Ashtons Legal Solicitors expands its Medical Injury team into Cambridge

Posted 04/03/2014

Ashtons Legal has appointed two new solicitors to its renowned East Anglian Medical Injury team. Carole Watts and Rosaline Wong have joined Ashtons Legal from Pictons Solicitors in Luton and are based in the firm’s Newmarket Road office. Their appointment takes the Medical Injury team to 15, which includes six solicitors and two legal executives, making it the largest hub of clinical negligence expertise in the East Anglia region. 

Sandra Patton, who heads the Ashtons Legal Medical Injury team, says: “We are delighted to welcome Carole and Rosaline. Like several members of our existing team, they have both been recognised by independent legal commentators Chambers & Co for their clinical negligence expertise and have many years of experience; they will be a major asset to the team. We only employ lawyers who are fully committed to helping their clients obtain the apologies and compensation that they deserve when they have been let down by failures in care. Carole and Rosaline are an ideal fit for us in this respect.”

Edward O’Rourke, CEO at Ashtons Legal, commented: “Injury Services makes up a third of Ashtons Legal’s business, alongside Corporate and Commercial Services and Individual Client Services. Our Medical Injury team has a long-standing reputation as a regional market leader. This is something we are incredibly proud of and I am delighted that the team continues to go from strength to strength, as demonstrated by these new appointments. Traditionally the team has been based in our Norfolk offices but now is the right time for us to have a permanent clinical negligence presence in our Cambridge office and Carole and Rosaline are a strong addition to this fantastic team.”

Pictured: Top row from left to right: Julie Crossley, Ben Ward, Sophie Bales, Tom Cook, Sharon Allison. Front row from left to right: Carole Watts, Sandra Patton, Rosaline Wong.