Mark Ashley

Mark is a clinical risk lawyer in our Leeds office. He specialises in defending substantial clinical negligence claims. Mark’s recent experience includes the following.

• Conduct of the Ian Paterson litigation. Defending a highly contentious claim brought by a private sector provider which alleged the NHS should be responsible for harm suffered by Ian Paterson’s private patients. Mark also coordinated the rapid and fair resolution of a substantial volume of claims brought by Ian Paterson’s NHS patients.
• Acting for an NHS Trust in respect of a series of claims brought against it arising from the activities of Victorino Chua, a former nurse who has now been imprisoned for life.
• Henderson v Dorset Healthcare – acting for the NHS in the High Court, Court of Appeal, and Supreme Court in this case which reassesses whether a claimant should be compensated for their own illegal conduct.
• Roberts v Ministry of Defence; Ministry of Defence v Viersen. Representing a German hospital in connection with a contribution claim brought by the MoD. This case involves complex issues of jurisdiction and choice of law, and is at present subject to an appeal to the Supreme Court.  
• Supervising (on behalf of Lloyds insurers) the defence of clinical negligence claims brought in other common law jurisdictions, with a particular focus on Bermuda.
• Managing claims for medical practitioners who have been declined indemnity or whose insurer is unable to provide indemnity by reason of insolvency.