Kate Lax
Solicitor
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Director
SRA ID: 415355
Kate obtained a 2:1 in her Law and Criminology degree at Sheffield Hallam University in 2005 and then went onto complete her Legal Practice Course at Nottingham Trent University in 2008. She has specialised in Personal Injury and Medical Negligence since 2007 when she started work as a Paralegal at a South Yorkshire Law Firm. Kate qualified as a Solicitor in 2013 at a Manchester based firm and has continued to practice in Medical Negligence since.
Main Areas of Work:
Providing assistance to Client’s going through the NHS Complaints Procedure.
Clinical negligence matters involving birth injuries.
Cases of misdiagnosis.
Delay in diagnosis.
Informed consent cases.
Claims against GP’s, hospitals and care homes
Dental claims.
Cosmetic surgery claims.
Fatal cases and dependency claims
Experience in dealing with high value personal injury claims, including road traffic accidents and accidents at work.
Great / Notable achievements at Wake Smith:
Succeeding in a multi-million pound action against a Hospital Trust after a patient sustained a serious brain injury at birth.
Acting for a Claimant in a serious road traffic accident, securing compensation over £100,000.
Assisting on a claim where there was no informed consent for a routine surgical procedure resulting in a serious debilitating knee condition, securing £225,000 for the Claimant.
No 1 Velocity, 2 Tenter Street, Sheffield, S1 4BY
Licensed for 11 years
Practice Areas
Clinical Negligence, Personal Injury
Brilliant
Brilliant service from wake smith and my solicitor Kate Lax was so approachable, friendly, knowledgeable and overall great.
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A representative from Wake Smith Solicitors Limited responded to this review on 14 November, 2024
Thank you for your review. We appreciate the positive feedback you have given us and look forward to working with you in the future.
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Kept me fully informed with clear explinations
Extremely pleased with the service provided by Kate Lax throughout the case.
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Excellent service regarding Clinical Negligence claim
Extremely pleased with the professional service provided throughout the whole process. We were kept fully informed from the initial consultation to the final settlement of the claim.
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Excellent
Wake Smith has been excellent in helping my husbands claim after obtaining a horrendous pressure ulcer in being in hospital for a few weeks. We are constantly updated on the process and are now happily to advise that we have had a successful claim. Can't recommend them enough and would highly recommend them!
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Outstanding service
I can not thank Kate Lax enough , from the very first phone call to that last confirming settlement Kate has always been outstanding , she always explained everything in depth , advised accordingly and always got me the best result , I found Kate to be friendly , professional , knowledgable and always there to support me , returning my calls and answering my questions with regular up dates keeping me
In the loop of progress and best procedures .at times the whole process was over whelming but Kate had a way of settling your concerns and remaining professional throughout .
She is an absolute asset to your company and can not praise her enough , I visited your office also to change my daughters name after dealing with Kate and I also found your reception team friendly helpful and very welcoming the lady that did the change of name was equally as professional and efficient.
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