At Medical Negligence Solutions our top priority is putting you, the client, first. Our friendly and knowledgeable advisors pride themselves on their customer service and we want to help you approach a daunting legal process with confidence.

Jan Canter

Solicitor

Jan Canter is a solicitor of more than 20 years’ experience specialising in clinical and cosmetic surgery negligence cases. An experienced litigator with good contacts with some of the most eminent surgeons and QCs in the country. Jan is a member of The Law Society Personal Injury Panel, Association Of Personal Injury Lawyers and the Spinal Injuries Association. Jan is also a Civil and Commercial Accredited Mediator, qualified in 2009. He regularly receives referrals from other solicitors in the field of cosmetic surgery and deals with cases involving a value of 6 figures and above.

Jan fully grasps how sensitive these matters are and is always willing to travel in order to make the process convenient for the claimant.

Laura Sparrow (FCILEx)

Head of Clinical Negligence

Laura qualified as a Fellow Chartered Legal Executive in October 2004 and has specialised in Clinical Negligence through her career, also undertaking some Personal Injury and Civil Litigation in the past. She joined Specters in January 2019 as Head of Clinical Negligence.

She a member of APIL and regularly volunteers on the AVMA Helpline. She has a strong history of handling all types of negligence claims, including high value complex claims and has a wealth of experience in this regard

Laura takes a personal approach to each and every case, and understands the needs of her clients and the importance not only to obtain compensation, but also to support through the life changing event that has happened.

Nigel Plant (LLB Hons)

Consultant Solicitor

Nigel studied law at the University of Exeter and qualified as a Solicitor in England & Wales in 1981. He was also admitted as a Solicitor in Hong Kong in 1984.

Nigel has specialised in dealing with professional negligence claims for over 25 years. He is based in our London office and helps to manage the Professional Negligence team.

Nigel has extensive experience in dealing with a wide variety of professional negligence claims, including a substantial number of claims against solicitors, barristers, licensed conveyancers, accountants and independent financial advisers and also claims involving fraud.

Nigel is a trained mediator and has utilised mediation to a successful end on numerous occasions for his clients.

Nigel enjoys playing golf when he can and exploring the vineyards and restaurants of France and reading a good book."

Examples of his recent cases include:

Disappointed beneficiary claiming against a solicitor for failing to draft a Will in a timely manner before the death of the intended testator.

Investors pursuing claims against a notary public for losses from an apparent fraudulent land investment scheme in Africa.

Liquidator suing accountants who acted as administrators of a company for negligently deciding to continue trading which resulted in the company incurring additional substantial losses.

Developer taking solicitors to court for negligent handling of the purchase of a development plot and then mishandling the subsequent litigation against the vendor.

Investors pursuing various fund managers for split capital investment trust multi-million pound losses.

Wife out of pocket in a divorce settlement as her solicitor had failed to properly evaluate her husband’s pension pot.

Elderly couples bringing claims against IFA’s for losses arising out of equity release schemes.

Litigant who lost the chance to pursue a professional negligence claim against his former solicitor for failing to deal with his personal injury claim competently as his new solicitor had failed to effectively serve court proceedings on his former solicitor.

Gareth Williams

Consultant Solicitor

In the course of Gareth's career, which spans over 30 years, he has specialised in litigation involving medical negligence. He has dealt with cases where operative procedures and sepsis have led to the death of patients and represented their relatives in the Coroner’s Court himself. A previous member of the Law Society's Personal Injury Panel, his recent focus has been on failed cosmetic surgery and specifically facial reconstruction surgery. Gareth has acted for both Insurers defending these cases and the Claimants bringing them. He is very flexible to the needs of clients and has an ability to find innovative solutions to the most complex of legal problems. He is sympathetic to the difficulties that clients face and understands it is not only physical pain that has to be endured but also emotional pain brought on by the distressing effects of negligence.

James Spargo (BA Hons, GCILEx)

Litigation Executive

James holds a degree in BA (hons) Business Administration and a Professional Higher Diploma in Law and Practice at CILEx Law School. James is a Graduate Member of the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives.

James began his legal career in 2006 working in-house at First Great Western trains. He moved to private practice in 2008 working for national firms Lyons Davidson and DWF and London firms Charles Gregory and Hodge Jones & Allen before joining The Specter Partnership in 2017.

James has over 12 years of experience in both claimant and defendant litigation in a variety of practice areas including professional negligence, employment, contractual drafting and disputes and personal injury.

Notable cases:

• Successfully represented a client in an unfair dismissal and whistleblowing case. The matter settled shortly before the final hearing for a mid six-figure sum.
• Acted for Mr M who was involved in a road traffic accident and developed chronic back pain necessitating surgery and leaving him unable to work. Causation was in issue throughout and the matter settled at a Joint Settlement Meeting for a confidential sum.
• Successfully acted for a client in a claim for negligent misstatement after the client’s former employer provided a misleading reference.
• Successfully Acted for a client in a professional negligence action after his original claim was struck out due to his solicitor’s negligence

Irina Ivanova (BA)

Litigation Executive

Irina is part-way through her Bachelor's Degree in Law at University of Turiba. She has 4 year’s relevant industry experience.

Occupied roles have included Motor Claims Negotiator, Personal Injury Paralegal (MOJ), Litigation Paralegal (Credit Hire) and Credit Hire & Personal Injury Paralegal

5 years+ experience in State Revenue Service of Latvia