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Hodge Jones & Allen
180 NORTH GOWER STREET
LONDON
NW1 2NB
England

Work Department

Clinical Negligence

Position

Agata Usewicz is the Head of the Medical Negligence team at Hodge Jones & Allen. Her practice includes a mix of claims of maximum severity, with a focus on obstetric injuries, cases of surgical error, claims against GPs and ophthalmic injuries. Agata has a proven track record of successfully litigating fiercely contested cases.

Cases of note include Gallardo v Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust [2017] EWHC 3147 (QB), which represented an extension of the Montgomery principles in the context of the giving of information, including diagnosis and treatment options, post-operatively.

In Totham v Kings College NHS Trust [2015] EWHC 97 (QB), Agata acted for a girl who suffered a brain injury at birth and as a result has cerebral palsy. The trust admitted liability but damages were contested to trial. Agata’s client was awarded damages which at the time was the highest court award for a claim for personal injuries for a UK national.

Agata’s cases regularly attract national attention, and she is often called upon to provide comments in the legal press and national media.

Whilst Agata is renowned for her work on complex, high-value cases, she is passionately committed to providing access to justice and is equally dedicated to her clients with more modest claims as well as those with catastrophic injuries.

Agata joined Hodge Jones & Allen in 2011, soon being promoted to Partner in 2014. She is also the firm’s training principle. Agata is a member of the AvMA Specialist Clinical Negligence Panel and The Law Society Clinical Negligence Panel.

Before training to become a solicitor Agata pursued a successful career in NHS project management.

Career

Background in NHS Project Management. Trained at Brachers Solicitors LLP (2004 – 2006); Solicitor, Colemans-ctts LLP (2007 – 2010); Solicitor, Hodge Jones & Allen (2011 – present)

Languages

Polish

Memberships

• AvMA Specialist Clinical Negligence Panel
• The Law Society Clinical Negligence Panel
• Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL)

Education

King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls, Birmingham; University College, Oxford (MA Oxon Jurisprudence); College of Law Birmingham (LPC).

Lawyer Rankings

London > Insurance > Clinical negligence: claimant

Hodge Jones & Allen undertakes a broad range of clinical negligence mandates, including major birth and maternal claims encompassing cerebral palsy, vaginal mesh, and complex birth conditions. The team is additionally able with respect to novel diseases, surgical errors and misdiagnosis claims, as well as psychiatric claims, including injuries resultant from psychosis, self-harm and negligent care in psychiatric care. Practice head  Agata Usewicz holds more than 10 years of experience in obstetric and maternal injury claims. Regarded by one client as ‘one of the best in the field’, Nina Ali  regularly handles catastrophic spinal and cognitive injury litigation, along with psychiatric claims. Emma Wray is an active litigator in the department’s fatal claims and inquest work, along with cases pertaining to spinal, brain and amputation issues. Dawn Treloar is noted for ‘great judgement and an eye for detail’  in surgical, orthopedic and general practice claims. Andrew Harrison  represents clients in misdiagnosis and delayed treatment cases, as well as those concerning severe surgical injuries.