Karen Reynolds > Freeths LLP > Derby, England > Lawyer Profile
Freeths LLP Offices
Suite 2
1st Floor, South Point, Cardinal Square
10 Nottingham Road
DE1 3QT
England
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Karen Reynolds
Work Department
Clinical negligence.
Position
Partner specialising in clinical negligence claims for claimants; particular interest in obstetric claims; recommended in ‘Chambers’.
Career
Trained Eversheds; qualified 1993; solicitor Gadsbys 1993-98; partner 1998; partner Nelsons (following merger) 1999-2003; partner Freeths LLP 2003.
Memberships
Law Society Clinical Negligence Panel; AVMA Clinical Negligence Panel.
Education
Biddulph High School; Cambridge University (1989 BA History); Manchester Polytechnic (CPE; LSF).
Leisure
Swimming, reading, wine, holidays, family.
Lawyer Rankings
East Midlands > Insurance > Personal injury and clinical negligence: claimant
According to one client Freeths LLP ‘is a stalwart of excellent personal injury and clinical negligence claims in the East Midlands’ and is headed by Jane Williams and Karen Reynolds , who are both known for their depth and breadth of experience in catastrophic injury claims, delay in diagnosis and misdiagnoses, surgical errors, incorrect treatment and Inquests. Williams currently leading the growing number of maternity claims against the Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, while Reynolds leads on obstetric cerebral palsy claims and also brain injury cases. Personal injury team head, Jane Goulding is known for her work in catastrophic injury cases particularly brain injury and spinal cord injury cases for adults and children. Also recommended are senior associates Gemma Bedford and Adrian Denton , as well as associate Jessica Atkin, who’s involved in the maxillofacial, TVM mesh and the Nottingham Maternity Services Group actions. Consultant Paul Balen ‘is part of the clinical negligence furniture in the UK’.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Finance > Banking and finance
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: elsewhere in the East Midlands
- Real estate > Commercial property: Nottingham and Derby
- Real estate > Construction
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Nottingham and Derby
- Employment > Employment
- Insurance > Personal injury and clinical negligence: claimant
- Real estate > Planning and environment
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Public sector > Public sector
- Real estate > Social housing
Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Nottingham and Derby
- Real estate > Commercial property: elsewhere in the East Midlands
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Elsewhere in East Midlands
- Private client > Family
- Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Licensing
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate