PORTLAND TOWER, PORTLAND STREET, MANCHESTER, M1 3LF, ENGLAND
- Tel:
- Work 0161 228 0011
- Fax:
- Fax 0161 236 6734
- DX:
- 14482 MANCHESTER-2
- Web:
- www.hempsons.co.uk
- Email:
Frances A Harrison
- Tel:
- Work +44 161 228 0011
- Email:
Work Department
Healthcare litigation department.
Position
Senior partner in firm’s Manchester office, specialising in defamation, privacy law, confidentiality and data protection; law relating to children; inquiries, including disciplinary; healthcare, including representation of defendants in clinical negligence actions; lecturing widely, particularly on matters of law and ethics relating to hospital and general practice; involved in the following leading cases on behalf of defendants: Whitehouse v Jordan [1981] HL All ER 267; McKay v Essex Area Health Authority [1982] CA 2 All ER 771; Wilsher v Essex Area Health Authority [1988] HL 1 All ER 871; Maynard v West Midlands Regional Health Authority [1985] HL 1 All ER 635; Naylor v Preston Area Health Authority [1987] CA 2 All ER 353; also acted for Central Manchester Healthcare NHS Trust in Re a minor conjoined twins: separation CA Sept 2000; Rabone v Pennine Care NHS Trust CA [2010].
Career
Articled Amery Parkes; qualified 1978; assistant solicitor Hempsons 1978-81, partner Hempsons 1982; moved to head up Manchester office in 1990.
Education
Paddock House Grammar School, Oswaldtwistle; Keele University (1971 BA Hons American Studies and History).
Leisure
Family life.
Practice Areas
Defamation and privacy; Employment; Healthcare
