Chris Thorne
Tel: +44 (0)1392 685260
Fax: +44 (0)1392 685220
Email: chris.thorne@footanstey.com
Throughout his career, Chris has practised in the field of Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence law, representing the interests of the victims of medical accidents, road traffic accidents and accidents at work, including those suffering injuries of the utmost severity, however caused.
Chris is a member of the Law Society Personal Injury Panel, a Litigator Member of the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers, a member of AvMA, a Committee Member of the Exeter Medico Legal Society and listed amongst the "leading lights of the UK legal profession in the Clinical Negligence field" in the Legal Experts Directory 2009. He is also a Law Society Accredited Clinical Negligence Panel Member.
Chris has unique experience in the field of cryogenics and andrology in relation to IVF treatment as the solicitor representing the three groups of claimants in the Southmead, Sheffield and Edinburgh sperm destruction actions, leading to the landmark Court of Appeal decision in Yearworth and other v North Bristol NHS Trust [2009} EWCA Civ 37. He has had a number of articles on the case published in professional journals, contributed to the Radio 4 “Law in Action” programme and was recognised as The Times “Lawyer of the Week”.
He also has particular interest in hospital acquired infection claims and claims arising from traumatic brain injuries.
Chris was born and brought up in Dorset. He graduated from Reading University before attending the College of Law in Guildford, qualifying as a Solicitor in 1985 and becoming an equity partner in 1989.
Chris is married with 4 children. He is a trustee of a charity, the Verwood Museum Trust, which operates the East Dorset Heathland Heritage Centre.
