Lorna Hardman > Browne Jacobson LLP > Nottingham, England > Lawyer Profile

Browne Jacobson LLP
MOWBRAY HOUSE
CASTLE MEADOW ROAD
NOTTINGHAM
NG2 1BJ
England

Work Department

Health, advisory and litigation

Position

Lorna heads the UK clinical negligence practice and is Browne Jacobson’s national lead partner for NHS Resolution, taking responsibility for the quality of all the work we do for this client and the support we provide to it and its member trusts. She has been a Nominated Partner since 2010 and has more than 25 years’ experience of advising NHS and private bodies on healthcare litigation, particularly complex and high value claims, inquests and serious incidents.

She is also client partner for a number of Trusts.

 

Career

Trained Theodore Goddard; qualified 1993; Capsticks, London (12 years, eight as partner, specialising in clinical negligence, inquests and inquiries); partner Browne Jacobson 2007. Publications include ‘Litigation: A Risk Management Guide for Midwives’ (second edition, in conjunction with the Royal College of Midwives).

Education

The Wakeman School, Shrewsbury; Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge (1990 MA Law 2(1)); College of Law, York.

Leisure

Walking, music, cooking.

Lawyer Rankings

East Midlands > Insurance > Personal injury and clinical negligence: defendant

Browne Jacobson LLP‘s key specialists in Nottingham include Damian Whitlam , who is an expert in defending medical malpractice claims involving mental health for the NHS and private sector, including suicides, homicides and prison healthcare cases. In the ambulance sector, Ian Long has developed a niche defending cases involving death and serious injury due to failure to convey to hospital and misdiagnosis in ED. Lorna Hardman and Kelly Buckley are lead contacts for NHS Resolution, while Sarah Erwin-Jones has a strong reputation in the social care arena. James Fawcett handles personal injury litigation brought against local authorities.