Grahame Balmforth

Graham is a dual qualified Solicitor and Barrister having been called to the Bar at Lincolns Inn of Court in 1998. He cross qualified as a Solicitor Advocate in 2012. He is a full member of the Law Society Clinical Negligence Specialist Panel and holds post graduate qualifications in forensic medicine from both Glasgow University and the University of Verona in Italy.

Graham has recently moved into legal consultancy. He still remains with Appleby’s as a consultant Solicitor and handles Inquest cases and advocacy, complex surgical and dental negligence claims. Professionally he sits on the Dental Committee for the Royal College of Surgeons in Edinburgh and also the Royal Academy of Physicians Joint Royal College Training Board for the specialist registers in London, where he is a member of the specialist advisory board for infectious disease.

Graham remains a tireless advocate for patient safety and has contributed to several Healthcare consultations including those of nurses working time directives, medical devices testing and the parliamentary cross party consultation on cosmetic surgery regulation. He has also sat on specialist working groups for the regulation of the extended surgical care team, the control aesthetic medical products and consultation skills for surgeons.