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Janine Collier

Executive Partner, Medical Negligence

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Janine Collier, partner, medical negligence specialist & cerebral palsy claims solicitor in Cambridge
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I am the Head of the award-winning and Top Tier Legal 500 Medical Negligence Team at Tees. I have been doing medical negligence work now for over two decades and have recovered £millions in compensation for victims of medical accidents.  

How can I help you?

I work with our dedicated team of specialist lawyers and experts to help you understand what happened; to help you access the best possible treatment and rehabilitation; to secure maximum compensation; and to help you to positively plan for the future.

I have extensive experience in all kinds of medical negligence cases, but more recently I have sub-specialised in cases involving: 

  • Child birth injury, e.g. cerebral palsy, learning (neuro-cognitive) difficulties associated with extreme prematurity
  • Maternal birth injury such as incontinence after childbirth due to damage to the anal sphincter complex.
  • Adult brain injuries, particularly cases involving delays in diagnosing a brain tumour and strokes
  • Delayed diagnosis of sepsis
  • Amputation
  • Sight loss - I have received Visual Awareness Training from Support4Sight to enable me to best work to support those with sight loss. 

My expertise, coupled with access to a network of leading medical professionals, enables me swiftly identify the case issues, to give straightforward realistic advice at the outset and to achieve the best possible outcomes for you.  

Going above and beyond anticipating the need for assistance and support throughout the litigation progress,  I work with my colleagues to ensure that you receive access to financial advice and support, case management and rehabilitation services.

What else should you know?

I love my work!  Being a medical negligence lawyer is more than a job – it’s a calling, driving me to make a positive and tangible difference in people’s lives.  Every case is a chance to make a meaningful impact – I am a voice for the vulnerable, I help clients to navigate complex legal and medical landscapes, I seek redress for individuals and I have the opportunity to drive positive change within the healthcare system. 

I graduated from Magdalene College, Cambridge University and qualified as a solicitor in 2001 in a London firm, before moving to East Anglia.  I joined Tees in 2006.

Away from the office, I enjoy spending time with my husband and dogs (a Romanian rescue doggie (Boo), and a Cavachon x Jack Russel, Winnie).  My two children are now at University.  Throughout my life, I have always been involved in sports -  gymnastics, tennis, netball, obstacle races, running a few marathons or Korfball.  

In 2023, I walked Hadrian’s Wall (with a broken toe!) and completed the National Three Peaks Challenge to raise money for the Tees Better Future Fund.

I am a Trustee of Support4Sight and of the charity, Action Against Medical Accidents. 

Recent awards and accolades

I am on the AvMA specialist medical negligence panel and have been accredited as a Senior Litigator by APIL and an Accredited Clinical Negligence Specialist.

Many of my settled cases have been reported and I have written articles for numerous Medico-legal Journals.  I am also involved in several industry Steering and Advisory Groups and Peer Review articles for Clinical Risk.    

I have spoken at two Regional NHS Conferences, a Regional Optometry and Ophthalmology Meeting, the Annual Congress of Ophthalmologists and at various AvMA Conferences.  

I contributed to the APIL Textbook on clinical negligence claims, published in 2018 and I have co-authored a book on Complaints, Litigation and Clinical Errors which will be published in May 2024.  

Other:

  • Law Society Steering Group for the review of the Clinical Negligence Accreditation Scheme (2016)
  • AvMA Advisory FRC Group (2016)
  • Panellist at the AvMA Panel Meeting (2016)
  • Professional Sector Network “Medical Negligence Adviser of the Year” (2017)
  • Lawyer Monthly Women in Law Award for Personal Injury (2017)
  • AI Legal Awards Clinical Negligence Adviser of the Year (2017)
  • ACQ5 Global Awards Medical Negligence Lawyer of the Year (2017)
  • Cambridge & District Law Society Woman Lawyer of the Year (2019)
  • Legal 500 Leading Individual (2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023)
  • Chambers Guide, Band 1 Lawyer (2023)

Tees are here to help

We have many specialist lawyers who are based in:

Cambridgeshire: Cambridge
Essex: Brentwood, Chelmsford, and Saffron Walden
Hertfordshire: Bishop's Stortford and Royston

But we can help you wherever you are in England and Wales.

