Renu Daly Senior Consultant Clinical Negligence Solicitor

Renu is a highly experienced Clinical Negligence Solicitor specialising in complex medical negligence, inquests, fatal claims and abuse cases within clinical and care environments. She has acted for patients and families for many years in cases involving catastrophic injury, delayed diagnosis, surgical errors, fatal negligence and abuse, many of which have involved complex medical evidence and high-value claims.

Areas of expertise:

• Sepsis
• Adult and Child Brain injury (including meningitis, stroke and hypoglycaemic injury)
• Cerebral palsy
• Gastrointestinal investigation (all types of bowel and hepatological injury and surgery)
• Delayed diagnosis and misdiagnosis
• Surgical negligence
• Fatal claims
• Inquests
• Abuse within healthcare environments
• Complex and high-value clinical negligence claims
• Claims involving both NHS hospitals and private healthcare providers

Renu understands that clinical negligence claims are often about far more than compensation. Many clients want answers, accountability and reassurance that mistakes will not be repeated. She works closely with clients and their families throughout the process and is known for her calm, practical and supportive approach when dealing with sensitive and complex cases. Renu regularly travels nationwide to meet her clients throughout the course of their case.

She has extensive experience managing large volumes of medical records, instructing leading medical experts and working with barristers and other professionals to build strong cases. Known for her strategic approach to litigation, Renu can confidently handle complex, high-value claims from initial investigation through to settlement or trial. 

Career history

Renu has a unique professional background, having worked both within the NHS and in claimant clinical negligence firms. She previously served as Head of Legal Services at Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust, where she was responsible for managing all medico-legal and coronial matters across a multi-site acute hospital trust. In that role, she advised clinicians and senior management on patient safety incidents, serious incident investigations, inquests, clinical negligence claims, risk management and legal policy. She worked closely with NHS Resolution, panel solicitors and hospital management and regularly prepared board-level reports relating to legal risk and patient safety issues. 

This experience provides her with a detailed understanding of how hospitals investigate incidents and defend claims, which now assists her in representing patients and families bringing claims following negligent medical treatment.

Prior to this role, Renu worked at leading claimant clinical negligence firms, handling a large caseload of complex and high-value claims. She has extensive experience in brain injury, delayed diagnosis, surgical negligence, fatal claims, inquests and abuse cases within clinical and institutional settings.

Renu also has significant experience in coronial law and regularly represents families at pre-inquest reviews and inquests. In many cases, the inquest findings led to successful civil claims and changes to hospital procedures. 

Notable cases

Catastrophic brain injury claim

Renu represented a client who suffered a severe brain injury after a drug overdose caused hypoglycaemia, which was not detected or treated in time by hospital staff. The client was left requiring 24-hour care for the rest of their life. Liability was established, and the case involved complex expert evidence in neurology, endocrinology and care needs. 

Child brain injury case

Renu acted for a child who suffered a brain injury which left them unable to live independently or work in the future. The case involved detailed expert evidence regarding lifelong financial needs. The claim involved significant future care and support provision.

Failure to diagnose meningitis

Renu represented the family of a baby who suffered a preventable brain injury due to a failure to diagnose and treat meningitis in time. The case involved paediatric, infectious disease and neurological expert evidence and resulted in a successful claim for compensation for the child’s long-term care and support needs. 

Amputation following negligent treatment

Renu acted for a patient whose dominant arm had to be amputated following negligent medical treatment and a delay in diagnosis. Liability was admitted, and the claim involved complex expert evidence regarding prosthetics, accommodation and loss of earnings.

Gastrointestinal Injury - delayed diagnosis of ulcerative colitis

Renu represented a client whose ulcerative colitis was not diagnosed in time, resulting in extensive surgery and the need for a permanent colostomy. The case involved gastroenterology and surgical expert evidence and resulted in a successful claim for compensation.

Gastrointestinal Injury – Delayed diagnosis of bowel injury leading to peritonitis and sepsis

This client underwent a partial hepatectomy (removal of lobe of the liver) during which the surgeon punctured the patient’s bowel. This was not identified in a timely manner which led to peritonitis and sepsis. Renu successfully represented this client which involved a significant amount of expert evidence and was a highly complex matter. This resulted in successful damages for the claimant.

Inquest representation leading to neglect finding

Renu represented a family at an inquest where the Coroner returned a conclusion of neglect following failures in medical treatment. The case attracted national media attention and led to further investigations into the hospital’s procedures and a subsequent civil claim.

Abuse cases within clinical environments

Renu has acted for a number of clients who were abused within clinical and institutional environments, including cases involving historic abuse and institutional failures to protect vulnerable patients. These cases often involved complex issues of limitation, psychiatric injury and institutional liability.

Media and Public Interest Work

Renu has been involved in a number of high-profile cases and national campaigns relating to patient safety, abuse and institutional failings. Her work has been featured on BBC, ITV, Sky News, Channel 4 and Channel 5, and in national newspapers. She has given television and radio interviews and hosted press conferences relating to patient safety campaigns and high-profile litigation. 

Her work has included campaigns on safeguarding, institutional abuse and failures in healthcare systems. She has also been involved in calls for changes to procedures and policies in healthcare and care environments.

Renu has been recognised in The Legal 500 and named as a Recommended Lawyer for her work in clinical negligence, and she was previously featured in The Law Gazette as “Lawyer in the News” following high-profile cases and campaigns.