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About
Provided by Helen Wolstenholme
Practice Areas
Personal injury, clinical negligence, travel and jurisdiction.
Career
Helen was called to the Bar in 2002, following which she undertook pupillage at 2 Temple Gardens and became a tenant in 2004. Helen specialises in clinical negligence and personal injury (including accidents abroad). She has been recognised for many years as a leading junior in both practice areas. Acting for both claimants and defendants, Helen is particularly known for her work in exceptionally sensitive cases or those involving catastrophic injury.
Helen was appointed a Recorder (Crime, Midlands Circuit) in 2023. She is an elected member of the PNBA’s Executive Committee.
EDUCATION: Hertford College, Oxford University, MA Jurisprudence.
Professional Memberships
PIBA, PNBA.
Personal
Helen is a founding trustee of the educational charity LMK (Let Me Know).
Chambers Review
UK Bar
Helen Wolstenholme acts for both claimants and defendants in complex medical negligence claims. She is regularly instructed in wrongful birth, delayed diagnosis and mental health cases. She is also experienced in the handling of fatal claims.
Helen Wolstenholme is predominantly known for her defence of insurers in claims involving physical and psychiatric injuries. She focuses on employers' liability and motor accident claims, and is reputed for her ability to address allegations of exaggeration.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Helen is thorough and pragmatic in her approach to cases."
"Helen is great in pleadings and advocacy. She has an empathetic tone."
"Helen is such an experienced junior counsel. She is very personable and very persuasive. Her attention to detail is second to none and she is very forensic."
"Helen is really attentive to the details and is very responsive,"
"Helen is an excellent barrister who always goes the extra mile."
"She is a pleasure to work with: always well prepared, calm and very good with clients, creating a collegiate approach."
"Helen is thorough and pragmatic in her approach to cases."
"Helen is great in pleadings and advocacy. She has an empathetic tone."
"Helen is such an experienced junior counsel. She is very personable and very persuasive. Her attention to detail is second to none and she is very forensic."
"Helen is really attentive to the details and is very responsive,"
"Helen is an excellent barrister who always goes the extra mile."
"She is a pleasure to work with: always well prepared, calm and very good with clients, creating a collegiate approach."
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