Law firm Bond Turner announces two new senior hires to its professional and clinical negligence departments in Liverpool

Bond Turner has appointed lawyers Rob Godfrey and Helen Neville to senior positions at the law firm’s Liverpool office.

Rob is the new head of professional negligence while Helen becomes deputy head of clinical negligence. They offer more than 40 years of combined experience. 

Bond Turner’s professional and clinical negligence expertise is amongst its core services alongside credit hire claims, housing disrepair claims and personal injury.

Its professional negligence department specialises in a range of cases, notably solicitor and property negligence. The clinical negligence team frequently takes on cases in areas including maternity and surgical negligence and cancer misdiagnosis.

Rob brings more than 25 years of experience in litigation and is a member of the Professional Negligence Lawyers Association.

He said: “I was attracted to this role within Bond Turner on account of the exceptional quality of work delivered for clients right across England and Wales, not just in professional negligence but across the firm’s expansive list of services.”

Helen is a clinical negligence solicitor and also sits as a Deputy District Civil Judge on the North Western Circuit since being appointed in 2021.

She is a judicial member of the Liverpool Law Society as well as a Law Society Clinical Negligence Panel member and senior litigator with APIL, having worked within the clinical negligence field since 2005.

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“I look forward to making an impact within the department and working with our clients to gain the best possible outcome for them.”

Director at Bond Turner and head of clinical negligence (Liverpool), Sara Stanger, added: “We are delighted to welcome both Rob and Helen to the team. They are highly respected in the legal industry and will be a fantastic addition to the firm.”