Jenny Waight

Specialisms & expertise

Jenny is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives.  She specialises in clinical negligence and Inquests.  She is a member of the AvMA Clinical Negligence Specialist Panel and has Senior Litigator status with APIL.

Jenny’s medical negligence claims have involved a wide variety of issues, some examples include:

• Obstetric and birth injuries, including cerebral palsy, stillbirth and neonatal death 
• Gynaecological injuries
• Fatal accidents and Inquests
• Delays in diagnosis of cancer (such as breast, ovarian and bowel cancer)
• Negligent surgical treatment such as bile duct injuries arising from gallbladder surgery
• Pressure sore inuries
• Plastic surgery 
• Psychiatric injury and Chronic pain.

Client stories & notable cases

AB v Medway NHS Foundation Trust

A claim arising out of the death of a 48 year old man due to failure to investigate and treat coronary artery disease.  The claim was made on behalf of the widow and three children.

Damages: £500,000

Mrs F v Nuffield Health

The claimant underwent gallbladder surgery.  The surgeon mistakenly cut the bile duct but did not realise at the time of surgery.  Mrs F was readmitted to hospital requiring emergency surgery and spent time in ICU.  She had a prolonged recovery, suffered a hernia and was at risk of future complications.  She also suffered a psychiatric injury.

Damages recovered: £138,000

Miss N v East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust (issued in the High Court)

A claim arising out of negligent elbow surgery leading to chronic regional pain syndrome (CRPS).

Damages recovered: £125,000

Mrs O (on behalf of Mr O deceased) v East Kent University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (issued in the High Court)

A claim on behalf of a widow whose 77 year old husband died after being misdiagnosed with rectal cancer. Jenny represented the family at the Inquest where the Coroner concluded that further deeper biopsies could have revealed that a rectal mass was not cancerous. The deceased underwent chemo-radiotherapy and surgery and died.

Damages recovered £65,000

Mrs L v Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust 

The claimant suffered severe psychiatric injury after a failure by the trust’s anaesthetist to follow infection control procedures; the anaesthetist failed to change his gloves after a procedure on another patient. Liability was admitted. The claimant had to undergo tests to rule out HIV and was unable to return to her job as a business development manager.

Damages recovered: £487,000

Profile

Jenny qualified as a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives in 2011, having gained valuable experience in personal injury and clinical negligence work since 2005. She is married with two children, enjoys distance running and is a keen cook.