Cecily specialises in clinical negligence claims. She has considerable experience of cerebral palsy, Erbs palsy and maternal birth injury claims, in addition to high value fatal cases. She has a particular expertise in gynaecological and neurosurgical injuries, such as cauda equina syndrome. Her team undertakes a wide range of cases, including complaints to professional disciplinary bodies.

Cecily also handles serious neurological personal injury cases, including acquired brain injuries and spinal injuries and has completed the Spinal Injuries Association Advanced Training Course for Personal Injury Lawyers.

Cecily joined Henmans in October 2000 from Irwin Mitchell in Leeds, and became a partner in 2003. Before training as a lawyer, she was Head of Information & Education Services for Wakefield Health Authority for eight years. This has given her an invaluable insight into the workings of the NHS and the clinical content of her work. Cecily qualified as a solicitor in 1995.

Cecily is accredited by the Solicitors' Regulation Authority as a clinical negligence specialist and is a member of the AvMA Clinical Negligence Panel and the Oxford Medico-Legal Society. Cecily regularly does pro bono work, conducting seminars for organisations in the advice sector, such as Citizens Advice Bureau and ICAS.

She is co-author with Elizabeth-Anne Gumbel QC  of 1 Crown Office Row of Clinical Negligence: a practitioner's handbook, published in October 2007 by Oxford University Press.

Cecily's cases include:

• M v Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
• L v Hereford Hospital NHS Trust