Alison Johnson

Partner

Alison Johnson

Partner

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Basingstoke

Guildford

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Alison is a partner in the medical negligence team, with over 20 years’ experience in medical negligence litigation. She is a technically skilled solicitor specialising in cases involving gynaecological negligence, neonatal and paediatric cases, complex oncology cases, sepsis, stroke and other acquired brain injuries from neurological negligence.

She oversees the team’s maternal and gynaecological injuries and stroke claims sub-groups. Alison has successfully concluded a significant number of cases involving injury of the utmost severity, and of huge importance to her clients. She is regularly praised by clients and counsel for her superior standard of client care, her empathy, creativity in negotiations, drive, and effectiveness. By running all her cases proactively, efficiently and collaboratively, she takes all opportunities to settle pre-action, to avoid the stresses clients endure during litigation. Alison achieves excellent results for her clients, so they feel compensated, listened to, and that lessons have been learnt from their experiences.

I started my medical negligence career as a defendant solicitor, but found my calling as a claimant solicitor. I enjoy working closely with my clients, getting to know them and really being able to present their individual claims as thoroughly, compassionately and empathetically as I can.

Alison Johnson, Partner

In addition to her role, Alison is a mental health champion for the firm. She plays a pivotal role in creating a safe working coaching culture and overseeing the wellbeing of the team. Alison is a long-standing medical negligence panel member for Action against Medical Accidents (AvMA) and a conference speaker. She was also one of the first AvMA helpline volunteers offering advice to injured patients. The Legal 500 ranks Alison as a ‘next generation partner’, while Chambers UK lists her in band 2. In 2023, she was listed by the Business Today Awards as one of the ‘Top 10 Influential South-Based Clinical Negligence Claimant Lawyers’.

Recent work highlights

Sepsis claim

Advising a client on a missed diagnosis of sepsis, where the defendant GP negligently failed to suspect a systemic illness and to refer the client to hospital.

Facial cancer claim

Settling a complex claim arising from a delayed diagnosis of a facial cancer by a defendant dentist who failed to refer our client to hospital, which would have saved the deceased’s life.

Child brain injury claim

Advising on a complex case for a child with a pre-existing genetic condition where the hospital mismanaged a significant seizure episode and left the child with a significant irreversible brain injury.

Stroke claim

Investigating the circumstances of the deceased’s stroke treatment by the paramedic team and hospital staff, leading to delayed diagnosis of stroke that deprived the deceased of life-saving surgery.

Breast cancer claim

Advising our client following a negligently performed mastectomy and a subsequent failure by a radiologist to report the histopathology findings accurately, which led to a cancer recurrence.

Deafness claim

Settling a claim against two defendant GPs who both failed to refer the client, who had suffered sudden onset sensorineural hearing loss for urgent treatment that would have preserved hearing.

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What people are saying

Alison Johnson is a star. She is very dedicated and shows tremendous effort and skill to achieve excellent outcomes for her clients.

Chambers UK

Alison is a joy to work alongside, brilliant with her client care, has superb judgement and time again conjures terrific settlements for her clients.

Chambers UK

Case studies

Negligent delay in diagnosing thyroid cancer in young woman

We are representing a young woman in her early 20s with a medical negligence claim arising out of a delayed diagnosis of thyroid cancer. The central allegations relate to a 15 month delay in diagnosis and the implications this has had for her.
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Claim settled for incorrect pancreatic cancer diagnosis resulting in major abdominal surgery

We concluded a claim for a woman who was informed she had pancreatic cancer and underwent major surgery to remove her pancreas, only to be told her tumour was benign.
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Claim against GP for missed diagnosis of sepsis after his failure to recognise severity of young man’s condition

Our medical negligence team has recently settled a claim for a young man following a missed diagnosis of sepsis. He attended his GP, feeling very unwell with back pain to the point of barely being able to walk.
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Claim against NHS trust for tragic failure to recognise patient’s VTE risk during orthopaedic surgery

We have recently settled a claim for a woman who was widowed at a young age when her husband died from a pulmonary embolism after orthopaedic surgery.
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Claim settled for infertility caused by mismanagement of ectopic pregnancy

Our clinical negligence specialists represented a young woman who had a history of pelvic inflammatory disease, particularly in her left fallopian tube, and who attended hospital with a suspected ectopic pregnancy.
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