We have one of the largest specialist Medical Negligence legal teams in the UK. With over 400 years combined experience, our dedicated professionals will be with you every step of the way, fighting on your behalf to achieve justice.
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Medical Negligence Team
Christian Beadell
Team Leader
Christian is a senior solicitor at Fletchers and has specialised in clinical negligence claims since qualifying in 1997; having dealt with a wide variety of claims throughout his career. He is also featured in the Legal 500 as a recommended claimant solicitor in the North West.
Angela Dilks
Team Leader
As part of our senior solicitor team, Angela assesses new medical negligence enquiries on a daily basis. She has over 18 years of experience, having worked in medical negligence litigation for most of her career. Alongside her role as a senior solicitor, she is a part-time Tribunal Judge in the Social Security Tribunal hearing appeals against refusals of disability benefit claims.
Kathryn Sharkey
Team Leader
Kathryn is one of our senior solicitors and has over 11 years’ experience in the field, with both defendant and claimant claims. She manages a team of junior and senior paralegals, ensuring cases are running smoothly throughout her team.
Saima Mazhar
Team Leader
Saima has over 12 years of experience as a solicitor and leads a team of junior and senior lawyers at Fletchers. Saima and her team have experience dealing with a wide variety of medical negligence claim types and as the senior solicitor and team leader, Saima is responsible for the progression of cases to the point of settlement or issue.
Emma Semwayo
Team Leader
Emma is a team leader and a senior solicitor at Fletchers; she leads a team of junior and senior lawyers. As the senior solicitor within her team, Emma is accountable for the progression of cases to the point of settlement or issue. She completes formal assessments of each case and strategically plans the progression of the case, ensuring all cases within her team run smoothly and our customers receive the justice they deserve.
Sally Fromont
Team Leader
Sally joined Fletchers in September 2016 and is a senior solicitor within the medical negligence department. She leads one of our medical negligence pods to ensure they provide excellent customer service and achieve the best results for our customers. She has 19 years’ experience in personal injury and medical negligence litigation.
Carol Brooks-Johnson
Team Leader
Carol qualified as a solicitor over 20 years ago, before spending time in Western Australia and later specialising in Medical Negligence. She is a senior solicitor within our medical negligence department, supervising a team of lawyers, alongside the continual assessment of cases to advise the appropriate way forward.
Lucy Fletcher
Team Leader
Lucy joined us in 1999, coming straight from Law School in Chester. Her boundless energy and tenacity is a great asset for the medical negligence department. She instills in her team dedication to their customers and achieving great results.
Darren Tamplin-Compton
Team Leader
Darren is a senior solicitor within our medical negligence department and has over 16 years of relevant experience. He manages a team of lawyers, dedicated to successfully pursuing claims for substandard medical care. Darren joined Fletchers in July 2015 and was previously an Action against Medical Accidents (AvMA) specialist solicitor panel member and a partner at a niche medical negligence firm.
Johanna Thompson
Team Leader
As part of our senior solicitor team, Johanna’s role is multi-faceted and focuses on working with our specialist team of medical negligence nurses. She joined Fletchers in the summer of 2015 with over 25 years of experience in the legal sector, much of which within medical negligence. She also has extensive experience of inquest representation and sits part-time as a coroner.
Sowmya Jagannath
Team Leader
With over 20 years of personal injury litigation, Sowmya has a wealth of knowledge, which she applies to her role as a senior solicitor. She assesses medical negligence claims and creates a plan of action to ensure the case is handled efficiently.
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