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Quintin practises across a range of chambers’ specialisms with a focus on personal injury and clinical negligence. Quintin undertakes work for both claimants and defendants in catastrophic injury claims. Quintin is held in high regard by a number of the UK’s leading insurers, but he also has a significant claimant practice enabling him to take a well-balanced view on matters. Quintin is involved at every stage of litigation, and while he appreciates the benefits of alternative dispute resolution (ADR), he has a successful history of fighting to trial those claims which are not capable of compromise.
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Jameela Sheikh
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Jameela Sheikh
Assistant Practice Manager
Areas Of Expertise
Quintin has extensive experience in high value clinical negligence matters, and has acted in cases involving injuries at birth, abdominoplasties, orthopaedic operations, missed diagnoses, lack of informed consent and systemic hospital failure. He is instructed by the leading clinical negligence firms, including DAC Beachcroft, BLM, Hill Dickinsons, Irwin Mitchell, Slater & Gordon, Capsticks, Hempsons, and Weightmans.
Cases of Note
- NX v NHS Trust (2026) – Quintin was engaged in two joint settlement meetings against an eminent silk in a claim pleaded at over £2m. The claim arose out of the negligent retention of a ureteric stent which had led to numerous urinary tract infections. The key issues were whether these infections had led to any cognitive deficit and whether the claimant would have had substantial care needs in any event given his significant co-morbidities. There were hard fought Reaney type arguments raised. The matter settled on a reasonable terms.
- KN v NHS Trust (2026) – The claimant sustained an above knee amputation after an alleged failure of the defendant trust to identify chronic limb-threatening ischemia. Liability was contested. The claimant’s claim for more than £2.5m was settled on favourable terms at a joint settlement meeting.
- EH v NHS Trust (2026) – This case involved the failure of the defendant Trust to administer aspirin following a TIA. The issue in the claim was whether that failure caused or materially contributed to the debilitating stroke which the claimant suffered shortly after. The claim was represented by a silk and the claim was pleaded in the region of £2m. The matter concluded shortly before trial, and James Todd KC led Quintin in the final stages.
- KC v NHS Trust (2026) – Quintin represented the defendant Trust in this case in which a surgeon had negligently carried out the incorrect abdominal surgery, and the claimant had suffered significant injuries as a result. The claimant instructed a silk for injuries valued at more than £2m. The claim was concluded at a joint settlement on reasonable terms.
- BJT v NHS Trust (2026) – Judith Ayling KC led Quintin in this hard fought case. BJT sustained an hypoxic brain injury at birth, as a result of which she suffered from cerebral palsy. Liability was compromised, and damages were sought in a capitalised sum of over £30m. The case was concluded shortly before trial, and following an unsuccessful joint settlement meeting, on a lump sum and PPO basis.
- XQ v NHS Trust (2025) – Quintin advised the XQ and was key in the successful negotiation of a claim for a delay in the identification and treatment of a myocardial infarction. The case involved a complex analysis of timelines, and the impact of an earlier diagnosis on improved life expectancy and future earnings capacity.
- KH v NHS Trust (2024) – Quintin represented the claimant widow whose husband had died as a result of a pulmonary embolism. The claim, pleaded in the region of £1m, resulted in a favourable settlement at at a joint settlement meeting.
- KA v AH (2022) – Quintin represented the defendant general practitioner in a case where the delayed diagnosis of a tumour had led to impaired shoulder function of a young nurse leading to a claim of substantially over £2m. The matter settled on reasonable terms at a joint settlement meeting.
- Vinegrad v University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust [2021] 1 WLUK 512 – Quintin successfully represented the defendant trust in this claim where psychosis was alleged to have been caused by a failure to treat adequately the claimant after he had suffered a traumatic brain injury. The trial was head remotely over the course of four days at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, with three experts called by each side.
- RB v NHS Trust (2021) Quintin represented the defendant trust in this claim where a delayed diagnosis of spina bifida was admitted. There were complex issues re causation and scope of duty, and the claim settled a few days before a four-day High Court trial at a fraction of its potential value.
- WF v NHS Trust (2020) Claim for around £1.8m for delayed diagnosis of a deep vein thrombosis (DVT). The matter settled at a joint settlement meeting.
