,668,207 223,149 1,181,780 3,073,135 McKeag & Co 21 979,728 181,246 549,397 1,710,370 Morrish 21 388,065 183,688 914,753 1,486,506 New Law 21 217,404 60,679 387,518 665,601 Kingsley Napley 21 12,329,877 662,700 4,008,467 17,001,045 Graystons 20 614,615 100,994 789,679 1,505,288 Mayo Wynne Baxter 20 2,923,442 269,657 1,189,644 4,382,743 Switalskis 20 2,131,734 339,611 1,867,859 4,339,204 Attwaters Jameson Hill 19 1,719,475 262,465 1,468,431 3,450,371 Liddy's 19 538,379 201,260 787,827 1,527,466 OP Law 19 655,537 108,167 561,178 1,324,882

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Table 1: Number and Cost of Claims Closed/Settled between financial years 2016/17 and 2017/18

Closed_Settled Y Clinical_NonClinical Clinical Scheme CNST Claim_Outcome_FOI (Multiple Items)

Year of Closure (Settlement Year for PPOs) Defence Claimant --- Claimant Solicitor Firm No of Claims Damages Paid Costs Paid Costs Paid Total Paid Powell & Co 19 787,907 122,957 860,493 1,771,357 Burnetts 18 1,065,250 346,277 858,923 2,270,449 Asons 18 377,275 90,685 445,489 913,448 Scrivenger Seabrook 18 3,079,365 270,296 1,216,044 4,565,705 Thompson Smith & Puxon 18 1,066,250 99,996 340,047 1,506,293 Trethowans 18 4,478,806 298,887 1,060,239 5,837,932 Barlow Robbins 17 6,037,490 418,438 1,680,037 8,135,965 Clarke Willmott 17 8,777,054 361,221 1,341,481 10,479,755 Forbes 17 2,483,047 251,192 740,204 3,474,443 Nalders 17 239,859 80,278 309,700 629,837 Harris Fowler 17 1,388,682 173,448 873,282 2,435,413 Girlings 17 1,106,078 150,211 612,963 1,869,252 Pearson and Financial Advisers 17 858,116 85,488 451,596 1,395,200 Freeths 16 5,640,665 408,374 1,866,550 7,915,589 BB Legal 16 1,521,087 280,132 1,717,638 3,518,858 Metcalfes 16 2,794,610 297,788 1,886,814 4,979,211 Hampson Hughes 16 393,525 89,762 626,911 1,110,197 The Roland Partnership Specialists 16 1,157,702 270,109 961,889 2,389,699 Shakespeare Martineau 16 370,736 164,956 629,468 1,165,159 Blake Lapthorn 15 1,697,273 233,071 1,319,354 3,249,699 Tozers 15 4,683,525 540,517 2,335,331 7,559,373 Wilson Browne 15 832,502 94,759 490,324 1,417,585 Sarah Barclay 15 1,317,104 316,726 920,628 2,554,459 Eaton Smith 14 164,414 57,643 363,002 585,059 BL Claims 14 636,447 90,736 478,640 1,205,823 Bonallack & Bishop 14 836,847 151,628 597,831 1,586,305 Fentons 14 615,147 135,789 711,126 1,462,062 Pearson Hinchliffe 14 2,210,086 173,372 625,615 3,009,072 Plexus Law TA Cogent Law WP 14 1,181,915 121,374 422,168 1,725,456 Thompson & Co 14 353,682 194,257 826,047 1,373,986 Stone Rowe Brewer 14 242,088 72,043 319,350 633,481 S J Edney 14 1,529,060 115,205 711,351 2,355,616 Boyes Turner 13 4,687,798 599,051 1,766,819 7,053,668 Dental Law Partnership 13 209,434 48,558 243,926 501,917 Barcan and Kirby 13 1,549,558 229,368 1,551,019 3,329,944 Goodlaw 13 417,750 99,561 424,949 942,260 Howells 13 1,116,608 165,185 614,559 1,896,352 Woodfines 13 324,678 66,333 221,198 612,208 Tilly Bailey & Irvine Hartlepool 13 3,305,396 259,158 802,058 4,366,612 Smith Partnership 13 374,750 70,105 301,750 746,605 BLV LAW 12 169,958 78,400 264,150 512,508 Enable Law 12 12,377,326 778,968 3,218,350 16,374,644 Dicksons 12 2,105,294 176,121 451,557 2,732,972 Gregory Abrams Davidson 12 272,954 87,969 690,528 1,051,451 Glynns 12 2,511,124 515,457 2,585,000 5,611,581 Withy King 12 5,377,811 290,186 1,883,099 7,551,096 Sills & Betteridge 12 183,170 45,998 304,489 533,657 Foys 11 799,272 168,565 309,603 1,277,440 Browell Smith & Co 11 269,796 50,689 302,887 623,371 Ben Hoare Bell 11 604,436 75,851 366,911 1,047,198 Coodes Preston Goldburn 11 79,125 56,663 117,373 253,161 Clear Law 11 157,895 41,123 183,000 382,018 MPH 11 1,287,253 156,518 653,340 2,097,111 Osborne Morris & Morgan 11 7,854,291 435,194 1,366,135 9,655,621 Gaby Hardwicke 11 538,561 57,807 197,400 793,768 Yes Personal Injury Lawyers 11 81,766 25,452 242,605 349,823

