Ms Suzanne Munroe > Switalskis Solicitors > Leeds, England > Lawyer Profile
Switalskis Solicitors Offices
Floor 9 West Village
114 Wellington Street
LEEDS
LS1 1BA
England
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Ms Suzanne Munroe
Work Department
Clinical Negligence
Position
Director & Solicitor
Head of Clinical Negligence department
Career
Suzanne is a specialist in maternity and pregnancy and birth (obstetric) claims. She deals with the whole range of obstetric claims:
- Injuries to mothers, including third and fourth degree tears and infertility
- Injuries to babies – specifically brain injuries sustained at birth or in the neonatal period caused by lack of oxygen, infection or hypoglycaemia, leading to cerebral palsy and significant disability
- Neonatal and stillbirth claims
- Inquests
Awards
Claims Director of the Year 2023, British Claims Awards
Clinical Negligence Lawyer of the Year 2023, Personal Injury Awards (Claims Mag)
Memberships
- AvMA Referral Panel Member
- APIL Senior Litigator
- Law Society Clinical Negligence Panel Member
- Headway verified solicitor
Lawyer Rankings
Yorkshire and the Humber > Insurance > Clinical negligence: claimant
(Leading partners)Switalskis Solicitors has multiple specialisms within clinical negligence, spanning maternity negligence, birth injury, brain injury, and baby loss cases, and the associated inquests, with extensive experience in group action claims. The ‘client-focused and fearless’ team is led by Suzanne Munroe, who specialises in cerebral palsy claims, brain injury issues arising from neonatal negligence, and inquests relating to stillbirths and early neonatal death. Sarah Tipton Walker leads a specialist team that focuses on complex, high-value brain injury cases and unusual catastrophic claims, while Richard Starkie is experienced in serious spinal and brain injuries and is skilled in claims that have an international element. Robyn Hawxby is noted for her work relating to spinal and neurological injuries, and stroke claims.
Lawyer Rankings
- Clinical negligence: claimant Yorkshire and the Humber > Insurance
- Leading partners Yorkshire and the Humber > Insurance > Clinical negligence: claimant