Janine's testimonials

Legal 500 UK 2023

'Janine Collier has an amazing reputation and quite rightly, she very quickly spotted something that wasn’t the main focus of the case but is able to zoom out and look at everything that’s going on and spot things others wouldn’t spot. You can tell she really cares and is a very dedicated person who just wants to help. The team are all caring and efficient'

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Cambridge

'A heartfelt thank you for all you have done in preparation for and during the settlement meeting, as well as for your unfailing support along the way, in and out of hours. It is undoubtedly due to your high professionalism if the outcome today has exceeded all expectations; it will be a huge help for us going forward and we will be forever grateful'

Chambers & Partners 2022

Cambridge

'Janine Collier is renowned for her handling of delay in diagnosis, obstetric injury and surgical negligence claims. She is at the top of her game and knows clinical negligence inside and out'

Susan Hickman

Cambridge

'We consider ourselves fortunate to have been recommended to Tees by the solicitor we initially approached. We did not realise it until the case was well established that the level of professional care we were receiving was exceptional and that the experience of the individuals and the contacts they have to assist in a very complex case was the best available.
We are grateful that we received a satisfactory settlement as a result of their efforts under difficult circumstances and dealing with defendants that were obstructive and disorganised. By far the greatest benefit for us however is the fact that the victim, with assistance from highly skilled experts that we would not have known about otherwise, learned to walk short distances when all other medical opinion did not consider this possible. This was their greatest achievement which is well beyond the service we expected'

Legal 500 UK 2021

"Janine Collier, head of department, is a perspicacious and very able lawyer, certainly one of the best in the region and beyond, who believes in her team and in the work she does. A genuinely nice person who sees it as her clients’ right and her duty to achieve the best possible outcome for them. Janine delivers this time after time. She is an extremely intelligent and intuitive lawyer who has a genuine understanding of the difficulties and fears clients experience when living with an avoidable injury."

Legal 500 UK 2021

"Janine Collier is a really good solicitor – she really understands the medicine in clin neg cases and works well with the team, the clients and the experts to get excellent results in difficult cases."

Legal 500 UK 2021

"Janine Collier is exceptionally good at analysis, organisation and strategy."

Legal 500 UK 2021

"Janine Collier is a really good solicitor, she really understands the medicine in clinical negligence cases and works well with the team, the clients and the experts to get excellent results in difficult cases."

Legal 500 2021

"Janine Collier shows dedication to ensuring access to the highest level of experts on medical negligence cases. There is excellent consistent communication with experts throughout a lengthy case, creating a supportive working atmosphere and ensuring long-term engagement of expert. She has a very intelligent and insightful approach to learning from experts, enabling sharing of detailed specialist information and findings with confidence, and she is excellent in multi-professional meetings with solicitors and barristers, enhancing communication in exceptionally complex cases; very high level of sensitivity demonstrated towards the needs of client throughout the case, consistently focusing on the multifactorial needs of the client, over and above the monetary compensation."

Legal 500 UK 2021

"Janine Collier has been amazing to work with. She is always quick to respond to queries, always takes time to make sure we fully understand the process and supports us to make decisions, i.e. switching from Legal Aid to no-win no-fee, with well reasoned and researched information to support us."

Legal 500 UK 2021

‘It has always been a rewarding experience working with Janine Collier and I would commend her very highly to lead on medical negligence cases.‘

The Fisher family

Janine works with empathy, understanding and compassion. She handled our mother's inquest with skill and sensitivity and guided us expertly. She kept us informed continually via email and multiple meetings and phone calls. Janine completely took the sting and the stress out of our case.
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