Jade is a specialist clinical negligence barrister.

She prides herself on her ability to give clear practical advice and handle complex medico-legal issues with ease.

Her practice spans all areas of clinical negligence including, birth injuries, surgical negligence, fertility cases, fatal injuries, delay in diagnosis, mental health, informed consent and material contribution.

Jade’s practice mostly involves advising in conference and on paper, drafting pleadings, and attending applications, CCMCs, JSMs and mediations.

Case examples:

• Delay in diagnosis of a rare metabolic disorder resulting in severe brain damage
• Delay in diagnosis of cauda equina syndrome
• Complex brain injury arising out of negligent treatment at a psychiatric hospital
• Forceps delivery resulting in a skull fracture and subarachnoid haemorrhage.
• Substandard use of an NJ tube in a newborn leading to a perforated duodenum.
• Failure to disclose reasonable alternative treatments for skin cancer resulting in avoidable severe scarring to the face and body.
• Delay in treatment of an infection resulting in a forefoot amputation.
• Substandard ACL reconstruction surgery leading to permanent disabilities.
• Substandard mental health management and treatment resulting in suicide.
• Failure to adequately secure abdominal mesh during a hernia repair, leading to permanent damage to the colon and chronic pain.
• Substandard management of pressure sores resulting in death.
• Delay in diagnosis of meningitis in a child resulting in death.

Jade has extensive experience in a variety of inquests including healthcare-related deaths, RTAs, care home deaths, prison deaths and Article 2 inquests.

She is instructed by a wide range of interested parties including the family, local authorities, NHS bodies, GPs and care homes.

Case examples:

• Representing the family of woman who died as the result of a pulmonary embolism following surgery.
• Representing the family following the death of a man detained under the Mental Health Act (Article 2)
• Representing the family of a woman who died from sepsis following an anastomotic leak.
• Representing the Local Authority following the suicide of a transgender teenager accommodated under Section 20 of the Children Act 1989.
• Representing an NHS Trust following the death of a patient detained under the Mental Health Act (Article 2)
• Representing an NHS Trust where a newborn baby died following a skull fracture and subarachnoid haemorrhage during forceps delivery.
• Representing a care home where a resident died following pressure sores becoming infected.
• Representing a GP practice where the deceased committed suicide.

Jade is routinely instructed on road traffic, employers’ liability, public liability and CICA appeals.

She is regularly instructed on behalf of Claimants and Defendants in equal measure to advise in conference and on paper, draft pleadings, attend interim applications, CCMCs and trials.

Case examples:

• 2-day trial where the Claimant suffered significant injuries following a fall down a manhole.
• CICA appeal where the Claimant suffered a significant brain injury.
• Advising in relation to a secondary victim claim for a child who witnessed the death of their sibling.
• 1-day inquest and assisting with the subsequent fatal claim where the deceased was hit by a drunk driver.
• Advising in conference and on paper where the Claimant suffered spinal injuries and permanent atrial fibrillation following an RTA.
• Advising in conference and on paper where the Claimant suffered a rare swallowing disorder following an RTA
• Successfully defending a multi-Claimant RTA claim where 2 of the Claimants were found to be fundamentally dishonest.

Jade is routinely instructed on behalf of P, local authorities and ICBs in health and welfare matters including deprivation of liberty, welfare decisions, deputyships and removal of the nearest relative.

She has been involved in a number of mental capacity and the inherent jurisdiction cases in the High Court.

Jade regularly acts on behalf of the Public Guardian in relation to property and affairs issues, discharging LPAs and deputyship applications.

The Honourable Society of Gray's Inn

Actions Against Medical Accident (AvMA)

Leeds and District Medico Legal Society

Leeds Junior Lawyers Division

J.M Ferguson, "Children Under the Knife: Current Interests, Future Interests or Parental Interests?" [2017] Cambridge Law Review 2

University of Leeds, LLB Law University of Law (Leeds)

Bar Professional Training Course