Rachel Alderson

About Rachel Alderson

Rachel joined the Clinical Negligence team at Ison Harrison in January 2020 and is an invaluable member of the team.

She has over 13 years’ experience working in Clinical Negligence and deals with a variety of high value cases.  Rachel regularly deals with birth injury claims such as brain injuries sustained by babies during birth or during the neonatal period, and vaginal tears sustained by mothers during birth.  Rachel also deals with claims involving orthopaedic surgery, cauda equina syndrome, delays in diagnosis and treatment and surgical errors.  She regularly conducts six and seven figure claims.

Clinical negligence claims are often complex and require medically technical evidence to support them. Rachel prides herself on being able to explain in layman’s terms the evidence and the effects of that evidence to her clients so that they fully understand what has happened to them. Whilst making a claim cannot undo the negligence or change the outcome in any way, Rachel strives to obtain answers for her clients so that she can help them understand what has happened and to assist them in obtaining the funds required to put in place appropriate rehabilitation and care.

Rachel is regularly involved with charity work and was the Treasurer for Headway Huddersfield & District for several years.

Rachel also enjoys sharing knowledge and providing training. She has travelled as far as Uganda with the Huddersfield Law Society to provide training to lawyers on aspects of financial management, professional standards and best practice, advocacy skills and business development.

Outside of work Rachel enjoys travelling, spending time with family and walking her beloved Westie, Lexi.