Christopher Hough

Christopher Hough specialises in clinical negligence, personal injury and legal negligence arising out of the handling of these two areas. He has extensive experience in the High Court acting for claimants.

He has appeared in cases involving a variety of conditions caused by different clinical situations, including hospitals and general practitioners. He has handled many claims (both PI and clinical negligence) involving catastrophic injuries, including cerebral palsy, tetraplegia, paraplegia, blindness, amputations and serious head injuries with neurological/ psychiatric injuries.

Recent cases include:

• Slevin v London Strategic Health Authority 2009 - Cerebral palsy claim settled for lump sum of £2.35 million and periodical payments of £247,500 pa. Approved by Mr Justice Plender.
• Franks v Northampton General Hospitals 2009 - MRSA infection leading to osteo-myelitis and amputation. Claim settled for £800,000.
• Langford v City Hospitals NHS Trust 2009 - Amputation case arising from failure to diagnose Buerger's Disease (and advise to stop smoking cigarettes) leading to settlement of £1 million before deduction for liability discount.

Chris's work has been cited by Chambers and Partners 2010 and Legal 500 2009.

He is a member of AVMA, APIL and the PNBA.

Year of Call

1981

Education

LLB (Hons)

Email Address

c.hough@doughtystreet.co.uk

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Specialist Teams

Member :

• Human Rights
• Medical Law & Personal Injury Team
• Public and Administrative Law