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Joanna-Louise Hector

Joanna is a principal associate, with over 9 years' experience in defending personal injury claims for insurance companies, commercial businesses, local authorities and the NHSLA. Joanna specialises in all types of multi track and high value industrial disease litigation, with a particular interest in hand arm vibration syndrome, work related upper limb disorders and asbestos related conditions. She is part of our Midlands disease team, based in our Leicester office. Joanna has previously spent time working in-house for a major international insurer. Joanna is a regular speaker and provides training in various issues surrounding industrial disease claims both externally and as part of in-house sessions. Joanna produces and edits our monthly Disease-i publication as well as regularly writing stand alone articles. · Weightmans LLP

EnglandPersonal Injury, Industrial Disease

About

Joanna-Louise Hector is a Principal Associate at Weightmans LLP with over nine years' experience defending personal injury claims for insurance companies, commercial businesses, local authorities and the NHSLA. She specialises in multi-track and high-value industrial disease litigation—particularly hand-arm vibration syndrome, work-related upper limb disorders and asbestos-related conditions—works as part of the firm's Midlands disease team in Leicester, previously spent time in-house with a major international insurer, and regularly provides training, speaks externally and edits the monthly Disease-i publication.

Practice areas

Personal InjuryIndustrial DiseaseInsurance Defence

Office

Expertise

Hand-Arm Vibration SyndromeWork-Related Upper Limb DisordersAsbestos-Related ConditionsMulti-Track & High-Value Industrial Disease LitigationDefending Claims for Insurance CompaniesNHSLA mattersTraining & SpeakingPublications / Editorial