Joanne Brine > JMW Solicitors LLP > Manchester, England > Lawyer Profile
JMW Solicitors LLP Offices
1 BYROM PLACE
SPINNINGFIELDS
MANCHESTER
M3 3HG
England
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Joanne Brine
Work Department
Personal Injury
Position
Partner and head of the Travel Litigation Team
Career
Joanne is a Partner in the Travel Litigation team specialising in helping clients who have sustained injuries following an accident abroad. Her expertise lies in dealing with complex and catastrophic injury claims, and she has achieved numerous multi-million pound settlements which have provided for her clients rehabilitation and future needs. Recent settlements since joining JMW include a £1m for a client who had a significant lower limb orthopaedic injury with a future risk of amputation and E1.22m for a Claimant in a case in which the applicable law was that of Greece. She regularly deals with fatal accidents, road traffic accidents abroad, clients who were working abroad, accidents on airplanes, and accidents on cruise ships. She is a member of the American Association of Justice, where she has presented at the annual conference for the International Practice Section, the Pan European Organisation of Personal Injury lawyers, and she is the Co-Ordinator of the APIL North West Group.
Joanne trained and qualified at Pannone LLP in Manchester specialising in catastrophic injury claims, moving to Slater and Gordon UK LLP upon their acquisition of Pannone and sub specialising in serious injury litigation with a cross border element. Joanne joined JMW to head up their Travel Litigation team in April 2018.
Joanne is noted as a Recognised Practitioner in Chambers and Partners
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Memberships
Joanne is a member of the American Association of Justice, and has been invited to speak at their annual convention in summer 2019. She is also an active member of the Pan European Organisation of Personal Injury Lawyers as well as APIL and is a senior liigatior and Brain Injury accredited. Joanne has also written for legal journals and presented at conferences and training seminars.
Education
Joanne graduated from Liverpool University in 1999 and completed the Legal Practice Course in 2000 in Manchester.
Leisure
Joanne enjoys outdoor activities including running and swimming, along with yoga in her spare time.
Lawyer Rankings
North West > Insurance > Personal injury: claimant
(Leading partners)JMW Solicitors LLP‘s practice is recommended for complex personal injury matters, ranging from heavily contested liability disputes to cases of uncommon injuries such as carbon monoxide poisoning. The practice is jointly led by paediatric brain injury specialist Gordon Cartwright and industrial disease specialist Andrew Lilley. Joanne Brine, who is experienced in cross-border injury claims, is another key name in the team. Catherine Leech, a highly regarded specialist in spinal injuries and polytraumas, joined the firm from Irwin Mitchell in October 2022.
North West > Insurance > Personal injury and clinical negligence: claimant
(Next Generation Partners: Personal Injury)London > Transport > Travel
(Leading partners)The ‘very capable team of highly experienced litigators’ at JMW Solicitors LLP, based in Manchester, is experienced handling a broad-range of litigation matters for claimants, including package travel-related, direct right of action, and cross-border workplace accident claims, which are often of a sensitive and complex nature. Its caseload ranges from sexual assault claims, to less severe injuries, to fatal accidents. Team lead Joanne Brine has expertise in cross-border and international work and is noted as being ‘adored by clients for her empathy and always-sound judgement’.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading partners North West > Insurance > Personal injury: claimant
- Next Generation Partners: Personal Injury North West > Insurance > Personal injury and clinical negligence: claimant
- Personal injury: claimant North West > Insurance
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