Helen has a varied and complex caseload with significant expertise in cases involving cerebral palsy, brain & spinal injury, and cancer.
Helen is a partner in the firm having joined the team at Hay & Kilner upon qualification in 2006. She has a varied and complex caseload with significant expertise in cases involving cerebral palsy, brain & spinal injury, and cancer.
Experience
Helen led a successfully contested trial in the High Court where she acted for a child who had suffered a spinal cord injury as a consequence of a failure to diagnose a malignant spinal tumour. Judgment was found in favour of her client securing significant damages.
Helen has also settled a claim on behalf of a child with cerebral palsy where investigations concluded that their injury was caused by negligence at the time of birth. The damages awarded were in excess of £5 million and will ensure that the child has appropriate care and access to medical therapies for the rest of their life.
Awards, memberships & accolades
Helen is noted in her field in The Legal 500 and described in its 2022 and 2023 rankings as a ‘compassionate and highly competent claimant lawyer’ and a top lawyer who is also kind, supportive and sympathetic’. She is also a Band 2 ranked individual in Chambers & Partners in which her experience in cauda equina misdiagnosis cases is noted and is reported as being ‘stellar’ and ‘professional but compassionate’. Helen was also delighted to be listed in the top 10 legal powerhouses in the field of Clinical Negligence in the North East in 2023 by Business Today.
Helen has received Law Society accreditation to the clinical negligence panel which recognises her expertise in this field. Helen also sits on the committee of the North East Women Lawyers Division and is a committee member of the North of England Medico-Legal Society Council. She is also a LGBTIQ ally at Hay & Kilner which provides internal support at the firm.
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