I’m passionate about helping and supporting clients and their families not only secure compensation, but also ensuring there is accountability for any wrongdoing.
Medical negligence cases can often be complex and achieving a positive outcome for clients is incredibly rewarding as awards allow people to rebuild their lives and often get the rehabilitation and treatment they need.
Get to Know Samantha
Samantha is a senior medical negligence solicitor who qualified in 2013 and joined Hudgell Solicitors in 2015. She handles a wide range of claims and has a particular interest in birth injuries, neonatal and stillbirth cases, strokes, surgical errors and cases involving misdiagnosis.
Samantha’s work involves helping vulnerable clients, protected parties and families where a loved one has passed away as a result of fatal accidents. She has experience dealing with complicated and high value claims.
Career Highlights
I have represented a number of families where basic maternity care and national guidelines have not been followed resulting in their babies sadly being stillborn or passing away shortly after birth. In cases such as this it is never about compensation, but holding Trusts to account for their actions and making sure such incidents are fully investigated and improvement changes are made for future care.
Examples include a case in which an unborn baby died after the hospital failed to offer an early birth when complications arose, and a case where a baby was lost due to maternity staff making decisions without assessing the patient or knowing the patient’s history.
I also represented a family whose loved one died as a result of a delay in diagnosing lung cancer. Chest X-rays showed an abnormality which should have triggered a referral for a CT scan. The lung cancer went undiagnosed for 15 months and as a result the tumour progressed from a stage which was potentially curable with surgery, to one which was on the balance of probabilities incurable.
A financial dependency claim was made on behalf of his wife and admissions were made by the defendant Trust and a six-figure settlement was obtained.
Giving More
At Hudgells we are encouraged to offer Pro Bono work and I recently attended an inquest offering support to the deceased’s father throughout the process.
I support local charities including the Electric Eels and Andys Mans Club and I’ve also fundraised for Martin’s Mountain and P.A.U.L for Brain Recovery.
At Hudgells we also volunteer in work time and I help out at HER Breast Friends, a charity supporting people with cancer.
