Clinical Negligence
Harry acts for Claimants, the NHSR and the medical defence organisations. He has a heavyweight clinical negligence practice encompassing claims in, inter alia, the fields of neurosurgery, paediatrics, obstetrics, orthopaedics and cardiology.
He prides himself on a sophisticated understanding of paediatric issues and has done a number of such cases. For example, he was junior counsel in Glassenbury v Short, a highly complex case of perinatal hypoxia materially contributing to postnatal periventricular leucomalacia (led by Robin Oppenheim QC). Similarly K was a multi-million pound cerebral palsy claim involving complex issues over care/accommodation (led by Robin Oppenheim QC).
He is often instructed in high value, complex or silk level clinical negligence litigation such as those listed below:
Selected Cases
- F: Conducting a 4 day trial in an oncological case against a leading QC. The trial judge remarked that the parties were represented by “one silk, and one potential silk”.
- J: Harry acts as sole counsel against a QC in this case involving an alleged failure to diagnose a stroke.
- R: Harry acts as sole counsel against a QC in this quantum-only matter pleaded at around £4M.
- L: This case concerns the failure of a state-of-the-art “custom” knee replacement. Harry acted for one of the foremost knee surgeons in custom knee implants in the country. It is a good example of the interaction between his product liability practice and clinical negligence practice. After drafting a robust and technical 35 page defence, all allegations relating to surgical technique were promptly withdrawn.
- R: Acting for the NHS without a leader, Harry settled this highly complex paediatric claim with a full pleaded value of circa £5M.
News
- Harry Lambert successfully defends NHS against product liability claim
- Harry Lambert secures resounding victory for 11 victims of trafficking in the High Court
Qualifications
- MA, Corpus Christi College, University of Cambridge
- LLB, College of Law, Bloomsbury
Memberships
- Pan European Organisation of Personal Injury Lawyers
Recommendations
“Very bright and capable of presenting and dealing with the most complicated issues and cases.”
Legal 500, 2021
“Very hard-working, reliable and efficient. He’s passionate and completes work enthusiastically and to a very high standard.”; “He’s very diligent and a very good advocate.”
Chambers & Partners, 2021
“Impresses with his intelligence, enthusiasm, diligence and manner.”
Legal 500, 2021
“He has been excellent in a number of cases. His drive and general enthusiasm is infectious.”
Chambers & Partners, 2020
“Harry fights his corner hard.” “He is at his best when handling cases with complex and novel legal issues.”
Chambers & Partners, 2018
“His depth of PI knowledge is exceptional and he is especially helpful on quantum… A thorough, hard-working barrister”
Legal 500, 2018
“He is an all-rounder, who is superb at whatever he turns his hand to.”
Legal 500, 2017
“He has a razor-sharp intellect.”
Legal 500, 2017
“A rising star of the product liability Bar who has already earned himself prominent admirers among his peers.”
Chambers & Partners, 2016
“He’s an extremely intelligent, hard-working and sensible barrister.”
Chambers & Partners, 2016
“A very detailed and focused counsel, who never misses a trick.”
Legal 500, 2015
“He has a superb intellect, and outshines his contemporaries.”
Legal 500 2015