Janine Collier > Tees Law > Cambridge, England > Lawyer Profile

Janine Collier

01223 702303 janine.collier@teeslaw.com View profile

Work Department

Medical Negligence and Personal Injury

Position

Executive Partner

Janine is the Head of the Medical Negligence and Personal Injury Team at Tees. She began her career with one of the country’s leading medical negligence London-based practices nearly 20 years ago and is a long-standing member of the AvMA and Law Society Clinical Negligence panels.
Janine has recovered £millions of compensation for victims of medical accidents over the years and, in addition, has achieved significant non-monetary relief through mediation.
Janine’s experience includes birth defects and unintended pregnancies (wrongful birth claims); birth injuries to the child, including cerebral palsy; birth injuries to the mother; brain injuries; deaths; DVTs and pulmonary emboli; substandard general practice care; orthopaedic claims; surgical errors and tuberculosis. Latterly, Janine has sub-specialised in cases involving:
– Cerebral palsy cases
– birth injuries to the mother (obstetric anal sphincter injuries (OASIS));
– adult brain injuries (in particular cases involving delays in diagnosing a brain tumour and strokes); and
– a fatality, where there are a number of surviving dependants
– sepsis
– amputation
– sight loss

Career

Field Fisher Waterhouse, Trainee 1999-2001; Solicitor, 2001-2004; Professional Support Lawyer, 2004-2006; Joined Lorimer, Longhurst & Lees, Solicitor, 2006-2008; Joined Tees Law, Solicitor, 2008-2010; Associate 2010-2013; Senior Associate 2013-2015; Partner 2015-2016; Executive Partner 2016-Present

Trustee of Support4Sight; Trustee of Action Against Medical Accidents (AvMA)

Memberships

AvMA Panel Member; Law Society Clinical Negligence Panel Member; APIL Accredited Clinical Negligence Solicitor; APIL Senior Litigator

Education

Portsmouth High School GPDST; BA Honours Classics & Law (II.I), Magdalene College, Cambridge University, 1994 – 1998; Legal Practice Course (Distinction), The College of Law; 1998-1999

Leisure

Away from work Janine is kept busy by her two children and two dogs.

When she has time, Janine tries to stay fit, playing some tennis, going to the gym, doing some running and on occasion some obstacle course races and/or cycling events.