Georgia Briscoe

Director of Legal Strategy and Transformation

Georgia is one of our Directors of Medical Negligence at Fletchers. She has an impressive wealth of knowledge and experience when it comes to dealing with Medical Negligence cases.

Georgia prides herself on the development of her team and aims to ensure that everyone in the department shares the same passion, tenacity and drive to get the best possible result for the injured patient.

Georgia is in charge of the day to day operational running of our largest medical negligence department, working hard to ensure a self-sustainable future for the team. Georgia is heavily involved in developing Fletchers’ nationwide reputation as medical negligence experts, alongside ensuring that all of our cases are dealt with the utmost efficiency and professionalism.

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.

Christian Beadell

Head of Medical Negligence

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.

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 20 years’ experience in personal injury and medical negligence litigation.

Darren Tamplin-Compton

Team Leader

Special interest in Cosmetic Surgery & Blindness/Eye Related Claims

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.

Jo Thompson

Head of Medical Negligence Serious Injury

Johanna is Head of Medical Negligence Serious Injury Manchester and leads a team of lawyers within the Medical Negligence Department. She has over 30 years of experience in the legal sector, much of which is within Medical Negligence. She also has extensive inquest experience and sits part time as an Assistant 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.

Trish Dunn

Team Leader

Led by Trish Dunn, this team has had success in a range of medical disciplines and prides itself on its ability to be friendly and sympathetic to the client’s needs and getting to the key issues and concluding claims at the earliest opportunity.

Fiona Swarbrick

Team Leader

Fiona joined Fletchers in late 2015 and has over 15 years of experience in the legal sector acting for customers in relation to personal injury and medical negligence claims. She is a solicitor within the medical negligence team and before joining Fletchers, she had been a Partner and Director at her previous firms.

Richard Allbeson

Team Leader

Special interest in Brain Injury & Stroke Related Claims

Richard joined Fletchers In March 2017 and is a senior solicitor within the firm working in our Medical Negligence Serious Injury team. He has 30 years’ experience as a high level personal injury lawyer, handling catastrophic brain injury cases as well as other serious injury claims.

Michael Gray

Team Leader

Special interest in Spinal Injury Claims

Michael has worked in the personal injury sector since 2006 and qualified as a solicitor in March 2010. He joined our Medical Negligence Serious Injury team in 2016, bringing a wealth of litigation experience and after helping to establish a new medical negligence team at his previous firm. He has experience in dealing with life changing catastrophic injuries in particular; cauda equina, amputation and fatal accident cases and has recovered millions of pounds in damages for his Clients. Michael prides himself on his relationships with his Clients and he and his team regularly receive excellent client feedback.

Susan Healey

Team Leader

Special interest in Injury to Internal Organs Claims

Susan is a Team Leader within the Medical Negligence Department; she qualified as a solicitor in 2005, prior to this she had been a nurse. Susan has a great deal of experience in acting for clients in a wide range ...

Georgina Tither

Team Leader

Georgina is a solicitor within the department and has worked in clinical negligence for over six years. She has previous experience dealing with cases of the utmost severity including delay in diagnosis of cancer and other significant conditions, surgical errors and mistakes during labour. Within her role Georgina ensures cases are conducted in a proactive and effective manner and that our customers receive the highest level of support throughout the entirety of their claim.

Trevor Ward

Team Leader

Special interest in Cerebral Palsy & Birth Injury Claims

As one of the leading medical negligence solicitors in the North West, Trevor has considerable experience and medical negligence specialism in dealing with cases involving birth trauma, orthopaedic, ophthalmic, general surgery and diabetic related claims.

Sion Wynne

Team Leader

Sion is a team leader and senior solicitor with many years’ experience in dealing with a wide range of medical specialisms and different types of injuries. He is an experienced medical negligence solicitor and manages a team of lawyers within our department.