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Irwin Mitchell

2 WELLINGTON PLACE, LEEDS, LS1 4BZ, ENGLAND
Tel:
Work 0870 1500 100
Fax:
Fax 0113 234 3322
DX:
706951 LEEDS PARK SQUARE
Web:
www.irwinmitchell.com
Email:

Jane Wright

Tel:
Work +44 870 1500 100
Email:
Irwin Mitchell

Work Department

Personal injury – claimant, neurotrauma, clinical negligence. Jane represented the claimants in the following cases: Sowden v Lodge – the leading case dealing with the provision of Statutory Services for care and accommodation and the relationship with the assessment of damages in PI litigation; Rowe v Dolman – serious injury claim dealing with issues of lump sum verses periodical payments, client awarded £4.8m lump sum; Havenhead v Jeffries – case dealing with the assessment of the value of gratuitous care in serious PI cases; White v Revell – Regulation 4 contested cost assessment benchmarking obligations to investigate alternative funding options in cases involving maximum severity.

Position

Partner and head of Leeds personal injury department speacialising in injuries of utmost severity: head injuries, spinal cord injuries and clinical negligence.

Career

State-registered physiotherapist 1979-92; articled Irwin Mitchell; qualified 1992; partner 1995.

Education

Boston High School; Sheffield Polytechnic (1979 Diploma in Physiotherapy); Manchester Polytechnic (1986 BA Hons Social Dimensions of Health); 1989 Common Professional Examination.

Leisure

Eating, drinking, arguing.

Practice Areas

Clinical negligence - claimant; Personal injury - claimant

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