Russell Cooke Putney London 2

About Dominic

For more than 25 years I have represented injured clients in respect of all types of personal injury and medical negligence cases from those valued at £10,000 to catastrophic injury claims valued at more than £5 million. I have also represented more than 150 bereaved families as their advocate at inquests all across the country.

Dominic advises on both clinical negligence and personal injury claims.

His expertise includes cases involving fatal accidents, obstetric claims and neurological injury. He also has extensive experience representing bereaved families as their advocate at inquests in cases including deaths in hospital and in the workplace, murder and suicide.

Dominic also lectured externally to clinicians and hospital managers.

Dominic's willingness to listen and share his expertise, his open-mindedness and his approachability has meant a lot.
Chambers UK (2025)

Experience

Inquests:

  • acted for the family of Brian Gilberthorpe who died following basic failings in medical care

  • advised the family of Mrs Audrey Summers in relation to a negligence case against Epsom General Hospital

Road traffic accidents:

  • along with associate Amy Anderson he achieved an out-of-court settlement in the region of £110,000 for a motorcyclist

Delay in diagnosis: 

  • represented PM, who received £850,000 in compensation for a delay in diagnosing a cancerous rectal polyp

Hit by a car: 

  • acted for a 62 year old man who received almost £1 million after being hit by a car whilst changing his tyre

Failings in care: 

  • recently represented the family of Mr Budd at the inquest into his death at Royal Brompton Hospital. The inquest concluded that there were failings in the care provided to Mr Budd, particularly in respect of note keeping and communication between specialties at the hospital

Negligence during surgery:

  • acting on behalf of a client who developed peritonitis, sepsis and multi-organ failure following an operation to remove part of his colon (due to colon cancer). He was left with a permanent colostomy and an unsightly incisional hernia. It was alleged that the leak and the consequent complications were caused by negligence during the surgery. This was admitted by the defendant trust and a settlement was reached in the sum of £290,000
Dominic Fairclough - A first rate strategic thinker.
The Legal 500 (2025)

Memberships

  • Member of Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL)

  • Member of INQUEST Lawyers Group

  • Clinical negligence panel member for Action Against Medical Accidents (AVMA)

  • Clinical negligence panel member of the Law Society

He showed knowledge, class, passion and made an awful situation so much easier.
Chambers UK (2025)

Awards and accreditations

Dominic's highlights

News

22.12.2022

Russell-Cooke team represents the families of the deceased at Shoreham Air Crash Inquest

The inquest into the tragic deaths of 11 men following an horrific air crash during the Shoreham air show on 22 August 2015 finally concluded on Tuesday, 20 December 2022...
Dominic Fairclough, Partner in the Russell-Cooke Solicitors, personal injury and medical negligence team.
Dominic Fairclough
1 min Read
News

05.12.2022

Dealing with inquests in the Coroner's Court: a guide

In this guide to dealing with coroner's court inquests, partner Dominic Fairclough sets out some of his tips to help you understand and prepare...
Dominic Fairclough, Partner in the Russell-Cooke Solicitors, personal injury and medical negligence team.
Dominic Fairclough
9 min Read
News

01.09.2022

Success against Barts Health NHS Trust in tragic fatal claim centred on consent

Dominic Fairclough, Partner in the Russell-Cooke Solicitors, personal injury and medical negligence team. Amy Anderson, Associate in the Russell-Cooke Solicitors, personal injury and medical negligence team.
Multiple Authors
3 min Read
Dominic Fairclough, Amy Anderson
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