Jason Wells
UK Bar Guide 2025
Band 2 : Clinical Negligence
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Band 2
About
Provided by Jason Wells
Practice Areas
Clinical negligence, personal injury, inquests.
Career
MB ChB Sheffield 1993. FRCS 1998. LLB Nottingham Law School 2007. Called 2007, Lincoln’s Inn.
Jason practiced as a surgeon in the NHS for 12 years before retraining as a barrister. He specialises in medical law and personal injury. Jason is regularly instructed in maximum severity complex clinical negligence matters, particularly cases involving obstetric complications/ brain injuries/ spinal injuries/ amputations, and in catastrophic PI. He regularly appears in the Coroner’s Court and represented the parents of a number of babies who died at Furness General Hospital. Jason sat as an Assistant Coroner in South Manchester 2016 - 2024.
Professional Memberships
PIBA, PNBA, Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Chambers Review
UK Bar
Jason Wells is a talented junior barrister with experience handling brain injury cases, as well as amputations and fatalities. His background as an NHS surgeon helps inform his practice when dealing with medically complex clinical negligence cases. He demonstrates a good command of issues such as delayed diagnosis.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Jason is thorough and provides reasonable and clear advice."
"Jason always provides excellent and sound advice. He is helpful and thoughtful, with a real attention to detail."
"Jason's ability to decipher issues pertaining to breach of duty and causation is unrivalled."
"Jason is very thorough and detailed. He is a former surgeon so that helps with understanding where medical folks are coming from."
"Jason is thorough and provides reasonable and clear advice."
"Jason always provides excellent and sound advice. He is helpful and thoughtful, with a real attention to detail."
"Jason's ability to decipher issues pertaining to breach of duty and causation is unrivalled."
"Jason is very thorough and detailed. He is a former surgeon so that helps with understanding where medical folks are coming from."
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