Jill Heywood Joins Leading National Birth Injury Team At North West-Based Fletchers Solicitors

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North West-Based Fletchers Solicitors Welcomes Jill Heywood To Their Leading National Birth Injury Team

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Fletchers Solicitors, one of the UK’s largest clinical negligence and serious injury law firms, has announced the appointment of Jill Heywood to its nationally renowned Birth Injury Team.

The company is based in Manchester, with a Flecters Liverpool office situated in the Cotton Exchange Building, located in The Commercial District of Liverpool City Centre.

With over 20 years of clinical negligence experience, Jill Heywood joins from CL Medilaw and brings an exceptional record of success in complex, high-value cases. She previously spent more than two decades at Shoosmiths LLP, where she held senior positions and led on numerous multimillion-pound claims involving catastrophic injuries at birth.

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Fletchers' Birth Injury Team is one of the largest in the UK, known for securing multi-million-pound settlements for families affected by avoidable injuries during childbirth.

The team recently launched a powerful new campaign, “For every birth. For every baby. For every family.”, highlighting its commitment to advocacy, accountability, and long-term support for families impacted by clinical negligence at birth.

Adrian Denson, Chief Legal Officer at Fletchers, said: “We’re delighted to welcome Jill to the team. Her wealth of experience, particularly in maximum severity cases, aligns perfectly with our mission to fight for families at one of the most vulnerable times in their lives. Jill’s appointment further strengthens our position as a national leader in birth injury case work.”

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Jill Heywood, who has joined the National Birth Injury Team at Fletchers Solicitors, said: “I’m incredibly proud to be joining Fletchers’ Birth Injury Team at such an exciting time – they are one of the UK’s largest, and most well-respected, teams of birth injury lawyers in the UK.”

Jill added: “The firm is not only at the forefront of legal excellence, but it’s also deeply committed to supporting families beyond compensation. I look forward to contributing to the important work the team is doing and supporting families through some of the most difficult moments of their lives, ensuring they receive the birth injury compensation, justice and support they deserve.”

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The Fletchers Birth Injury team are some of the most highly regarded legal professionals in the country with colleagues sitting on the Specialist Law Society Clinical Negligence Accreditation Panel, the Action for Victims of Medical Accidents (AvMA panel), Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL) accredited, and many have been recognised in The Legal 500 and Chambers & Partners for their outstanding work in birth injury litigation.

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Jill Heywood’s appointment reflects Fletchers Solicitors’ ongoing investment in top-tier legal talent and its dedication to providing the highest level of support to families affected by life-changing birth injuries.