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Emmalene Bushnell

Partner · Leigh Day

EnglandClinical Negligence

About

Partner in the Clinical Negligence team at Leigh Day, she has been a Partner since April 2015 and qualified and joined Leigh Day in 2004. She runs a mixed caseload of high-value, complex clinical negligence claims with a special interest in obstetric and gynaecology cases (particularly cerebral palsy and birth-related brain injury), and also acts for mothers with third- and fourth-degree tears, vaginal and rectal prolapse, and parents of newborns injured by Group B Strep; she holds Senior Litigator status and is a member of AvMA, APIL and FOCIS.

Practice area

Clinical Negligence

Office

Expertise

Obstetric & Gynaecology CasesCerebral Palsy / Birth Brain InjuryNeonatal Group B Strep InfectionsThird- and Fourth-degree Obstetric TearsVaginal and Rectal Prolapse Following ChildbirthHigh-value & Complex Clinical Negligence Claims

Education

  • University of Central England (1999 LLB with politics)
  • Chester College of Law (2000 LPC)