Leigh Day

Clinical negligence

Partner

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. 

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.