Joanne handles all types of personal injury claims including accidents at work, public liability matters and road traffic accidents. She currently specialises in employer’s liability claims and she has considerable experience in dealing with disease claims, in particular vibration white finger and carpel tunnel syndrome claims.
She has also been involved in defending HSE prosecutions and has assisted in professional negligence claims against solicitors arising out of personal injury cases.
Joanne has arranged and attended settlement meetings by way of alternative dispute resolution achieving timely economic results for her clients.
Joanne’s successes include:
- Numerous discontinuances and drop hands settlements achieved in claims for carpel tunnel syndrome and RSI.
- Numerous successful appeals to the Compensation Recovery Unit.
- Claim resulting from an accident at work allegedly causing a back injury claimed at £85,000 settled for £5,000.
Joanne trained at Everatt & Co qualifying in 2006. She joined Henmans in May 2006 as an assistant solicitor.
Joanne provides regular pro bono advice at the local Citizens Advice Bureau. She is a member of the Oxford Medico-legal Society, the BB&O Law Society and the Reading Chartered Insurance Institute.