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Table 1: Number and Cost of Claims Closed/Settled between financial years 2016/17 and 2017/18

Closed_Settled Y Clinical_NonClinical Clinical Scheme CNST Claim_Outcome_FOI (Multiple Items)

Year of Closure (Settlement Year for PPOs) Defence Claimant --- Claimant Solicitor Firm No of Claims Damages Paid Costs Paid Costs Paid Total Paid Thorneycroft 11 301,825 88,019 313,343 703,187 Roberts Jackson 11 440,843 60,931 346,114 847,887 Scott-Moncrieff & Associates 11 1,439,100 177,791 884,976 2,501,867 Darbys 10 1,273,824 243,430 1,478,752 2,996,006 Harding Evans 10 256,859 139,322 349,434 745,614 Harrison Clark Rickerbys 10 304,940 95,161 671,693 1,071,794 Maxwell Hodge 10 1,041,101 148,407 657,730 1,847,238 Scott Rees & Co 10 75,600 20,744 150,152 246,495 FBC Manby Bowdler 9 201,000 35,500 174,266 410,765 Fieldfisher 9 2,879,894 314,092 1,265,680 4,459,666 Camps 9 216,737 37,505 413,579 667,821 Ashfords 9 534,987 44,705 186,562 766,253 Campbell Courtney & Cooney 9 326,220 106,224 425,360 857,804 Kiteleys 9 132,916 24,852 260,366 418,133 Mercury Legal 9 464,182 87,866 580,361 1,132,408 Michael W Halsall 9 74,000 13,530 134,290 221,819 Iacopi Palmer 9 4,460,673 283,016 1,315,498 6,059,188 PHH 9 373,773 59,735 342,150 775,657 SheridanLaw 9 1,498,003 136,059 455,111 2,089,173 WBW 9 1,814,091 243,546 947,903 3,005,540 Ramsdens Rice Jones Clarksons 9 179,000 55,911 220,404 455,314 Potter Rees 9 7,038,823 222,912 1,489,731 8,751,466 Wilkin Chapman 9 981,620 118,722 479,850 1,580,191 Scott Duff & Co 9 434,633 105,452 457,941 998,026 CM 8 86,000 18,983 99,450 204,433 Butcher & Barlow 8 573,491 103,329 258,443 935,263 Forster Dean 8 505,864 67,330 374,550 947,744 Corries 8 382,268 55,552 201,490 639,310 Bindmans 8 1,124,396 106,336 752,744 1,983,476 Cordner Lewis 8 244,047 37,093 216,405 497,544 Freemans 8 226,909 88,070 549,354 864,333 Moosa Duke 8 1,495,781 204,114 1,355,848 3,055,743 MJP 8 918,341 121,797 307,400 1,347,538 Lee Syms T/A Swain & Co 8 169,324 43,280 264,885 477,489 Jobling Gowler 8 164,188 40,225 203,660 408,073 O H Parsons 8 298,932 79,780 568,394 947,106 HCB Park Woodfine 8 360,500 70,347 147,707 578,554 True Personal Injury 8 97,725 22,688 160,263 280,676 Tees Law 8 2,665,131 211,182 1,170,497 4,046,810 Wake Smith 8 305,893 160,206 552,325 1,018,424 Wadsworths 8 139,865 23,085 166,136 329,086 Walker Smith Way 8 753,849 105,546 371,874 1,231,269 Applebys 7 127,688 45,937 346,256 519,882 BTMK 7 70,961 49,004 217,000 336,965 Chadwick Lawrence 7 1,084,268 157,984 555,222 1,797,474 Clarkson Wright & Jakes 7 202,269 35,346 235,250 472,865 Chris Kallis 7 469,048 93,532 315,259 877,840 Chambers 7 105,142 23,598 91,268 220,008 Knights Professional Services 7 708,066 107,576 380,000 1,195,642 Jefferies 7 133,750 34,242 228,050 396,042 Hart Brown 7 148,900 43,418 308,000 500,318 Horwich Cohen Coghlan 7 373,255 98,807 619,500 1,091,562 Medical Accident Group 7 222,510 37,047 298,518 558,075 Morgan Jones & Pett 7 200,671 39,699 163,935 404,305 Michael Jefferies Accident 7 224,185 24,642 233,870 482,697 Sternberg Reed 7 3,702,361 241,231 746,580 4,690,172

