Leeds Head Injury Team

Staff Profiles

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  Jane Horton - Partner

  I head the team that provides advice and representation to Clients suffering head injuries. I am supported by an excellent team and we work as a team to ensure that the best possible advice and accessibility is provided to all of our clients.

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  Jane Wright - Partner

  Prior to becoming a solicitor, I was an NHS physiotherapist working with people who had sustained head injuries.  I left physiotherapy to experience new challenges. I have not been disappointed!

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  Carolyn Heaton - Partner

  I head a small team of solicitors who specialise in dealing with complex head and brain injury claims for both adults and children.

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  Sion Kingston - Partner

  I am one of the partners responsible for the management of the Serious Injury team in Leeds which handles head injury claims. I am also Head of PI Professional Negligence and deal with claims against solicitors and barristers arising out of their handling of serious injury claims.

   

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  Joanne Ewart - Associate

  I have specialised in brain injury cases for 12 years and have experience across a wide range of accident types such as road and work accidents, criminal injuries and civil assaults.

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  Sarah Brumpton - Associate

  I head up the Professional Negligence Team in Leeds dealing with personal injury cases. I also manage the CICA (criminal injuries) work in Leeds. My work load is varied because Professional Negligence covers a wide variety of cases but many of the claims involve head injury.

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  Sue Swales - Client Liaison Manager

  Working alongside the Personal Injury Solicitors, my role as a Client Liaison Manager involves initial assessment of care needs of the individual following trauma, liaison with existing care teams and arranging additional care if required.

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  Bethany Sanders - Assistant Solicitor

  I work in a team of Solicitors who specialise in high value/complex claims for clients who have sustained brain injuries. I joined our Leeds team in July 2008.

  I am an active member of a local Headway group and am currently acting Secretary for Headway Leeds. This involves attending regular committee meetings, as well as social events and activities organised for the Headway members.

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  Deborah Kemp - Assistant Solicitor

  I assist in handling cases involving brain injury.

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  Hema Rana - Senior Assistant Solicitor

  As a member of the Neurotrauma team I represent adults and children who have sustained serious head and spinal injures. My role is to ensure that I obtain the maximum award of damages possible in order to restore quality of life for my clients.         

  I have been involved in pursing actions against a variety of Defendants including the Home Office and the Ministry of Defence.

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  Nicola Perrott - Solicitor

  I joined the team as a paralegal in 2006 and qualified as a solicitor in the Leeds Serious Injury team in March 2010. My team and I work with clients who have sustained very serious injuries, usually as a result of road traffic accidents or accidents at work.

  I am a member of the Irwin Mitchell Charity Committee and I am also a committee member of an LGB networking group called The White Collar Club.