RIVERSIDE EAST, 2 MILLSANDS, SHEFFIELD, S3 8DT, ENGLAND
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- Work 0870 1500 100
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- Fax 0114 272 6696
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- 10513 SHEFFIELD
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Sallie Booth
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Work Department
Personal injury.
Position
Consultant in the personal injury department with particular experience of group litigation on behalf of claimants including cases involving child abuse. Cases of note include: The Haemophilia litigation on behalf of HIV and Hepatitis victims; Cadbury’s salmonella cases; Vioxx; British Coal Respiratory Disease litigation; VWF cases; environmental claims including the Broomfield Tip, Gower Chemicals and Camelford water pollution cases and claims arising from the ‘Marchioness’ disaster, including the judicial review proceedings resulting in the resumption of the inquest and representation of victims and families at the Marchioness Public Enquiry and Non Statutory Enquiry.
Career
Articled Le Brasseur & Bury; qualified 1987; Holman Fenwick & Willan 1987-91; one year secondment as in-house counsel at the headquarters of the CIGNA Corporation in Philadelphia, US; Pannone Napier 1991-94; partner Irwin Mitchell 1995, consultant 2009.
Education
Nottingham High School for Girls; University of Newcastle upon Tyne (1983 BA Hons History).
Leisure
Family, squash, swimming, local history, cinema, theatre.
Practice Areas
Clinical negligence - claimant; Personal injury - claimant
