Helen Rideout > Browne Jacobson LLP > Nottingham, England > Lawyer Profile
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MOWBRAY HOUSE
CASTLE MEADOW ROAD
NOTTINGHAM
NG2 1BJ
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Helen Rideout
Work Department
Insurance and public risk/technical claims and social care.
Position
Helen has over 20 years’ experience, defending high profile civil liability claims for commercial insurers and organisations in the public and private sector. Helen’s background in health and care sees her regularly advising clients where there is an overlap between health and care issues in claims, including issues of human rights breaches, professional negligence, public liability allegations and fatality claims. Given the nature of these claims many carry an element of press coverage and reputational risk and Helen’s clients turn to her to coordinate response to investigations by police, HSE, safeguarding and CQC together with coordinated press releases (https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/tate-modern-attacker-care-cut-21458655 – confidential) as well as handling the complex civil claims.
Helen’s clients include the NHS Resolution, for which she is the national Nominated Partner lead and is responsible for the strategic direction of non-clinical claims. With her specialist health and care background, Helen has been advising the DHSC and NHS Resolution through the Covid-19 pandemic on policies and emerging risks (confidential). Helen is also lead partner for Markel (UK) Ltd and Nottinghamshire County Council, advising on their complex claims and supporting with their organisation’s learning, risk profile and claims strategies.
Career
Qualified 2003. Teacher of chemistry and physics in Leeds, Bradford and Nottingham before transferring to law in 1997. Trained with Browne Jacobson LLP 2002-03.
Memberships
FOIL; Nottingham Insurance Institute; Nottingham Medico-Legal Society
Education
Carlton-le Willows, Nottingham; Leeds University (1994 BSc (Hons) Chemistry); PGCE Secondary Chemistry and Science 1995; College of Law (2000 PgDL); Nottingham Trent University (2002 LPC).
Lawyer Rankings
London > Insurance > Personal injury: defendant
The insurance and public risk team at Browne Jacobson LLP , which operates across Nottingham, Birmingham and London, is headed up by James Fawcett and Sarah Erwin-Jones, the firm’s heads of technical claims and social care, respectively. The team offers expertise in catastrophic injuries, including brain and spinal injuries, which are typically handled by ‘top class catastrophic lawyer’ Kevin Lawson. Additionally, the team is experienced in social care claims for both children and adults; Erwin-Jones and Helen Rideout are key names here. The team also has specialist knowledge of claims in healthcare, sporting and education settings.
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Finance > Banking and finance
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Nottingham and Derby
- Real estate > Commercial property: Nottingham and Derby
- Real estate > Construction
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Nottingham and Derby
- Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Insurance > Personal injury and clinical negligence: defendant
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Real estate > Planning and environment
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Private finance initiative (PFI)
- Insurance > Professional negligence
- Public sector > Public sector
- Real estate > Social housing
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport