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Louise Jeffers

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Work Department

Health Advisory and Litigation

Position

Louise Jeffers is a Senior Associate in the Health and Advisory Litigation Team. She is Team Leader of the Adult Neurological injuries team.

She previously worked for 6 years in Claimant clinical negligence and in 2016 joined Browne Jacobson’s Defendant clinical negligence team. She specialises in defending high value adult neurological injury claims for NHS Resolution.

Louise is known for the high quality of her work and tenacious approach, winning the confidence of her clients who have described her as a ‘strong litigator’ and remarked on her ‘excellent witness engagement’. She builds admirable relationships with the opposing party and has been praised by Claimant’s solicitors for her ’empathetic approach’ and the ‘pleasant and professional’ way in which she conducts claims on behalf of Defendants.

Louise has represents the Defendant in notable claims including Lesley Elder v George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust, a fundamental dishonesty claim where the Claimant was successfully prosecuted for contempt of Court, and in Bayley v George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust, an important
informed consent claim. Louise has secured numerous Trial wins on behalf of the NHS.

Louise has been instrumental in the development of Resolution Days, carried out on behalf of NHS Resolution with Claimant law firms, negotiatingdozens of settlements in one day.She has recently undertaken a large-scale analysis of key trends and themes emerging from claims in order to identify learning opportunities and additional support required by specific Trusts.

Louise continues to ensure the development of others through supervision and the creation and delivery of training modules, including CRU and Fatal Accidents Act claims.

Career

Louise Jeffers is the head of Adult Neurological Injuries in the Health and Advisory Litigation team. She is recognised as a ‘Rising Star’ in Legal 500. Louise specialises in defending spinal cord and brain injury claims on behalf of NHS health care providers, individual clinicians and insurers.

Louise specialises in spinal cord and brain injury claims. She has built strong relationships with an extensive network of leading neurosurgical and spinal orthopaedic clinicians and experts.

Louise has oversight of a substantial portfolio of neurosurgical and spinal orthopaedic claims providing a unique opportunity to undertake thematic reviews and identify learning opportunities for healthcare providers. Louise also presents on the issue of adult neurological injury claims and best practice.

Louise provides expert advice, resolves claims promptly (securing discontinuances wherever possible) and adopts an empathetic approach to clinicians and Claimants. Clients have described her as a “strong litigator” and remarked on her “excellent witness engagement”. She has been praised by Claimant solicitors for her “empathetic approach” and the “pleasant and professional” way in which she conducts claims on behalf of Defendants. She is described in Legal 500 2022 as “a clinical negligence expert, she is thorough and an extremely safe pair of hands”.

Slater and Gordon, Associate Solicitor, Head of Clinical Negligence in Birmingham

November 2015 – May 2016

Irwin Mitchell, Solicitor, Clinical Negligence

August 2010 – November 2015

Magna International, In-house Legal Advisor

September 2009 – July 2010

Education

Legal Practice Course, College of Law, Birmingham

2008/09

LLB Law and Criminology, University of Sheffield

2005/08