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Carolyn Heaton

Carolyn Heaton

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Irwin Mitchell

Irwin Mitchell

England - Yorkshire • Insurance

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Personal injury: claimant

Irwin Mitchell’s personal injury team maintains a strong regional presence across Leeds and Sheffield, led by Sion Kingston and Louise Jenkins, while Ian Toft is the regional lead for the workplace illness teams. The team handles a significant volume of complex serious injury, asbestos-related disease, and occupational illness claims, often involving catastrophic brain and spinal injuries. The group integrates legal expertise with tailored rehabilitation support through in-house coordinators. The firm’s CICA team, led by Sarah Brumpton in Leeds, continues to advise on complex criminal injury claims. Other prominent names include Carolyn Heaton, Rachael Aram, Adrian Budgen and Oliver Collett, who lead on major specialist workstreams.
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Work Department
Serious Injury
Position

I head a team of specialist solicitors who act for adults and children who have sustained severe brain and/or spinal cord damage. Quite simply, our job is to try and make the lives of our clients and their families easier and more comfortable.

The cases my team pursues are often very complex and involve large amounts of money.

Rehabilitation is always at the forefront of our minds, and we aim to get our clients the help they need when they need it. This normally involves sorting out help with care and getting the client the therapies they need such as physiotherapy, speech and language therapy and occupational therapy.

Equipment/transport/housing/employment and education are some of the other issues that we look at during the course of the claim. Compensation can never turn the clock back, but it can enable clients to have a decent quality of life again and reduce or eliminate the stress placed upon their loved ones.

Career

Trained DAC Beachcroft; Irwin Mitchell LLP 1994; partner Irwin Mitchell 2010. Headed the Leeds “neuro” team since 2015.

Memberships
Fellow APIL.

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Testimonials

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  • ‘Carolyn Heaton has a brilliant team of really enthusiastic and committed lawyers including Hema Rana who is lovely and clients and lawyers love working with her and with Carolyn Heaton.’

  • ‘Carolyn Heaton and Hema Rana are both exceptionally committed hard working and successful in getting results for clients.’

  • ‘The most dedicated team in the UK. They are the go to firm for asbestos claims.’

  • ‘The team has steered me throughout the whole process with the utmost professionalism and care. My team have been incredibly supportive, personable and sensitive allowing me to feel at ease disclosing and discussing really personal and upsetting points.'

  • ‘Spinal cord injury litigation is a highly specialised field and the team at Irwin Mitchell are particularly experienced and skilled in addressing this group of client's needs.’

  • ‘Rachel Aram - Partner. Highly skilled and motivated, and goes the 'extra mile' to make sure her client's needs are met. Good, clear instructions to experts; excellent on-going communications; tenacious in ensuring the case is presented well to Counsel and the Courts.’