Leanne Jones

Insurance Fraud

Leanne is instructed in all types of personal injury litigation, including matters arising out of road traffic accidents, (including allegations of fraud/low velocity impact as well as credit hire), Employer’s liability claims, and public/occupier’s liability cases. Leanne has extensive experience of dealing with matters of all values and levels of complexity, including a growing multi-track practice.

Leanne has a developing costs practice, with experience in detailed assessments, CCMC’s involving high value cost budgets and technical costs arguments under the fixed costs regime.

Leanne has made several successful Section 57 and 44.16 applications for fundamental dishonesty when acting on behalf of Defendants and their insurers:

2020 – During a remote trial with technical issues, Leanne persuaded the Judge to utilise the court’s time to conduct an Early Mutual Evaluation and give a strong indication of fundamental dishonesty. This resulted in the Claimant discontinuing and paying the Defendant’s costs.

2022 – Leanne successfully defended the 3rd Defendant and obtained a finding of fundamental dishonesty against the Claimant. The Claimant was ordered to pay a total of £56,500 in costs.

Recent examples include:

D v B & Others – Leanne represented the third Defendant in a 2 day employers liability trial. After exposing several of the Claimant’s untruths through cross examination, Leanne secured a finding of Fundamental Dishonesty. The Claimant was ordered to pay £56,500 in costs.

N v E – Leanne secured a finding of Fundamental Dishonesty in a low velocity impact case. The Defendant had significant concerns over the legitimacy of the Claimant’s alleged injuries. She had not attended hospital or her GP following the accident, which she sought to suggest was down to not wishing to waste NHS resources. Leanne was able to disprove this through cross examination on the medical records. Particularly the entries during the prognosis period where the Claimant went to her GP with very minor issues. The Claim was dismissed and the Claimant personally ordered to pay the Defendant’s costs.

M v P – Leanne secured the dismissal of the Claimant’s claim by drawing out in cross examination the significant differences in the various accounts the Claimant had given of his injuries. After undertaking a forensic examination of medical records Leanne also cross examined the Claimant as to why he had failed to disclose relevant pre-existing injuries to the medical experts. The Judge held that the Claimant had not proven that he was injured as claimed and the case was dismissed.

Personal Injury

Serious Injury

Leanne has a busy multi-track personal injury practice. She regularly accepts instructions in cases with a value of £50,000 to £500,000. Leanne is often instructed early in such matters, to provide advice in conference pre-proceedings, draft pleadings and advise on liability and quantum at an early stage.

Recent examples include:

SG v A – Leanne attended a conference with the Defendant’s medical experts in a widespread pain condition case. Following which she was able to advise her instructing solicitors, resulting in early settlement of the case.

B v N – Leanne advised a client in a particularly sensitive Traumatic Brain Injury case. Due to Leanne’s pragmatic advice the client received a reasonable settlement sum, despite there being significant evidential issues.

B v P – Leanne advised in conference and drafted a schedule of loss for a Claimant who suffered the “Terrible Triad Injury of the elbow”, shoulder fractures, a severely fractured jaw and significant dental injuries.

Employer’s Liability 

Leanne has a varied Claimant and Defendant practice in this area, including cases where assault is alleged.

Recent examples include:

B v W – Leanne advised the Defendant in conference on a high value case involving potential Fundamental Dishonesty on the part of the Claimant employee. Following which a successful ‘drop hands offer’ was made, saving the Defendant a significant amount of costs.

S v S – Leanne advised and drafted Particulars of Claim in an assault at work case involving a teacher. The Claimant suffered significant injuries including a concussive head injury, permanent scarring and fractures.

Occupier’s Liability

Leanne acts for both Claimants and Defendants in claims brought under the 1957 and 1984 Acts.

Recent examples include:

M v B – Leanne represented the Defendant at a 2 day trial centred around an alleged raised manhole cover on a building site. Through skilful cross examination on the inconsistencies and inadequacies in evidence, Leanne secured the dismissal of the Claim.

Court of Protection

Leanne has undergone a vigorous Court of Protection Training program in Chambers and has particular interest in cases involving section 21A challenges to deprivation of liberty authorisations, section 16 health and welfare applications, detention and restraint, contact, medical treatment, social media and hoarding.

Associations

Personal Injury Bar Association

Education

LLB (Hons) Nottingham Trent University (Nottingham Law School)

BPTC, Nottingham Law School

Awards

Benefactors Scholarship Award, Middle Temple

Prescribed Information

Leanne Jones is a practising barrister, regulated by the Bar Standards Board. Details of information held by the BSB about Leanne can be found here.

Leanne’s clerks will provide no obligation quotations for all legal services that she offers. Beth accepts instructions on legal aid rates where those are available, details of which can be found here. For other work, Leanne usually charges a brief fee plus refresher fees for court hearings, with advisory, conference and other preparation work charged at an hourly rate. Leanne aims to return paperwork within 10 working days, however her professional commitments, complexity and volume of documentation can affect these approximate timescales.