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Leigh Day
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Work Department

Medical Negligence

Position

Suzanne White is head of the clinical negligence team and has specialised in this area of law since qualifying in 1999 after training with the firm. 

 

She is a patients’ campaigner, with a particular interest in birth injury, and injuries to mothers during childbirth. She also specialises in orthopaedics, brain injury, misdiagnosis and fatal cases, and cases involving radiological errors, but also advising on a full range of clinical negligence cases.

 

Suzanne was also the inquest partner at Leigh Day representing families at inquests where loved ones have died as a result of negligent medical care. 

Career

She brings to her experience a medical background, as she qualified as a radiographer, she quickly grasps the medical issues in the cases she deals with. Suzanne trained at Leigh Day and made partner in 2010. Suzanne has been head of the clinical negligence department since 1st April 2018.

Memberships

Suzanne is on the APIL executive committee, is a trustee for the Patients’ Association and was a member of the Civil Justice Council’s working group for fixed costs. She is a member of the INQUEST lawyers group and on the MASIC council. 

Lawyer Rankings

London > Insurance > Clinical negligence: claimant

(Hall of Fame)

Suzanne White Leigh Day

The clinical negligence team at Leigh Day has been noted for its  ‘unfailing dedication’ in pursuing outcomes on behalf of claimants in matters covering a diverse range of neurological, cognitive, and spinal injury cases in a variety of clinical departments. Along with achieving high-value settlements in birth injury cases, the team is experienced in a number of misdiagnosis cases, particularly those involving novel or rare cancers, as well as harm resultant from psychological negligence. Highlighted for her ‘very practical mindset’, Practice head Suzanne White is experienced in birth injury and amputation cases, as well as inquests. Angharad Vaughan holds over 15 years of experience in cerebral palsy, cognitive and psychological negligence claims. Olive Lewin  is praised for her work in matters relating to spinal cord and maternal injury claims, while Kirsten Wall is especially active in disputes arising in military circumstances. Emmalene Bushnell  and Maria Panteli  are key members of the team in maternal matters, with Panteli’s activity in breast cancer litigation coinciding with Bushnell’s experience in birth injuries resulting in gynecological injuries.