Who? Louise Forsyth, 33-year-old assistant solicitor and clinical negligence specialist at the London office of Cheshire-based Alexander Harris.

Why is she in the news? Acts for the husband of Premalatha Jeevagan, the 27-year-old mother who bled to death following a caesarean delivery at Northwick Park Hospital in north London. Special measures were introduced at the maternity ward last week after an investigation revealed that ten women had died there in the past three years - more than five times the national average. Under the emergency measures, elective caesareans will now be carried out in the private Portland Hospital, while extra support and monitoring has been drafted in from other hospitals. The North West London Hospitals NHS Trust has admitted responsibility for Ms Jeevagan's death.


Background: LLB at Nottingham Trent University, graduating in 1994, followed by the legal practice course at Nottingham Law School. Articles with Anthony Collins in Birmingham, qualifying in 1999. Moved to Pannone & Partners in Manchester a year later, then joined current firm in 2002.


Route to the case: 'The client contacted the firm through our Web site, which we have set up so that if certain words are put in a news search, it will bring them to us.'


Thoughts on the case: 'Mrs Jeevagan showed signs of haemorrhaging after a caesarean birth, but she was under the care of a locum obstetrician who did not pick up on the symptoms. Mrs Jeevagan had a heart attack in the operating theatre, and they found litres of blood in her uterus. She died on the operating table. Her death was an absolute tragedy and completely unnecessary. This is why I do this job. My client is a young man in his 20s, and he has a baby daughter who will never know her mother. It is the fact that her death was completely avoidable that is so shocking and sad. We did not know about the other deaths at the time, and my client is even more angry now that he knows about this.'


Dealing with the media: 'We had some local interest from the London Evening Standard, but since the news [about the hospital] last week there has been much more national interest. The media has only dealt sympathetically with Mr Jeevagan. He has welcomed the opportunity to let people know what happened, so that other hospitals will put measures in place to stop it happening to anyone else.'