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Table 1: Number and Cost of Claims Closed/Settled between financial years 2016/17 and 2017/18

Closed_Settled Y Clinical_NonClinical Clinical Scheme CNST Claim_Outcome_FOI (Multiple Items)

Year of Closure (Settlement Year for PPOs) Defence Claimant --- Claimant Solicitor Firm No of Claims Damages Paid Costs Paid Costs Paid Total Paid William Graham Law 7 141,375 44,949 208,606 394,930 Ringrose Law 7 65,475 45,172 172,111 282,757 Wright Hassall 7 257,000 36,304 203,975 497,279 Slee Blackwell 7 298,500 89,008 255,750 643,258 Wannops 7 214,912 40,922 166,099 421,933 Ward & Rider 7 232,237 41,949 124,500 398,686 St Helens Law 7 286,143 75,601 247,890 609,634 Ross Aldridge 7 229,050 62,438 239,000 530,488 Barratt Goff and Tomlinson 6 2,795,002 277,065 549,765 3,621,832 Compensation on Line 6 40,350 13,273 43,450 97,073 Fosters 6 192,923 13,113 26,113 232,149 Curtis Law 6 339,300 30,503 296,000 665,803 Henshaw Pratt 6 304,117 53,593 341,694 699,404 Nockolds 6 162,750 10,786 122,290 295,826 Penmans 6 380,000 64,987 233,868 678,855 Treadstone Law 6 46,300 19,058 96,623 161,980 Stamp Jackson & Procter 6 672,100 117,023 544,600 1,333,723 Palmer Hodgson & Heyes 6 440,350 111,129 384,000 935,479 Blythe Liggins 5 451,310 31,618 134,387 617,316 Crosse & Crosse 5 313,728 137,941 469,000 920,669 Fieldings Porter 5 118,000 18,848 140,200 277,048 Blackburn & Co 5 487,630 81,478 457,600 1,026,708 Dutton Law 5 180,416 87,338 241,250 509,004 MRH 5 144,000 48,396 174,300 366,696 GMS Law 5 121,041 35,205 227,694 383,940 Hopkins 5 19,750 2,744 52,054 74,548 Mellor Hargreaves 5 223,817 35,643 267,031 526,491 Novum Law 5 168,256 52,686 308,550 529,492 Oliver & Co 5 135,850 66,733 460,000 662,583 Healys 5 323,500 35,965 180,008 539,473 Gregsons 5 228,112 135,915 311,414 675,441 Tandem Law 5 172,717 39,010 281,500 493,227 Ward Gethin Archer 5 102,690 29,484 64,250 196,424 Smith & Graham 5 37,450 30,263 63,368 131,081 Rich & Carr 5 107,000 23,221 78,250 208,471 Raleys 5 101,250 18,092 145,750 265,092 Aggregated 547 Claimant Solicitor Firms (with each having less than 5 claims) 910 63,771,820 8,897,348 35,794,907 108,464,075 Grand Total 13,097 1,927,628,823 186,455,354 825,961,045 2,940,045,222

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