NHS Resolution names 13 law firms to £523m legal services panel

NHS Resolution has appointed 13 law firms to a panel for the provision of health-related legal services worth an estimated £523m over four years.

The panel will cover services related to clinical and non-clinical liabilities, and regulatory, health and disciplinary law. The current contracts expire at the end of May 2017.

Lot 1: Clinical negligence (worth £120m per annum; £480m over the lifetime of the contract)

  • Bevan Brittan
  • Browne Jacobson
  • Capsticks
  • Clyde & Co
  • DAC Beachcroft
  • Hempsons
  • Hill Dickinson
  • Kennedys Law
  • Ward Hadaway
  • Weightmans

Lot 2: Non-clinical (£8m pa; £32m contract lifetime)

  • Browne Jacobson
  • Clyde & Co
  • DAC Beachcroft
  • Kennedys Law
  • Weightmans

Lot 3: Regulatory health and disciplinary law (£2.8m pa; £11.2m contract lifetime)

  • Bevan Brittan
  • Blake Morgan
  • Browne Jacobson
  • Capsticks
  • DAC Beachcroft
  • Fieldfisher
  • Hempsons
  • Hill Dickinson
  • Kennedys Law
  • Mills & Reeve
  • Ward Hadaway
  • Weightmans

NHS Resolution, formerly known as the NHS Litigation Authority, said: “The services required are to meet with an on-going, and often urgent, need to access law firms with specialist expertise and knowledge to provide advice and support on a wide range of health–related issues.”