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John Doyle

Commercial Director Liverpool

John is a qualified Solicitor and Commercial Director of the Clinical Negligence Department at Been Let Down.

John Doyle joined Been Let Down as Commercial Director of Clinical Negligence in January 2025 and now has overall responsibility for the clinical negligence department across both sites, Liverpool and Bolton.

John has over 18 years’ experience working exclusively in the field of clinical negligence and can offer a rare perspective having acted for both claimants and defendants at well renowned national law firms.

John’s clinical negligence practice is diverse and includes claims with a range of value and complexity including cases concerning spinal cord injury, neurological injury / Cauda Equina Syndrome, wrongful birth claims, brain injury (adults and children), inquests, fatal accidents and cases concerning delays in diagnosis of cancer and orthopaedics.

“John Doyle is a really excellent litigator. He is a brilliant strategist and handles high value litigation with gusto. He is highly intelligent, but straightforward and down to earth. Clients love him.’ Legal 500 2024.

John has considerable court / trial experience at Coroners Court, County Court, High Court and Court of Appeal attending / representing clients and as integral member of the legal team with Leading Counsel in the cases of:

Sontino Lennie (by his mother and litigation friend Lisa Lennie) v Royal Victoria Infirmary & Associated Hospitals NHS Trust [2006] EWCA Civ 975 [Phillips, LJ Brooke LJ, Waller LJ]. (Birth Injury Claim)
Andrew Welch Dixon (A protected party suing by his mother & Litigation Friend Mrs Linda Dixon) – v – North East Strategic Health Authority (sued as Northumberland and Tyne and Wear SHA (Birth Injury Claim)
South Yorkshire Strategic Health Authority – v – Corbett (By his mother & Litigation Friend Catherine Elizabeth Corbett) (2008) EWCA Civ 5 [Waller LJ, Buxton LJ, Smith LJ] (Birth Injury Claim / Indexation ASHE 6115)
Simon Boustead (A Protected Party suing by his mother & Litigation Friend Belinda Murray) – v – North West Strategic Health Authority (City Maternity Hospital Carlisle) (2008) QBD – Newcastle (Mackay J)(Birth Injury claim)