Monday 5th December 2011

The clinical negligence solicitors at John Pickering solicitors are delighted that they have have been acknowledged again as high ranking specialists in the North West region in both of the definitive guides of laywers services for 2012.

 

The Legal 500 guide again rate the firm highly for their up to date guide and rank the firm above many much larger clinical negligence specialist practices in the region. The Guide points out that the team led by Claire Horton recently tripled it’s caseload due to expansion at the Liverpool and Halifax offices. Rachel Donovan from the Liverpool office obtained firmwide panel membership of Headway the charity which represents people with aquired brain injury. It noted the diversity of funding methods the firm makes available for it’s clients in addition to Legal Aid in which the firm holds a franchise for it’s offices in Manchester, Liverpool and Halifax.

 

Chambers Legal Directory recognised the firm’s notable performance giving special mention to Claire Horton who specialises in claims relating to cerebral palsy and catastrophic injuries and describing her as ‘a safe pair of hands’ who possesses ‘a personable and highly sympathetic touch when dealing with clients’.

 

Claire said:

 

‘I’m delighted that we have again received high ranking recognition for it’s clinical negligence work in the north west region. We pride ourselves on being a client centred specialists able to deliver a high quality service to everyone we represent. We will continue to provide this service in 2012.

FURTHER INFORMATION :

 

Claire Horton

John Pickering and Partners LLP

Old Exchange Buildings, St Ann’s Passage, 29/31 King Street,

Manchester M2 6BE

Email : hort@johnpickering.co.uk  / website : www.johnpickering.co.uk

Tel: 0161 834 1251 / freefone: 0800 854201 / Mobile: 07904 005248

 

Ruth Davies

John Pickering and Partners LLP

Crossley Mill, 1^st Floor, Dean Clough, Halifax, HX3 5AX

Email : rd@johnpickering.co.uk / website : www.johnpickering.co.uk

Tel: 01422 345535/ freefone: 0800 854201 / Mobile: 07810 502084

 

Rachel Donovan

John Pickering and Partners LLP

1^st floor, 19 Castle Street, Liverpool L2 4SH

Email : don@johnpickering.co.uk / website : www.johnpickering.co.uk

Tel: 0151 227 1214/ freefone: 0800 854201 / Mobile: 07773 784530

 

John Pickering and Partners LLP is a specialist clinical negligence practice, with 2 offices in the North West of England and one in Yorkshire.  We were established in 1979.  Our offices are in Manchester, Liverpool and in Halifax, West Yorkshire.  The clinical negligence department specialises in difficult, high value and challenging cases carried out by senior specialised solicitors.  The department has grown from 1 to 3 specialised solicitors in the last year.  Our clients can be sure that the specialised solicitors do not delegate the work to inexperienced fee earners, but have the day to day conduct of matters.  This approach runs throughout the firm and contributed to the recent firm-wide successes in being awarded prizes as winners of personal injury team of the year in the Liverpool and Yorkshire Law Society Legal Awards 2009.

 

The main theme in the clinical negligence department in the last 12 months has been of development in line with the firm’s ethos, i.e. dealing with technically complex high quantum claims always handled by senior specialised solicitors.  The team was been enhanced in 2010 by the addition of Rachel Donovan, a full time experienced clinical negligence specialist.  Ruth Davies, a partner and an experienced personal injury litigator, is now also working in the clinical negligence department.

 

Both Claire Horton and Rachel Donovan devote all their practice to clinical negligence work.  Ruth Davies now works both in the clinical negligence and disease departments.  The firm retains a Legal Aid franchise at all three offices but acts for clients throughout the country.

 

The addition of Rachel Donovan to the clinical negligence team has helped to further increase our Liverpool presence and demonstrates the underlying commitment of the firm to develop the much respected clinical negligence aspect of its work.  The additional work provided by Ruth Davies has also helped to boost our Halifax presence.  The firm, which has long had a significant national presence in asbestos litigation, has shown its commitment to expanding the additional specialism of its clinical negligence work, by the employment of further experienced specialists.

 

The firm continues to have Legal Aid franchises in clinical negligence and is committed to the process of tendering for future work in legally aided clinical negligence.

 

We continue to act only for Claimants and we undertake to represent clients with difficult but important cases, whose claims give rise to issues of importance to the wider public.  

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