Matthew is a key member of Thompsons' national clinical negligence team and serves as the team leader for the Wales and South West of England clinical negligence team, based in Cardiff.
He specialises in managing high-value claims involving birth-related brain injuries, adult brain injuries, spinal injuries, and limb amputation.
In addition to handling his own caseload of severe cases, Matthew leads a dedicated team of expert clinical negligence lawyers serving the Wales and South West of England region.
Since qualifying as a lawyer in March 2008, Matthew has focused exclusively on clinical negligence, earning accreditation from the Law Society Clinical Negligence Panel.
Matthew takes pride in Thompsons' solid track record in clinical negligence law, embracing the firm's commitment to standing up for those injured through no fault of their own and pursuing justice via legal work and public advocacy.
Outside of work, Matthew cherishes spending time with his young family, engaging in charity events, and staying active by participating in half marathons.
Matthew's case experience
- Settled a birth injury case where the capitalised value was in excess of £10 million, which included large interim payments during the progress of the claim to put in place a care and therapy package for the client and enable the family to move to a property that was more suited to their needs.
- Settled a claim for £775,000 involving functional neurological disorder following negligent surgical treatment, leading to the claimant suffering significant effects on her ability to work and to carry out domestic and personal tasks. The case has been reported in Lawtel, which can be found here, and in a podcast here.
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Settled a case for a client arising out of a failure by an accident & emergency department to recognise and act upon symptoms of a stroke. The client was wrongly discharged having been diagnosed with labyrinthitis. Our client unfortunately went on to suffer a significant stroke, something which we alleged would have been avoided with appropriate treatment at the accident and emergency department. Our client’s speech and movement were affected as a result of the stroke. The case was denied by the Defendant throughout, but settled for a six figure sum shortly before trial.
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Settled a birth injury case where the client suffered avoidable hypoglycaemic damage to his brain which resulted in moderate learning disabilities, developmental difficulties, speech difficulty’s and behavioural difficulties. Judgement was entered in favour of our client and investigations were then undertaken to establish the extent of the injuries that our client had suffered. At the conclusion of this process a multi million pound settlement figure was agreed with the Defendant following negotiations, with this settlement then later being approved by the Court.
Professional membership
Matthew is a Law Society Clinical Negligence Panel member.