Partner and Head of Clinical Negligence

Christopher Noble is a Partner with Atherton Godfrey and is Head of the Clinical Negligence Team. He specialises in Clinical Negligence litigation on behalf of adults and children.

He joined Atherton Godfrey in November 2007 having qualified as a solicitor in 1994. He trained in Leeds and subsequently specialised in Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence with Yorkshire practices also gaining partnership and departmental management experience.

He has dealt with a wide variety of Clinical Negligence claims, many of high value, including patients incorrectly diagnosed/treated and birth injury claims.

Other Clinical Negligence experience includes cases involving treatment in general surgery, ophthalmology, orthopaedics, accident and emergency, general practitioner care, vascular surgery and obstetric care.

Christopher is one of a relatively small number of individual solicitors who are members of the Clinical Negligence Accreditation Scheme (formerly the Law Society Panel).

The Scheme is assessed by the Solicitors Regulation Authority and is for solicitors who represent victims of Clinical Negligence. Lawyers who belong to the scheme have satisfied the SRA that they can conduct actions properly on behalf of patients and their knowledge and experience have been rigorously and independently assessed.

Also a member of APIL (Association of Personal Injury Lawyers) with accredited status as a Senior Litigator.

Recent cases where Christopher has found answers to concerns about medical treatment include:

• For a client who suffered substandard treatment in that failure to diagnose carcinoma resulted in death.
• For a client who suffered substandard treatment as a result of failure to diagnose bone cancer resulting in leg amputation.
• For a client who suffered a delay in the diagnosis of a carcinoma and by the date of eventual diagnosis of the carcinoma there was evidence of liver metastases. 
• For a client who suffered misdiagnosis resulting in death.
• For a client who underwent an operation on the left foot which was performed to an unacceptable standard and was negligent.
• For a client who suffered misdiagnosis of testicular torsion resulting in amputation.
• For a client who suffered injuries as a result of failure to remove a stent. 
• For a client who sustained injury during an operation to remove a cyst from the back of the head resulting in nerve damage.
• For a client who suffered injury as a result of a substandard knee operation.
• For a client who suffered a fracture of the right hip as a result of nursing negligence.
• For a client who suffered substandard cosmetic surgery.