Injury lawyer details for Lesley Herbertson

About Lesley Herbertson

Lesley is a Partner and a leading clinical negligence solicitor with over 20 years’ experience in dealing with catastrophic and serious injury clinical negligence cases.    Lesley specialises in all aspects of claimant clinical negligence for both adults and children, but particularly in cases of maximum severity including cerebral palsy and other complex birth injuries, brain and spinal injuries, as well as cauda equina and amputation cases. She also deals with a range of other types of case involving serious injury including: chronic pain; fatal claims; obstetric, gynaecological and more general surgical injuries. Lesley’s most recent high value settlements include: £17 million for a young client with growth retardation and skeletal formity caused by infection shortly after birth; £3.9 million net for a client with a chronic spinal pain syndrome (based on a 70% recovery) and £1.15 million for a client, in her late 60s, who had to have an above the knee left leg amputation as a result of negligent treatment.