Quintin has considerable experience in personal injury and has acted in a broad range of cases. He has successfully pursued and defended claims against employers, highway agencies and other bodies, and is experienced with significant claims where extensive quantum calculations are required. He is frequently involved as sole counsel in claims pleaded well in excess of £2m.
Cases of Note
- KS v HC & Ors (2026) – Quintin represented the claimant whose van had struck the defendant’s vehicle which was stationary on a motorway. The claimant had suffered life changing injuries. Liability was not conceded, and the case involved multiple issues including whether the defendant’s vehicle ought ever to have been on the motorway, and whether the reaction to engine failure had been reasonable. The claim was concluded at a joint settlement on reasonable terms.
- KF v DC (2026) – The defendant insurer instructed Quintin to defend this claim which arose out of the claimant being struck by a van which had been parked on a hill. The claimant had suffered a brain injury and significant orthopaedic injuries, and there were complex issues as to whether the claimant had returned to her pre-accident function and whether any ongoing deficit merited support workers. The claim was pleaded on a provisional basis in the region of £1m, but settled at a joint settlement meeting on a full and final basis at a significant discount.
Quintin has acted for both claimants and defendants in many claims involving injuries caused by animals, including providing representation at a number of trials. Quintin has experience of successfully pursuing defences under section 5 of the Animal Act 1971, and the dismissal of claims on such a basis being upheld on appeal.
Quintin acts in cases arising out of all types of workplace claims, including construction accidents, work at height falls, and tunnelling injuries. Quintin has achieved excellent outcomes in a number of multi-party defences, and recognises the value of achieving commercial settlements when the circumstances demand.
Quintin provides advice to insurers on a frequent basis as to whether applications to strike out claims for fundamental dishonesty are warranted, and has made several successful applications. If the appetite is there, he can advise on pursuing committal proceedings.
Quintin has acted for householders, businesses and insurers in claims arising from catastrophic injuries to all types of visitors including workmen, residential guests, children and customers. Quintin is not afraid to give robust advice in this area of practice.
Cases of Note
- Lamb v Malta – Quintin successfully defended at a three-day trial, and heard by His Honour Judge Coltart, a claim brought by a carpet fitter against a homeowner and various other defendants for serious orthopaedic injuries.
- Buckett v Staffordshire County Council – (QBD, November 2014 Lawtel AC0146016) Quintin, led by William Norris QC, represented the successful defendant in this case in which it was held that the defendant’s school owed no duty under the Occupiers’ Liability Act 1984 to the catastrophically injured child trespasser who fell through a skylight while on a roof.
Quintin has experience across the usual breadth of road traffic accidents, including multi-party pile-ups, fatal/catastrophic pedestrian collisions and motorcyclist claims. This experience has extended to the liability of taxi drivers for the safety of their passengers when alighting from their vehicles, and any potential liability of those drivers for the actions of their passengers.
Cases of Note
- WM v Insurer (2021) – Fatal Accident Act claim for £1.3m with issues re contributory negligence arising out of passenger’s knowledge of drug use and passenger’s distraction of driver.
- CS v PL (2020) – Road traffic accident involving a loss of earnings claim pleaded at around £605,000. The matter proceeded to trial as to quantum only, heard by Recorder Bebb QC. The recorder chose to adopt a Smith v Manchester approach. Quintin acted for the defendant and sum for losses of earnings awarded of £45,000, with a consequent favourable costs order agreed. Application for permission to appeal dismissed at oral hearing in front of Mr Justice Henshaw.
- SW v JA (2019) – The claimant was a double amputee following a road traffic accident. Claim pleaded at around £18m. Quintin was led by William Norris QC and matter settled at a joint settlement meeting at a considerable discount.
- MW v AL (2019) – A claim for severe orthopaedic injuries arising out of a road traffic accident. Claim pleaded at around £4.5m. Quintin was led by Neil Block QC, and the matter settled at a joint settlement meeting.
Quintin is a keen sportsman and still plays club rugby (at the heady heights of Hampshire division 4). Quintin has acted in a number of football, rugby, netball, golf and similar claims achieving favourable results both on quantum and liability.
Cases of Note
- TS v Lincoln Rugby Club (2020) – The claimant suffered a serious injury to his knee during rugby game. Trial on liability hearing for three days before Her Honour Judge Coe QC, and then quantum settled at a joint settlement meeting on reasonable terms.
