Matthew Hill

Clinical Negligence

Matthew represents claimants and defendants in a wide range of clinical negligence cases, including those involving catastrophic births, spinal injuries and mental health. He has also appeared in group litigation.  He has a particular interest in cases concerning secondary victims.

Matthew has extensive experience in representing families, practitioners and organisations at inquests, including before juries and in cases where the enhanced investigative duty under article 2 ECHR is engaged. He has appeared in inquests concerning multiple deaths and in complex medical and mental health cases.

He has experience in cross-jurisdictional clinical negligence claims, including those involving arguments on the selection of the appropriate discount rates.

Selected Cases

• AA v A Hospital Trust: Matthew represents the Claimant in a case concerning alleged delay in diagnosis and surgery in the case of a newborn child with an intra-parenchymal haematoma.
• A Claimant v A Hospital Trust: Matthew represents the Claimant in a catastrophic birth injury case concerning whether sufficient information was provided to a mother to allow for informed consent on an elective C-section.
• A Claimant v An Ambulance Trust: Matthew acted for the Claimant, who was paralysed following a failure to immobilise her prior to transportation to hospital.
• DD v A Hospital Trust: Matthew represented the Claimant, who lost her sight following a delayed diagnosis of giant cell arteritis.
• EE v A Hospital Trust: Claims for psychiatric injury arising from the death of a child at birth, following Paul and another v Royal Wolverhampton [2024] UKSC.
• BB v NHS Trust & Dr E & Dr KS: Matthew acted for the family of young man who died in hospital following alleged failures to diagnose his condition.
• CH v s GP: Matthew defended his client in claim relating to suspected vitamin B12 deficiency.
• AA v An NHS Trust: Matthew represented the claimant in a cauda equina case.
• LXH v Imperial Healthcare College NHS Trust: Matthew acted for the claimant in a cross-jurisdictional catastrophic birth claim. Led by Henry Witcomb Q.C.
• A. v Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Trust: Matthew acted for the claimant in a cross-jurisdictional catastrophic birth claim. Led by Christina Lambert Q.C.
• CCC v Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust: Matthew acted for the claimant in a catastrophic birth claim.  Led by Angus McCullough QC
• Felix-Thompson Bland v Royal Surrey County Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust: Matthew acted for the claimant in a catastrophic birth claim.  Led by Angus McCullough QC
• The PIP Breast Implant Group Litigation: Matthew acted for a number of private surgeons in complex group litigation proceedings arising from the withdrawal of PIP breast implants.  Led by Stephen Miller QC.