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Patricia Leonard

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Position

Barrister specialising in clinical negligence, personal injury and inquest work.

Patricia’s practice covers all aspects of clinical negligence, predominantly for claimants. In particular, she has acted in cases concerning birth injuries, brain injuries, missed/delayed diagnosis cases and failed surgical procedures. In relation to her personal injury practice, she is regularly instructed in complex high value claims and in large multi-party actions.

Patricia is a specialist in claims involving physical and sexual abuse of vulnerable individuals. She has acted in two of the biggest group actions in the UK involving historic abuse which included representation in both the Court of Appeal and Supreme Court. In 2018 she was appointed to sit on the Lambeth Redress Scheme Appeal Panel chaired by Sir John Goldring.

She is wildly published and has co-written a book (‘A Practical Guide to Personal Injuries in Sport’) and many articles including in the Guardian and the New Law Journal.

Career

Called 2007, Lincoln’s Inn. Legal Stagiaire (intern) assisting with the Irish Presidency of the EU in the Irish Department of Justice (2003 – 2004); judicial researcher to judges of the Irish superior courts (2005-06). Publications of note: ‘Appeal court verdict could open the door for vicarious liability claimants’, The Guardian, 27 October 2010; ‘Moving Target’ (article on vicarious liability and historical abuse cases), The Lawyer, December 2010.

Languages

French and Irish.

Education

Pantheon-Assas University, Paris (2002 Diploma in French Law: Paris II); University College Dublin, Ireland (2003 BCL Law with French Law Undergraduate Degree, First Class Honours); University of Oxford (2005 Masters of Law (BCL)); BVC (2007).