Lesley Herbertson > Hugh James > Manchester, England > Lawyer Profile
Hugh James Offices
12 Commercial Street
Manchester
M15 4PZ
England
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Lesley Herbertson
Work Department
Clinical negligence
Position
Partner
Career
Lesley is a Partner at Hugh James and a leading medical negligence solicitor with over 30 years’ experience in dealing with catastrophic and serious injury medical negligence cases.
She was a Partner and the Head of the Medical Negligence Department at Alexander Harris, which merged with Irwin Mitchell in 2005. Lesley joined Potter Rees Dolan in 2010 and became a Partner there in 2017. She is currently a Partner and senior member of the Medical Negligence team in the Manchester office of Hugh James.
Memberships
AvMA Specialist Clinical Negligence Panel; Law Society Clinical Negligence Accredited. Lesley is also recognised by the prestigious Legal 500 and Chambers guides to the legal profession.
Education
University of Cambridge MA Law 2:1 Honours (1984-1987)
College of Law Chester 1st Class Honours (1987-1988)
Lawyer Rankings
North West > Insurance > Clinical negligence: claimant
(Leading partners)The ‘outstanding‘ and ‘extremely thorough‘ team at Hugh James handles a broad array of cases involving both fatal and life altering non-fatal injuries. Practice head Helen Dolan is well-known for her longstanding experience in claims concerning negligent surgery, and spinal and birth injury cases. Gill Edwards has broad knowledge of amputation cases, achieving settlements in matters concerning delayed diagnoses as a result of GP negligence and negligent antenatal care. Lesley Herbertson‘s varied caseload consists of major birth injuries resulting in cerebral palsy, in addition to matters involving chronic pain and gynaecological surgical injuries. Nina Roland is now a consultant with the firm.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading partners North West > Insurance > Clinical negligence: claimant
- Clinical negligence: claimant North West > Insurance