Clinical Negligence: Mainly Claimant
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The team specialises in the most complex, varied and high-profile cases. We provide assistance to families at inquests and we are the largest team of claimant medical negligence lawyers in the region. We have 37 case handlers practicing medical negligence. At any one time the department is handling more than 1,000 cases. The department is led by 7 partners, all with a national reputation.
We pride ourselves on achieving excellent results for clients. Our aim is to secure early admissions and interim payments to enable clients to access rehabilitation, treatment and equipment. Every year we help families purchase adapted properties at early stages so we can organise therapy and rehabilitation regimes together with care packages. In other cases, we have secured early interim payments so injured clients can attend rehabilitation units to learn to cope with injuries.
Clients are offered assistance from an in-house Support and Rehabilitation Co-Ordinator, a service to assist with accessing benefits and rehabilitation whilst the litigation is ongoing. We offer a holistic service working with other specialist teams including Public Law, Court of Protection and investment services which achieves an integrated and coordinated approach in managing a client’s interim payment and advising them on the range of issues that arises at this stage of their claim.
Our Birmingham team received 46 top level 5* Trust Pilot client reviews over the past 12 months.
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Irwin Mitchell has a standout practice group that is widely reputed for its prowess in the space. It has a strong bench of highly experienced clinical negligence practitioners offering skilled advice on delayed diagnosis, birth injury and brain damage claims. It also acts on cases of negligent surgery.
Strengths
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"The solicitors that I have dealings with cover a variety of claims and they always have a deep understanding of the relevant issues."
"Its expertise and knowledge is, in my opinion, second to none. Irwin Mitchell has a vast team of experts at its disposal, who all have an extensive and outstanding knowledge base."
"The solicitors are always good at responding and keeping cases moving forward to ease clients' concerns."
"Irwin Mitchell obviously has great expertise and strength in this area."
"Everyone knows them. The firm is massively respected and can always be relied upon as a team."
"The solicitors that I have dealings with cover a variety of claims and they always have a deep understanding of the relevant issues."
"Its expertise and knowledge is, in my opinion, second to none. Irwin Mitchell has a vast team of experts at its disposal, who all have an extensive and outstanding knowledge base."
"The solicitors are always good at responding and keeping cases moving forward to ease clients' concerns."
"Irwin Mitchell obviously has great expertise and strength in this area."
"Everyone knows them. The firm is massively respected and can always be relied upon as a team."
Notable Practitioners
Lisa Jordan is knowledgeable in birth injury and brain injury claims, including cerebral palsy cases. Jordan is regional managing partner and heads the medical negligence team in Birmingham.
"Lisa Jordan is a standout practitioner. She manages and runs a strong team."
"Lisa Jordan is an experienced practitioner."
Emma Rush acts on a range of clinical negligence claims, including those arising from failings in neonatal care. She also advises on surgical negligence cases involving spinal and neurological injuries.
"Emma Rush is very organised, fights strongly for her clients and gets great results."
"She is always available and is a very fierce advocate. Her level of empathy is wonderful."
"Her extensive medical and legal knowledge, and her ability to deliver this with such compassion, is quite honestly, unrivalled."
"Emma Rush is a great solicitor. Her work is efficient, organised and knowledgeable."
Lindsay Tomlinson advises on a range of cases, including those relating to negligently performed surgery and mismanagement of births. She also has experience handling fatal injury and cauda equina syndrome claims.
"Lindsay Tomlinson was very supportive throughout the process. She was very approachable and always on hand with any help needed."
"She has good communication and understanding of the client's needs."
Luke Daniels heads the medical negligence team in Birmingham. He advises on delay and misdiagnosis claims and negligent surgery cases. He also acts on cases involving failures in mental healthcare.
"He can handle the most sensitive situations very ably. He is very thorough."
"Luke is the hardest working person I have ever come across and is a joy to work with. I always look forward to working with him."
"Luke Daniels is very determined, very nice and gets great results through sheer hard work."
"Luke was very understanding and caring throughout. He provided excellent communication and was knowledgeable."
Birmingham-based Sara Burns frequently acts on birth injury claims, with particular expertise in brain and nerve injuries. She has further strength in delayed diagnosis cases.
"Sara Burns is incredibly experienced and knows her stuff."
"Sara Burns is absolutely worth a mention. She is very strong, collaborative and easy to work with."
Jenna Harris has particular experience in adult neurological injury matters. She advises on medical negligence claims related to strokes, brain injury and spinal cord injury. She also handles cosmetic surgery claims for high-profile individuals.
"She is a strong, ambitious solicitor who knows what she is doing."
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