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Jason Wells

Jason Wells

Work Department

Clinical Negligence, Personal Injury, Inquests.

Position

Jason is regularly instructed in maximum severity complex clinical negligence matters, particularly cases involving obstetric complications/ brain injuries/ spinal injuries/ amputations, and in catastrophic PI. He regularly appears in the Coroner’s Court and represented the parents of a number of babies who died at Furness General Hospital.

Career

MB ChB Sheffield 1993. FRCS 1998. LLB Nottingham Law School 2007. Called 2007, Lincoln’s Inn. Jason practiced as a surgeon in the NHS for 12 years before retraining as a barrister. Assistant Coroner in South Manchester 2016 - 2024.

Memberships

PIBA, PNBA, Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.

Mentions

Northern Circuit • Regional Bar

Clinical negligence

Leading junior1
Jason Wells – Byrom Street Chambers ‘Jason is intelligent, thoughtful, and has great attention to detail. These are all qualities that are required in complex clinical negligence cases which he handles with top-class skill and expertise.'