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Joanne Pruden

Joanne is a Partner specialising in Defendant litigation and dispute resolution, and heads up the Technical Claims and Social Care Team in Exeter. Joanne has advised the NHS on claims under the Liabilities for Third Party Scheme since 2006 and has been Nominated Partner for our Exeter office since June 2016. Her responsibilities include supervising the team in the Exeter office, on the whole spectrum of complexity and value of civil litigation matters and providing delegated authority instructions where appropriate. She is the point of contact for NHS Resolution and NHS Trusts and drives forward a high quality professional service, providing good value and delivery on client objectives. Joanne's client base includes a range of insurers, local authorities and NHS trusts. Her practice covers the full breadth of complex and high value Civil Liability claims and she has particular expertise in local authority work and claims against public bodies having previously worked in-house for a unitary authority. · Browne Jacobson LLP

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About

Joanne Pruden is a Partner at Browne Jacobson LLP who specialises in defendant litigation and dispute resolution and heads the Technical Claims and Social Care Team in Exeter. She has advised the NHS on claims under the Liabilities for Third Party Scheme since 2006, supervises the Exeter team across civil litigation matters, and acts for insurers, local authorities and NHS trusts.

Practice areas

LitigationInsuranceHealth & Social CarePublic SectorPersonal InjuryLocal Government

Office

Expertise

NHS claims (Liabilities for Third Party Scheme)Claims against public bodiesLocal authority workSocial services / abuse claimsHighways claimsPublic liabilityEmployers' liabilityBreach of confidentiality and defamationMisfeasanceIn-house claims handling and delegated authority

Education

  • Torquay Grammar School for Girls
  • University of Wales, Aberystwyth