England - East Anglia • Insurance
Tees Law
Tees Law has ‘a very enthusiastic and committed team taking on difficult cases with significant success’. Highly skilled in both clinical negligence and personal injury cases, the firm has a strong track record in securing high-value settlements. Practice head Janine Collier, who is ‘thoughtful, extremely knowledgeable and will always represent her clients' bests interests to the fullest’, recently secured more than £5m plus a high-value annual payment from the NHS for a patient who developed tuberculosis meningitis. The ‘confident and competent’ Tim Deeming is praised for his ‘amazing kindness and empathy’. Consultant Vicki Seabrook has a stellar reputation for clinical negligence, and associate Sarah Stocker also plays a key role in the practice.
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Testimonials
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'Excellently led and managed team with very high standards of case investigation and preparation.’
‘Janine Collier is hugely able and extremely hard-working - a perfect leader of the team as well as a fantastic litigator.'
'Tim Deeming is deserving of mention: extremely responsive and capable litigator.’
‘Tim Deeming is beyond outstanding. I've never dealt with a professional who goes miles beyond the call of duty to be there for me, like he has done. He has explained what is going on at every stage with enormous sensitivity and kindness.'
‘Janine Collier has been brilliant throughout our whole process, and I have felt extremely supported and able to trust that she has my son's best interests in mind with everything she does.’
‘From the get go the Tees Law team proved to be listening, caring and sympathetic, through which they were able to understand my needs and tailor their service accordingly. They made very good use of online collaboration tools, which enabled the whole experience to be conducted remotely, negating the encumbrance of long distance travel.’
‘Sophie Stuart, who handled the case from beginning to end, was very personable and took time to explain the process, potential risks and pitfalls. This gave me a great sense of relief and comfort as the case progressed.’
‘I've really only dealt with Tim Deeming. He's amazing at the technology. He is confident and competent with it. However, it's his interpersonal skills that are outstanding. Amazing kindness and empathy. Always at the end of the phone to deal with my concerns and anxieties, examining to me all that has been happening. He's incredibly capable as well.’
Work highlights
- Achieved an eight-figure settlement for a child who suffered TB meningitis and an acquired brain injury as a result of a failure in the contact tracing system.
- Achieved a seven-figure settlement for a lady who suffered chronic pain following a hernia mesh repair.
- Achieved a seven-figure settlement for a gentleman who suffered a delay in monitoring renal function resulting in the need for transplantation on at least two occasions over his lifetime.
Lawyers
Leading individuals
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Janine Collier