Ali Batchelor
Partner
Health & Social Care Sector | Amputation | Birth Injury | Brain Injury | Injury | Inquests and Fatal Claims | Medical negligence
About Ali
Ali is a Partner in our clinical negligence department and leads the firm’s inquest team.
She specialises in advising clients in relation to coroner’s inquests and claims involving catastrophic injury.
She is one of a select few practitioners nationwide to hold APIL’s fatal specialist status, an accreditation reserved for those dedicated to achieving the best outcomes for those pursuing claims when a loved one has died through negligence.
Ali is recommended in the leading directories, Chambers & Partners and the Legal 500, in which she is praised for her technical expertise and the tailored support she offers her clients.
She is recognised for her experience in complex and especially sensitive cases and has extensive knowledge of Article 2 inquests, including deaths in prison, or deaths involving mental health treatment.
Her busy and varied clinical negligence practice concentrates on the following areas:
- Surgical claims
- Cancer
- Amputation
- Brain injury
- Orthopaedic injuries
- Fatal claims
- Stillbirth and neonatal claims
- Secondary victim claims
- Social care
Memberships
- APIL (Fatal Specialist and Senior Litigator status)
- Bristol Medico Legal Society (President)
- Bristol Law Society
- Inquest Lawyers Group
- Society of Clinical Injury Lawyers
“Ali Batchelor is excellent – very well prepared, very good client skills, intelligent, pragmatic and lovely.”
"She was absolutely fantastic: incredibly supportive and kind. Her advice was spot on. She has a really lovely, respectful way of dealing with people ... She is a rising star. She is precise and analytical and offers firm, well-rounded advice."
"Highly intelligent and handles an impressive caseload with aplomb."
”She deploys exemplary client care skills," according to commentators.”
"Ali is a real star. She is intelligent, tactically astute, and displays real empathy on sensitive cases."
"She is exemplary ... Exceptionally committed claimant clinical negligence specialist. She is both pragmatic and effective in her approach."
"She made me feel valued as a client and demonstrated a quiet determination to achieve the best outcome for the family under very difficult circumstances."
"Ali has been very tenacious, resourceful and persistent in pursuing my case. Her knowledge and experience resulted in a final award which exceeded our expectations. Ali’s total professionalism and caring sensitivity has always given me confidence and reassurance throughout a very stressful and challenging time in my life. I have already recommended Ali and RWK Goodman to my friends and family. Your service has been quite exceptional."
Ali's outstanding commitment gave us the hope that we needed in order to gain closure by the Trust Being held accountable for what we had to endure. She continually kept us informed every step of the way and if we needed to contact her at any point or needed clarification on any legalities she was able to get back to us as soon as possible. Ali was very approachable in her character and put us at ease throughout. Especially considering the nature of the case. Most of all we would like to thank you for believing in us and we would definitely recommend RWK Goodman and yourself to others.
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