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Executive committee members

Suzanne White

Officer

Firm: LEIGH DAY

Further details for Suzanne White are displayed below.

Role	Name
President	Kim Harrison
Vice Presidents	Guy Forster Matthew Tuff
Treasurer	Gordon Dalyell
Secretary	Brett Dixon
Immediate Past President	Jonathan Scarsbrook
Committee members	Richard Baker KC Erin Darling-Finan Daniel Easton Stephen Glynn Oonagh McClure John McQuater Pauline Roberts Suzanne White Leticia Williams
Lay EC members	Musa Garba Victoria Lebrec
Past Officers and EC members

Suzanne is the head of the clinical negligence department, managing both the Manchester and London offices. For the past 2 years, she has successfully led the firm’s team of extremely experienced healthcare lawyers, maintaining their impressive and long-established track record of winning maximum compensation for claimants, and providing high standards of client care.

Suzanne herself specialises in catastrophic injury work. Initially having trained as a radiographer before becoming a solicitor in 1999, Suzanne has the added value of a medical background which gives her genuine expertise in the medical and legal issues involved in the claims she investigates and advises on.

Suzanne’s reputation as a force in the field of clinical negligence means that she attracts the high value, complex injury work and her impressive successes in that regard are widely covered in the Press .

Suzanne also represents families at inquests. She is currently acting in the very high-profile matter surrounding the death of Mary Agyapong; the young pregnant nurse who died of Covid-19 in Luton and Dunstable Hospital in April 2020.

Suzanne is an ardent patient rights’ campaigner and, in particular, she is passionate about women’s rights in healthcare and in recognition of her work in this area, she was nominated for the Champion of the Year at the Inspirational Women Awards 2020.

Suzanne is also on the APIL executive committee, and she is a member of the Society of Radiographers, the INQUEST Lawyers Group, and she is a council member of MASIC. She is also a Trustee for the Patients’ Association, and she was a member of the Civil Justice Council’s working group for fixed costs.

attend the following meetings each year
- seven EC meetings which usually last a full day
- APIL’s annual general meeting and where necessary, other annual conferences
- EC meeting with SIG/regional group co-ordinators and secretaries (a full day)
(Members of the EC are asked to achieve a 75% attendance rate throughout the year)
attend and actively support EC sub-committees and policy working groups, which meet at various times of the year
act as an EC liaison with a specified APIL special interest group and attend meetings, whenever possible
contribute to the preparation of APIL responses to consultation papers
attend regional group meetings.

Shareholdings/directorships/partners or otherwise engaged in the management or control of claims management services, medical agencies and other organisations related to providing a service to the injured person, or in the field of personal injury.

Partner at Leigh Day

Consultancies related to providing a service to the injured person, or in the field of personal injury.

N/A

Political organisations/societies/pressure groups/charities/trade unions.

Vice Chair of Highgate Labour Party.

How to become an EC member

APIL elections take place on an annually basis and members who are elected to APIL’s Executive Committee volunteer to work as Directors of the Board.

The board and an experienced staff team work on a range of issues affecting our sector. Board members attend four meetings a year with the option of face to face or virtual attendance. The meetings usually last around 5 hours and cover a range of issues including legal reform, finance, and campaigns. It is an opportunity to be at the forefront of what is happening in the personal injury sector.

Election process:

APIL members may stand for election for the following:

Executive Committee (officers and additional officers)
Special Interest Group Co-ordinators
Regional Group Co-ordinators

Annual elections commence in early January for Officer and Additional Officer seats, notification of the election and the nomination process will be sent to members by e-mail.

An APIL member becomes a candidate as soon as they have completed the nomination pack and the nomination is supported by the proposer and seconder. The proposer and seconder will need to confirm their details online for the nomination to be valid. Candidates will be asked to complete four set questions in support of their candidature (APIL's chief executive shall have the power to edit or refuse to accept unlawful or factually incorrect details).

Each APIL member (fully paid up and eligible to vote) may nominate – one candidate and/or second one candidate, in each election. APIL’s secretary will not nominate or second candidates, but will remain eligible to vote.

The details of all candidates will be circulated together, by the APIL office, to either the full membership (for EC elections) or to the relevant membership sections (for SIG and Regional Group elections).

No additional written material, or electronic communications may be circulated and/or distributed by, and/or in support of, a candidate in any election.

Canvassing of any nature is not permitted. If additional material is found to be in circulation or, direct or indirect canvassing identified, APIL's Executive Committee reserves the right to withdraw the candidate from the elections.

* Members who are eligible to vote:

Legal Practitioner Members, Honorary Life Members or Academic Associates as defined in APIL's Articles of Association, article 30.1.1 and clause 4.5 of the APIL Membership Policy

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