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Jonathan Heap

Jonathan Heap

Hill Dickinson LLP, North West

Work Department

NHSLA team/health business group.

Position

Partner in the NHSLA team specialising in clinical negligence and personal injury. Caseload includes a full range of claims with particular interest in brain injury, spinal injury, ophthalmic and complex surgical cases. Jonathan handled the key clinical negligence case of Reaney v University Hospitals of North Staffordshire NHS Trust & Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust [2015] EWCA Civ 1119 which the Defendants successfully appealed.

He regularly lectures to clients on various legal issues, with particular interest in patient safety and the application of the legal duty of candour.

Career

Trained Hill Dickinson; qualified into health team 2002; partner 2012 to date.

Languages

French (conversational).

Memberships

Law Society.

Education

The Royal Grammar School, Lancaster; University of Sheffield (1999 LLB 2:1, 2000 LPC).

Leisure

Running, cycling, cooking, following Carlisle United.

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