Head of the Health Care Team, Leigh Day, London
Suzanne White is head of the health care team at Leigh Day and has specialised in clinical negligence since qualifying in 1999 after training with the firm.
She has successfully secured substantial amounts of compensation for people who have suffered serious injuries a result of medical negligence and also represents families at inquests where loved ones have died as a result of negligent medical care.
She has a particular interest in birth injury and brain injury claims, injuries to mothers during childbirth, orthopaedics, misdiagnosed cancers, GP errors, children and adult fatal cases, and cases involving radiological errors, but advises on a full range of clinical negligence cases.
Suzanne has a medical background having initially trained as a radiographer. She is a member of the APIL executive committee, a trustee of the Patients Association, a member of the INQUEST Lawyers Group, and is a council member of MASIC. She lectures at UCL on the MSc Women’s Health and was nominated for Woman of the Year in the Women and Diversity in Law Awards.