Leah Jones > Browne Jacobson LLP > Nottingham, England > Lawyer Profile

Leah Jones

01159766550 leah.jones@brownejacobson.com View profile

Work Department

Insurance & Public Risk

Position

Leah is a Partner in the Complex Claims and Social Care Team and, in addition to her full case load, she is also part of the leadership team, managing a team of lawyers.

Leah has a broad client base of both public body and insurer clients. She regularly delivers bespoke training and workshops to clients and internally.

Leah is technically excellent and has a busy case load of complex, high value and sensitive claims with a focus on claims in the health and social care and higher education sectors, both public and private. Her experience encompasses:

• actions relating to historical sexual abuse and neglect;
• claims for breach of HRA including Art 2 (Right to Life), Art 3 (inhumane treatment) Art 5 (Deprivation of Liberty), Art 6 (right to a fair trial) and Art 8 (Right to Private and Family Life);
• representation of intervener in public care proceedings;
• discrimination claims (primarily in higher education settings);
• actions for defamation and misuse of private information;
• stress, bullying and harassment at work claims; and
• catastrophic injury/disease claims for both public and employers’ liability e.g. mesothelioma; double amputation workplace injury.

Education

• Solicitor – admitted 2012
• CLT Qualified Lawyers Transfer Test – 2011
• Called to the Bar (Lincoln’s Inn) – 2006
• BVC – 2006
• LLB (Hons) – Law – 2005