Expertise

Richard specialises in claimant medical negligence work covering a broad spectrum of claims against GPs, NHS Trusts and private healthcare providers within England and Wales. Although he has experience of a broad cross section of medical negligence litigation, he has a particular expertise in complex brain (including birth injury) and spinal injury claims.

Richard’s experience includes:

  • Birth injury claims – cases involving hypoxic injury, neonatal hypoglycaemia, defective neonatal resuscitation and perinatal stroke
  • Brain injury – acquired injury resulting from stroke, negligent medical treatment such as defective resuscitation/intubation, or delayed diagnosis and treatment of infection
  • Spinal injury – cases involving injury sustained during spinal surgery, delayed diagnosis of spinal epidural abscesses, spinal cord tumours and cauda equina syndrome.

 

Career

King’s College London (LLB); Bar Vocational Course (BVC) Inns of Court School of Law; qualified as a solicitor in the Medical Negligence department at Kingsley Napley in April 2005; partner at Kingsley Napley LLP May 2014 to February 2026.

Experience

  • Acted for a man in his late 40s in connection with the delayed diagnosis of a spinal epidural abscess resulting in paraplegia
  • Acted for a child rendered tetraplegia during surgery to debulk a cervical spinal cord tumour
  • Acted for a child who sustained a hypoxic brain injury and a perinatal stroke around the time of his birth resulting in dyskinetic quadriplegic cerebral palsy
  • Acted for a man in his mid-40s in connection with a delay in diagnosis and treatment of cauda equina compression leading to severe neurological, bladder and bowel dysfunction.

Recognition

Richard is recognised as a leading practitioner in Chambers and Partners and Legal 500.

Chambers and Partners:

  • “He is an intelligent man with a keen eye for detail on difficult cases. He is experienced in the job, he has an easy way with clients, and he is very robust with the other side.”
  • “He’s very assiduous, has an impressive grip on the case and is easy to work with. He provides excellent service for his clients.”

Legal 500:

  • “Richard Lodge stands out for his attention to detail, commitment to his cases, and hard work to achieve the best possible results.”

Accreditations and Memberships

Member of the AvMA and Law Society specialist clinical negligence accreditation panels. Practitioner member of APIL.

Publications and Media

Co-author (with Elizabeth-Anne Gumble KC) of Clinical Negligence: A Practitioner’s Handbook.

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