
Damian Whitlam
Partner
Nottingham
damian.whitlam@brownejacobson.com
+44 (0)330 045 2332
Damian specialises in defending medical malpractice claims on behalf of health care providers including public bodies (including NHS Trusts and NHS Resolution), individual clinicians, corporate organisations and medical malpractice insurers.
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