Clinical Negligence: Mainly Claimant
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Provided by Hodge Jones & Allen
Who we are:
At HJA, our specialist team comprises a team of which many are AvMA or Law Society accredited specialists. We have a great depth of medical expertise provided by several former healthcare professionals. The team provides a highly professional and dedicated service in areas, such as;-
- Surgical errors
- Gynaecological negligence
- Cerebral Palsy negligence
- GP negligence
- Inquests
- Fatal cases
- Brain/Spinal injuries
- Amputations
- A&E negligence
- Cardiology
- Mental Health & Care Homes negligence
Recent cases
Sebastian Hibberd inquest
– HJA acted for the family in this lengthy inquest. A young child died after suffering a cardiac arrest following a short illness. The family had tried to obtain medical attention on multiple occasions. The Coroner found that there were missed multiple opportunities for Sebastian to receive life-saving treatment.
Chambers Review
Hodge Jones & Allen has a dedicated team undertaking claims of high value and complexity. The team offers notable expertise acting for clients in cases concerning psychiatric injuries and is also experienced in handling claims involving cerebral palsy as well as serious birth and obstetric injuries. Its lawyers, many of whom have notable medical backgrounds, who regularly advise on delay in diagnosis cases and claims relating to the negligent management of injuries.
Strengths
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"Hodge Jones and Allen work incredibly diligently to get the outcomes their cases require and show serious commitment to the social justice outcomes of their work."
"The team is extremely helpful, knowledgeable and professional."
"Hodge Jones and Allen work incredibly diligently to get the outcomes their cases require and show serious commitment to the social justice outcomes of their work."
"The team is extremely helpful, knowledgeable and professional."
Notable Practitioners
Agata Usewicz is head of the medical negligence team at Hodge Jones & Allen. She acts on cases arising from obstetric negligence, such as cerebral palsy and maternal injury claims. She further advises on delayed diagnosis and secondary victim claims, while also offering representation at inquest.
"Agata is fantastic. She is really thorough and on the ball, and she has really sound judgement on cases."
"She is good at pulling evidence together and preparing high-value cases that get good results."
"She is super-dedicated to her clients."
Nina Ali draws on her previous experience as a cardiology nurse to support clients in a broad range of matters, including surgical negligence cases and cerebral palsy claims arising from failings in neonatal care. She has additional strength handling psychiatric injury claims and also represents clients in public inquiries.
"Nina is excellent and super-dedicated."
"She is a great campaigner for her clients and great at getting justice for people."
Emma Wray is an experienced clinical negligence practitioner who draws on her knowledge as a former nurse to help support clients in a wide range of cases. She regularly handles catastrophic injury claims, including brain and spinal injury work, as well as fatal claims.
"She is very calm and measured and strikes the right balance on claims requiring a lot of sensitivity."
"She works with great compassion and expertise."
Dawn Treloar advises clients on a broad range of clinical negligence cases. Her work includes complex brain and spinal injuries, as well as claims related to surgical errors, delayed diagnosis and issues of informed consent.
"She handles her cases with great care and compassion, and her clients really appreciate her."
"Dawn had the perfect balance of experience, professionalism, patience, understanding and honesty while she expertly guided us through this process."
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