JMW Solicitors LLP

Personal Injury

Partner and head of the Travel Litigation Team

Joanne is a Partner in the Travel Litigation team specialising in helping clients who have sustained injuries following an accident abroad. Her expertise lies in dealing with complex and catastrophic injury claims, and she has achieved numerous multi-million pound settlements which have provided for her clients rehabilitation and future needs. Recent settlements since joining JMW include a £1m for a client who had a significant lower limb orthopaedic injury with a future risk of amputation and E1.22m for a Claimant in a case in which the applicable law was that of Greece.  She regularly deals with fatal accidents, road traffic accidents abroad, clients who were working abroad, accidents on airplanes, and accidents on cruise ships.  She is a member of the American Association of Justice, where she has presented at the annual conference for the International Practice Section, the Pan European Organisation of Personal Injury lawyers, and she is the Co-Ordinator of the APIL North West Group.

Joanne trained and qualified at Pannone LLP in Manchester specialising in catastrophic injury claims, moving to Slater and Gordon UK LLP upon their acquisition of Pannone and sub specialising in serious injury litigation with a cross border element.  Joanne joined JMW to head up their Travel Litigation team in April 2018. 

Joanne is noted as a Recognised Practitioner in Chambers and Partners

Joanne is a member of the American Association of Justice, and has been invited to speak at their annual convention in summer 2019.  She is also an active member of the Pan European Organisation of Personal Injury Lawyers as well as APIL and is a senior liigatior and Brain Injury accredited. Joanne has also written for legal journals and presented at conferences and training seminars.

Joanne graduated from Liverpool University in 1999 and completed the Legal Practice Course in 2000 in Manchester.

Joanne enjoys outdoor activities including running and swimming, along with yoga in her spare time.