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Rachel Roach

Partner · Irwin Mitchell

EnglandClinical Negligence, Personal Injury

About

Partner in the Medical Negligence team in Leeds at Irwin Mitchell with over 30 years' experience in medical negligence; she trained with the firm in 1992 and became a partner in 2016 after three years working as a defendant solicitor. She specialises in claims for children who suffer brain injuries at birth and adults with spinal cord injuries, has been involved in the vCJD inquiry (securing settlements for over 250 people) and more recently Human Growth Hormone claims, and leads and mentors within the firm's medical negligence and wider personal injury teams.

Practice areas

Clinical NegligencePersonal Injury

Office

Expertise

Birth-related brain injuriesSpinal cord injuriesvCJD (variant Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease) claimsHuman Growth Hormone claimsDefendant-side experience