Burnetts
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Burnetts fields a highly regarded clinical negligence and personal injury team operating across Cumbria and the North East. The firm handles a wide range of complex and high-value claims, including birth trauma, delayed cancer diagnoses, surgical negligence, spinal and brain injuries, amputations, and fatal cases. Spencer Knaggs in Carlisle leads the team with notable experience in spinal and fatal injury matters. In Newcastle, Paul Brown focuses on brain injury claims, while Michelle Armstrong leads the birth injury practice, drawing on her dual qualification as a midwife. Mick Laffey and Lynne Hall also bring strong expertise in catastrophic injury and delayed diagnosis cases, respectively. Jayne McCluskey is both AvMA and APIL accredited and has a broad caseload of clinical negligence cases.
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Testimonials
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- ‘The practice works on both a professional and empathetic basis. They keep us well informed on what has and will be happening then and now. We have a good relationship with the firm due to being treated in accordance with our needs.’
- ‘The team at Burnetts is thorough, efficient, effective and highly skilled. Great communicators and work well together to support and manage clinical negligence cases.’
Work highlights
Representing a claimant born prematurely via emergency C-section following misinterpretation of fetal growth data.