Carla Applegate is an experienced clinical negligence solicitor at Gordons Partnership. Carla acts mainly on behalf of doctors for a leading medical defence organisation in complex claims typically involving catastrophic injury.

Carla trained and qualified at a Claimant firm in 2009, specialising in brain and spinal cord injury. She brings a wealth of experience in high value clinical negligence claims. Having litigated on behalf of Claimants for over 10 years, Carla joined Gordons in September 2019. She currently acts in a range of medical defence matters including a number of stroke cases, cauda equina claims, and oncology and kidney injury claims. Her previous experience also included acquired brain injury, orthopaedic injury and fatal claims. She has also been named as a key lawyer under the Legal 500.

Carla works in our Healthcare department, based in Guildford.

Testimonial

As you know in a system like NHS with finite resources and continuous pressures, every doctor wants to do their best for any patient. However, mistakes do happen unintentionally and there’re usually system problems behind any judgement error, which results in doctors dealing with claims. Any claim for any doctor can be challenging, stressful and as you’ve said, can also take up lot of time and energy. 

For me, your non-judgmental approach, open mindedness, and compassion stand out very much in every conversation we’ve had. So, thank you once again for that.  – Dr. K.T.