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Hill Dickinson LLP Offices
NO 1 ST PAUL'S SQUARE
LIVERPOOL
L3 9SJ
England
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Jonathan Heap
Work Department
NHSLA team/health business group.
Position
Partner in the NHSLA team specialising in clinical negligence and personal injury. Caseload includes a full range of claims with particular interest in brain injury, spinal injury, ophthalmic and complex surgical cases. Jonathan handled the key clinical negligence case of Reaney v University Hospitals of North Staffordshire NHS Trust & Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust [2015] EWCA Civ 1119 which the Defendants successfully appealed.
He regularly lectures to clients on various legal issues, with particular interest in patient safety and the application of the legal duty of candour.
Career
Trained Hill Dickinson; qualified into health team 2002; partner 2012 to date.
Languages
French (conversational).
Memberships
Law Society.
Education
The Royal Grammar School, Lancaster; University of Sheffield (1999 LLB 2:1, 2000 LPC).
Leisure
Running, cycling, cooking, following Carlisle United.
Lawyer Rankings
North West > Insurance > Personal injury and clinical negligence: defendant
Hill Dickinson LLP handles claims for NHS Resolution and private healthcare insurers. The department offers expertise in claims relating to gender reassignment, the aesthetic sector and those involving a non-delegable duty of care. Practice head Andrew Craggs , also the national head of health business group and health litigation, specialises in stress/bullying and sexual assault claims in the health sector. David Locke deals with non-delegable duty of care arguments and the prosecution of fraudulent claimants. Jonathan Heap handles maximum severity clinical negligence cases, while Joanne Hughes has significant experience in GP and dental matters. Associate Claire Christopholus focuses on the defence of NHS commissioning claims. Jessica Neary joined the practice in January 2022.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Liverpool
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Liverpool
- Dispute resolution > Debt recovery
- Employment > Employment
- Public sector > Health
- Finance > Banking and finance
- Finance > Banking and finance
- Employment > Pensions
- Insurance > Personal injury and clinical negligence: defendant
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Real estate > Commercial property: elsewhere in the North West
- Transport
Firm Rankings
- Finance > Banking and finance
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Manchester
- Real estate > Commercial property: Liverpool
- Real estate > Construction
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Manchester
- Public sector > Education
- Private client > Family
- Employment > Health and safety
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Real estate > Commercial property: Manchester
- Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Public sector > Local government
- Real estate > Planning and environment
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport