Rebecca Ridgeon
Senior Associate Solicitor
Rebecca Ridgeon is a senior associate solicitor in the medical negligence department.
Rebecca Ridgeon is a senior associate solicitor in the medical negligence department.
Rebecca is a senior associate solicitor in the clinical negligence department, working in Leigh Day’s Manchester office. Rebecca assists clients in a range of medical negligence cases, including people who have suffered brain, spinal, orthopaedic and other life-changing injuries.
Legal expertise
Rebecca joined Leigh Day as a trainee solicitor in September 2016 and she has worked exclusively on medical negligence cases since September 2017. She qualified as a solicitor in September 2018.
Rebecca deals with a range of medical negligence cases and has successfully negotiated substantial compensation payments for clients who have suffered a variety of serious injuries including strokes, limb amputation, gynaecological injuries, and serious eye disorders as a result of negligent medical treatment. She also represents families who have suffered the loss of a loved one as a result of medical negligence, representing families at Inquests as well as investigating any accompanying medical negligence claim.
Rebecca’s recent cases include:
- Representing the family of 35-year-old Steven Hasler at inquest, after he was sent home from A&E with a serious chest wound infection which went on to cause sepsis.
- Representing the family of Professor Philip Lowe at inquest, after he died from a perforated colon because doctors failed to treat a twist in his bowel.
- Negotiating a settlement for a man who was sent home with a punctured bowel following routine surgery for gallstones.
- Negotiating a six-figure settlement for a man after he suffered a serious complication of Optical Express laser eye surgery which went undiagnosed for six months.
- Negotiating a settlement for woman after a six-month delay in diagnosis of a wrist fracture which left her with permanent symptoms.
- Representing an elite racing cyclist who was left with additional scarring to his face after a botched procedure.
- Representing a woman in her 20s who developed ovarian cancer due to a delay in following up an ovarian cyst.
Accreditations
News and blogs
Mother suffered stillbirth after fetal growth scans were not given during pregnancy
A woman who did not receive appropriate fetal growth scans during pregnancy suffered a stillbirth at St Mary’s Hospital in Manchester.
Leigh Day’s Manchester medical negligence team announces new hires and promotions
Law firm Leigh Day is expanding its medical negligence team in Manchester with two promotions and by welcoming two new solicitors to the growing team.
Cancer patient wrongly discharged from care after lung scans examined by team of doctors
A 60-year-old woman was wrongly discharged from North Manchester General Hospital respiratory clinic care after a team of doctors concluded she was cancer-free.