Penningtons Manches Cooper has appointed Robert Dransfield as a partner in its personal injury and medical negligence team. Based in the London office, he will focus on complex and high value medical negligence claims, further enhancing the firm’s established reputation in this area.
Dransfield joins from Stewarts, where he was a medical negligence partner between 2007 and 2025. He has particular expertise in major spinal cord injury and cauda equina syndrome claims, as well as significant experience in brain injury, oncology, infection and amputee cases, particularly those valued at more than £1m. He is a specialist panel member of Action against Medical Accidents, a fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine and an Association of Personal Injury Lawyers practitioner, and is recommended by Legal 500 and Chambers UK.
Philippa Luscombe, partner and head of the team, said: ‘This is an important strategic appointment as we look to further enhance the capability of our London medical negligence practice,’ adding that Dransfield is ‘exactly the individual we hoped to find’ and ‘an excellent fit for our team’.
Dransfield said: ‘It is a privilege to join such a well regarded national practice,’ adding that his work will remain focused on ‘advocating for clients who have suffered catastrophic injuries’ and that the firm’s ‘collegiate and collaborative culture aligns extremely well with my own approach.’
