Profile
Jon Holmes spent 20 years working as a Clinician in the National Health Service. His final appointment being Consultant Haematologist, Senior Lecturer at the University of Birmingham and Director of Bone Marrow Transplantation.
After a pupillage and tenancy at Albion Chambers, Bristol, Jon joined 30 Park Place as a tenant in 2001. His criminal practice encompasses all types of offences, naturally specialising in those cases where there is an element of medical evidence, and this expertise naturally lends itself to attending Coroner's Inquests, in respect of which he is regularly instructed.
He also has a sturdy Claimant Clinical Negligence practice, which, by definition, is largely paper-based.
Jon has represented nurses and other clinical professions in disciplinary hearings, with a growing interest in that area of his practice.
Fields of Work
Clinical Negligence
Fatalities:
- Coronary artery arthroma-misdiagnosis
- Cardiac surgery-Alfieri technique, repair to mitral valve
- Death of baby-emergency caesarean
- Brain stem stroke-failure to refer to cardiologist
- Stillbirth of twins-psychological trauma
- Peritonitis caused by perforated gastric ulcer-misdiagnosis of IBS
- Death of mental patient following escape from hospital
- Suicide-failure to assess and monitor depression
Birth/Pregnancy:
- Peritonitis-pregant woman (leading counsel case)
- Adrenal hemorrhaging in utero-possible subsequent insufficient oxygen supply during transfer to Great Ormond Street
- Uterine rupture during birth causing hypoxic encephalopothy and seizures
- Profound hypoxia caused by shoulder dystocia during birth
- Post-operative bleeding with massive intra-abdominal blood loss as a result of inappropriate multiple instrumental insertion/Caesarean
- Possible link between Cerebral Palsy and hypoxia
- Urology problems following childbirth-Fowler's syndrome
- Incomplete removal of placenta-subsequent DVT
Cancer:
- Breast malignancy-delay in diagnosis
- Prostate cancer-use of biopsies
- Brain tumour and post-operative fits (boxer)
Other:
- Failure to select appropriate procedure for removal of gall stones/obstructive jaundice, resulting in biliary peritonitis, heart attack and C-difficile infection
- Microwave endometrial ablation
- Slipped femoral epyphysis-delay in diagnosis
- Damage to mental nerve-dental extraction
- Silicone material lodged in cleft palate during denture fitting
- Hashimoto's Thyroiditis-delay in diagnosis
- Bronco-pleural fistula/pneumothorax
- Facelift surgery
- Perforated large bowel-delay in diagnosis
- By-pass surgery
- Renal vasculitis
- Peyronie's disease-improper removal of catheter
- Misplaced injection (Clexane) puncturing femoral artery, causing retroperitoneal bleed
- Failure to make early referral to neurologist-leg pains
- Misdiagnosis of brain tumour resulting in admission to acute mental health unit due to steroid induced psychosis (Dexamethasone)
- Aplastic anaemia-bone marrow failure
- Oesophogal atresia-gastrostomy tube
- Admission of drugs-faulty cannula
- Corneal abrasion syndrome
- Perthe's disease: mis-application of plaster
- Vertebral crush fracture-epileptic fit
- Back pain-lumbar puncture-consent and technique
- Failure to consider myodysplasia during routine hernia operation
- Nerve damage following lymph node biopsy
- Ano-vaginal fistula following surgery for Crohn's disease
- Misdiagnosis of prolapsed uterus-attempted suicide (Doctor struck off)
- Nerve damage-choice of anaesthetic
Inquests
- Appearing for the family of 22-year old autistic man who had died in a care home after swallowing a surgical glove
- Death in police custody
- Death in a care home
- Death of schizophrenic in hospital
- Numerous other Inquests into hospital deaths, including post-operative laparoscopic colocystectomy
Crime
- Ill-treatment of care-home patients
- Historic rape
- Rape/False Imprisonment
- Child cruelty
- Money laundering
- Dangerous dogs act
