Lawyer Monthly Magazine August 2020 Edition

Does the Outcome of Catastrophic Cases Reflect Clients’ Needs? Speaking to Jenny Whittall, she discusses how an Expert opinion changes catastrophic cases of spinal and brain injury and why the case sometimes fails to meet the needs of those looking for compensation for their injuries. About Jennifer M Whittall Jennifer M Whittall Ltd has been established since 2006. I started out life as a Chartered Physiotherapist, working at the Midlands Centre For Spinal Injuries, based at the Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital in 1982. It was there, under the guidance of Professor Waghi El Masri, and Keith Kushner of Potter Rees (at the time), I was introduced to the world of Expert Writing; that was in 1992 and the rest, as they say, is history. As a Care Manager and then a Case Manager for Complete Care Holdings, alongside Barbara Scandrett, I was able to experience greater exposure in this field; managing care packages (including ventilator-dependent clients), which widened my knowledge and progression into starting my company in 2006, specialising in Case Management, Rehabilitation and Expert Report writing. As Lead Clinician, I manage a team of two other Clinical Case Managers (Lisa Thacker and Stuart Saunders), Assistants (Jodie Ashworth) and Rehabilitation Assistant (Sue Nelson). We are supported by the Admin team (RP Business Support Solutions Ltd), to support over 40 Case Management Clients, their care and rehabilitation. It is this hands-on approach that allows me to direct and guide teams and permits me to write Physiotherapy, Care, Equipment, and Immediate Needs Assessments for clients, with Spinal Cord Injury, Head Injury (including CP) and other Orthopaedic conditions. As a team, we support clients from as young 18 months, up to 80 plus years of age. This knowledge and understanding allow the team of experts to understand the long-term effect of injuries and thus provides expert reports that are based on long- term, hands-on experience. I also encourage the Associates to also maintain their clinical skills and they too run their own specialist businesses in OT, Care/Clinical training, and myself as a Physiotherapist. CONTACT Jennifer M Whittall Suite 3, Preston House, 6 Hawksworth Road, Central Park, Telford, TF2 9TU Tel: 01952 290353 Email: enquiries@jmw-ltd.co.uk www.jmw-ltd.co.uk