Meet the team

Product Liability

Irwin Mitchell

Sheffield, England
+1 other location
  • Leeds, England
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Organigram

Team Services

  • Market-leading practice, pre-eminent in individual and group claims relating to defective products and group actions, with significant expertise in medical negligence and abuse claims
  • Continued growth in claims involving medical negligence and medical devices,
  • Handles a varied, complex and high-profile case load including claims, currently including:
    • Boeing 737 MAX, claims against Boeing in the USA following the crash of Ethiopian Airlines flight 302.
    • Lariam (Mefloquine) claims against the Ministry of Defence
    • Transvaginal Mesh (TVM) claims against Johnson & Johnson
    • Claims arising from abuse carried out by David Fuller in a hospital mortuary
    • Medical negligence group compensation claims against Urologist Mr Manu Nair, Gynaecologist Mr Arun, Colorectal Surgeon Mr Tony Dixon, Orthopaedic Surgeon Mr Habib Rahman, Gynaecologist Mr Daniel Hay, Orthopaedic Surgeon Mr Mian Munawar Shah and others
    • Claims arising from Human Growth Hormone related Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD)
    • Defective implantable cardiac devices (ICDs) and pacemakers
    • Environmental exposure claims (e.g. arising from carbon monoxide poisoning)
    • Claims under the Association of British Pharmaceutical Industry compensation guidelines relating to clinical trials (drugs and medical devices)
    • Cosmetic products including dermal fillers (including group actions and individual claims)
    • Other defective medical devices, including heater/cooler machinery, replacement joint implants,
    • Non-medical product liability claims, including vehicles, e-cigarettes, bicycles, and other consumer goods such as tumble-dryers and fridge freezers
    • Investigating claims arising from Zimmer Biomet NexGen knee implants
  • A number of team members are recognised as notable practitioners and are APIL or AvMA accredited
  • Expertise in cross-border claims

Testimonials

Awards and Recognition

AvMA Clinical Negligence Panel

Tim Annett is on the AvMA Clinical Negligence Panel

APIL

Tim Annett is accredited as a Senior Litigator and Fatal Accidents specialist by APIL

APIL Product Liability SIG

Natalie Truman is the joint co-ordinator of the APIL Product Liability SIG

CORLA: The Collective Redress Lawyers Association - CORLA

The team are getting involved with a group called CORLA The Collective Redress Lawyers Association - CORLA whereby Sallie Booth is a committee member and Catherine Slattery and Tim Annett have also volunteered to get involved in some of their committees