Helen Dolan
Helen Dolan - Partner
helendolan@potterrees.co.uk
Helen is the Head of the firm’s Clinical Negligence Department. She acts for clients who have sustained an injury arising out of medical accidents with particular emphasis on serious and catastrophic injuries involving the spine and brain.
Career
Helen qualified as a solicitor in 1996 and joined the firm in 2000 after gaining a broad range of experience in various fields. She has made rapid progress in her chosen specialism of clinical negligence and during her career she has dealt with a wide range of such claims achieving successful outcomes in the most complex of cases. Prior to becoming a solicitor, Helen worked in foreign languages and in the environmental field with Friends of the Earth.
Helen Dolan has received an excellent ranking from the Chambers UK 2012 guide for her work. The Chambers Guide is a comprehensive directory of solicitors and barristers in the UK. The rankings are based upon the extensive interviews carried out by the Chambers researchers including interviews with clients, leading claimant and defendant clinical negligence firms and leading clinical negligence barristers.
Chambers 2012 says ;
"......she is particularly recommended for her expertise in maximum severity cases, most notably in high-value brain injury claims. She receives much praise from the market, with sources noting her "formidable reputation with defendants: she is personable, hard-working and astute, and always does an excellent job for her clients."
Memberships:
- Association of Personal Injury Lawyers, (APIL)
- AvMA Panel Lawyer
- Law Society Panel Member for Clinical Negligence
