Thomson Snell & Passmore host Annual Brain Injury Lecture
01/06/2011
Leading South East law firm Thomson Snell & Passmore today announces the success of their Annual Brain Injury Lecture on attention deficit and related problems following frontal lobe injury in children held at The Spa Hotel, Tunbridge Wells, Kent on Tuesday 14 June.
Thomson Snell & Passmore host Annual Brain Injury Lecture
Leading South East law firm Thomson Snell & Passmore today announces the success of their Annual Brain Injury Lecture on attention deficit and related problems following frontal lobe injury in children held at The Spa Hotel, Tunbridge Wells, Kent on Tuesday 14 June.
Attended by more than 90 guests, the event examined attention deficit and related problems following frontal lobe injury in children with guest speaker Dr David McCormick. Dr David McCormick is a consultant in paediatric neurorehabilitation and epilepsy at King’s College Hospital – a position he has held since 2003.
At King’s, David leads a large multidisciplinary team caring for children in the early stages of recovery after acquired brain injury. He also leads on provision of medical care to children receiving neurosurgery and is a member of the consultant paediatric epilepsy team, caring for both local and regional children with seizure disorders. Prior to joining King’s College Hospital Dr McCormick was a consultant paediatrician in East Kent working in the fields of epilepsy, neurodisability, general paediatrics and neonatal intensive care. During this period he also spent one day a week at Guy’s Hospital as honorary consultant in the paediatric epilepsy service.
Thomson Snell & Passmore’s Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence team is dedicated to helping those who have been severely injured and is recognised as a leading practice in the South East as recognised by independent guides to the legal profession. The team has in-depth experience and a very strong reputation in dealing with complex claims arising from brain injury and other life changing accidents. The team also works closely with the firm’s specialist Court of Protection team to safeguard clients’ affairs.
The firm is a founding member of the Kent Acquired Brain Injury Forum and the team is also a member of Action against Medical Accidents, the Law Society Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence Panels, the Headway Solicitors Panel and the Child Brain Injury Trust. The team’s lawyers are also accredited specialists of the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers.
Jonathan Clement, Partner and Personal Injury Team Leader at Thomson Snell & Passmore, said:
“We were extremely pleased the event was so well attended. I would like to thank Dr David McCormick for the presentation he made – he is an eminent specialist in the field of brain injury in children and I know attendees would have taken away invaluable advice as a result.”