Lynne Foster

Legal Executive

Specialisms and expertise

Her clinical negligence work has involved a wide range of treatment to include obstetrics and gynaecology, orthopaedics, catastrophic brain injury, oncology, cardiology, general surgery, paediatrics, haematology, ophthalmology and general practice.

She has a special interest in fatal claims involving both children and adults. Lynne has also represented the interests of many bereaved families at inquests and is particularly called upon to represent families where the deceased died in hospital or following medical treatment.

Lynne is a member of the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers and regularly attends AvMA SIG meetings.

Notable cases

  • Several major Inquests, a recent one being reported extensively in the media, following the tragic death of a young girl who was knocked over by a cyclist in 2008. Lynne has also had success in obtaining public funding for some of the more complex Inquest cases.
  • In 2007 Lynne settled a complex endocrinology case involving a condition known as Sheehans Syndrome, which is now rarely suffered by women in this country.
  • Lynne has dealt with a full range of clinical negligence cases and in 2007 settled a complex orthopaedic case involving an undiagnosed fractured scaphoid which settled for a sum in excess of £100,000. She was also involved in an orthopaedic case in 2008 following negligent knee surgery, with a claimant who had a complex medical history, which also settled for a sum in excess of £100,000.
  • Lynne was also involved in a multi million pound maximum severity case, with a mother unable to look after her young children as a result of severe brain damage (the brain damage was tragically acquired as a result of her doctors' failure to diagnose a treatable heart condition, leading to a cardiac arrest). Lynne also recovered damages in 2008 for the mother's partner as she collapsed in front of him and he went on to suffer PTSD as a result.

Profile

Lynne was admitted as a Fellow of the Institute of Legal Executives in 2004 and has specialised in clinical negligence since 2004. Lynne relocated to Kent in June 2009 to join Thomson Snell and Passmore.