I am a solicitor with more than 35 years of experience in the law, much of it in dealing with medical and serious injury cases. I have been involved in running a number of important public cases (including Gulf War claims, MMR vaccine claims and claims involving organophosphates).

My stepdaughter was seriously injured as a result of medical negligence when she was very young (she is now in her 20s and remains severely disabled), so I am very familiar with the consequences of negligence on family life.