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Julie Lewis
Work Department
Medical Negligence
Position
Partner
Career
Julie is Irwin Mitchell’s Regional Managing Partner for Bristol and Head of the Bristol Medical Negligence team.
She specialises in representing individuals who have suffered an injury because of the negligence of a Hospital Trust, GP or private doctor. She has a particular interest in injuries caused during pregnancy or birth to either mother or baby.
Julie has been involved in a lot of cases resulting from delayed meningitis diagnoses. She also has a lot of experience in representing clients at inquests and fatal claims when families have a lost a relative or loved one because of the negligence of a doctor or hospital.
Recent notable settlements include:
- A v Birmingham Womens Healthcare NHS Trust which settled for a capitalised value of £10.1m. The case concerned a two hour delay in delivery of A resulting in coagulopathy which caused a frontal lobe infarct.
- B v Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust which concerned negligent neonatal treatment and settled for around £5m capitalised value
- C v Wiltshire NHS Trust, which settled for £7.1m.
Languages
Law Society Clinical Negligence Panel, senior litigator APIL.
Education
Rugby High School for Girls, Birmingham University (LLB), De Montfort University (LPC).
Leisure
Pilates, reading, family holidays .
Lawyer Rankings
South West > Insurance > Clinical negligence: claimant
(Leading individuals)The clinical negligence team at Irwin Mitchell
, led by Julie Lewis, possesses extensive expertise in a variety of cases including negligent obstetric treatment, delayed cancer diagnosis, and brain and spinal injury claims, and group action litigation. Representing both children and adults who have suffered serious injuries, the practice is active across the firm’s Bristol, Southampton, and Cardiff offices. Obstetric cases are a particular area of expertise for senior associate Kate Easy, while associate Luke Trevorrow acts on behalf of claimants against private and NHS healthcare providers.
South East > Insurance > Clinical negligence: claimant
Irwin Mitchell‘s clinical negligence offering in the South East is led by Southampton head Justine Spencer, who specialises in highly complex obstetric and neonatal neurological injuries, working alongside Bristol practice head Julie Lewis, who focuses her practice on birth, neonatal and other brain injury claims. Senior associate Rebecca Brown handles the full suite of medical negligence issues, including spinal injury, general surgical negligence, sepsis, amputations and oncology. Obstetric cases leading to cerebral palsy is a core focus of fellow senior associate Kate Easy.
Wales > Insurance > Clinical negligence: claimant
(Firms to watch)UK insurance leader Irwin Mitchell launched in Cardiff in mid-2022; the firm’s clinical negligence offering in South Wales is led by Julie Lewis, who splits her time between Cardiff and Bristol. The ‘supportive, empathetic and patient‘ team has significant expertise in handling matters across the full spectrum of medical injuries, in particular birth and neonatal injuries, neurological injuries of the spine and brain as well as complex fatalities. Other key members of the wider team – which is able to draw on ‘invaluable‘ support from the firm’s extensive network of UK bases – include Rhian Hooton, who is praised as an ‘outstanding individual‘, and the ‘attentive, responsive‘ Eleri Davies.
Lawyer Rankings
- Clinical negligence: claimant South West > Insurance
- Leading individuals South West > Insurance > Clinical negligence: claimant