Joanna Wylie
Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP‘Fantastic head of team’ Mark Lee heads up Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP's PI offering, which is well-placed to advise clients on the entire scope of complex matters, including representing claimants who have suffered severe and life-changing injuries, as well as those wherein the claimant has suffered a minor injury which has worsened as a result of medical negligence. Such matters result from circumstances varying from organised excursions abroad to RTAs. Warren Collins has experience in handling fatal accident litigation and catastrophic injury claims. In addition to its work in the claimant space, the team is also adept at acting for defendants in complex claims made against them; Joanna Wylie is well-equipped in both areas.
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‘Joanna Wylie represents clients with the highest level of skill and care. I have had difficult cases run extremely well by her and her team. There is extreme attention-to-detail and yet a strategic and tactical insight that gets great results. Camilla Payen deserves particular praise for her diligence.’
‘Mark Lee is very client focused. He is a great communicator and extremely knowledgeable in a niche and complex area.’
‘Joanna Wylie is very good with clients and particularly good at building up a case where the factual and legal background is complex.’
‘Mark Lee is a fantastic head of team with the experience and skills required to lead his team to success. Joanna Wylie is extremely good at dealing with files efficiently.’
‘Mark Lee was very diligent and helpful. John Strange has provided specialist legal insight to the particular circumstances of our claim.’
‘Mark Lee has been very helpful since my initial consultation. He has always been there to answer any questions of mine or explain things in a more basic way for me and is a genuinely nice guy.’
‘Mark Lee and his amazing team are very experienced in all aspects of travel law. My whole case was handled with great care even when I was so low I didn’t want to continue, Mark's experience gave me the courage and strength to continue.’
‘Mark Lee is a formidable force within the legal travel sector; my case was in expert hands from the very beginning.’
Work highlights
- Acting for an individual that was involved in a motorbike accident in Germany successfully at the High Court in a case with no independent witnesses, where the client had no recollection of the accident.
- Representing a minor who sustained life-changing injuries during a ski lesson in Andorra.
- Acting for an individual employed to work at a festival site in Albania who was stung by a scorpion while sleeping in a claim against a UK employer for breach of duty of care owed to the client following a delay in diagnosis.
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