Tessa Herman — CV
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TESSA HERMAN Mediator since 2014 Senior Mediator Civil Mediation Council Registered Member SPECIALIST AREAS: PERSONAL INJURY, CLINICAL NEGLIGENCE Tessa is an experienced mediator having qualified in 2014 as a civil & commercial mediator with a particular focus on personal injury and clinical negligence mediations. She has been mediating clinical negligence cases under the NHSR scheme since 2019. PROFESSIONAL Tessa is an experienced Personal Injury Solicitor having qualified in 1998. She spent 14 years at leading personal injury law firm, Irwin Mitchell developing a particular expertise in high value Claimant Catastrophic Injury cases especially brain injury in both adults and children, securing numerous multi million pound awards both in and out of Court. She was well regarded as an expert in this particular field by counsel, experts and rehabilitation professionals gaining accreditation through APIL as a Fellow. In 2012 Tessa left Irwin Mitchell to set up her own legal consultancy, providing expert legal support to firms with Complex Injury litigation including Clinical Negligence on a consultancy basis. She also provided expert witness training through Bond Solon. She is now a Non-Practising Solicitor. Tessa qualified as an Accredited Civil, Commercial and Workplace Mediator in 2014. In 2015, she joined London School of Mediation providing accredited mediation training and coaching worldwide for over a decade. In 2021 she qualified as a Special Educational Needs Mediator, mediating in excess of 150 disputes between parents and Local Authorities. She is a Global Mediation Panel mediator. She is a member of the Civil Mediation Council. MEDIATION EXPERIENCE Clinical negligence/Personal injury mediations include: • Clinical negligence - negligent insertion of cannula (Litigant in person) • Clinical negligence - negligent plastic surgery. • Clinical negligence - mismanagement of diabetes resulting in loss of vision. • Clinical negligence - failure to diagnose cancer resulting in death. • Clinical negligence - Neonatal death. • Clinical negligence - death + secondary victim claim. • Clinical negligence - failure to investigate a DVT. • Clinical negligence - negligent orthopaedic surgery. • Clinical negligence - mismanagement of psychiatric illness resulting in suicide • Clinical negligence - misdiagnosis resulting in fatality • Personal injury - psychological injury arising from voyeurism • Personal Injury - sports injury • Personal Injury - negligent application of beauty product
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QUALIFICATIONS • London School of Mediation May 2014 Accredited Civil & Commercial Mediator • London School of Mediation 2015 Accredited Workplace Mediator • Global Mediation 2021 Accredited Special Educational Needs & Disability Mediator • College of Law, York 1995- 1996 Legal Practice Course (Commendation) • University College of Wales, Aberystwyth 1992 – 1995 LLB Hons. Degree 2:1 FEEDBACK • ‘Tessa was simply excellent. She had prepared well, connected with the Claimant/family immediately and was able to break the deadlocked parties.’ • ‘We had been acting for a client who had been injured through the negligence of a doctor. The case had gone on for many years without a breakthrough. Through Tessa’s skills, after a long day, the case settled, providing finality for all sides. Tessa was fair and respectful towards our client, eliciting helpful information. We would recommend Tessa as a mediator.’ • ‘Tessa was a great facilitator, everything was clear, straightforward and any apprehension felt before the process was quickly dispelled.’ • ‘Tessa is very even handed and hard working. A settlement was reached which was great.’ • ‘Tessa is a most effective organiser and communicator. She has first class interpersonal skills.’ • ‘Tessa was patient and non-judgmental throughout.’ • ‘Tessa was very calm and reassuring. The mediation went well and she would go over where we were to help the process’. • ‘Tessa was great during the whole process. Very clear in communication before and during the mediation. Made us very comfortable and helped us in coming to a conclusion.’ FINALLY, TESSA HERMAN COMMENTS: “Having seen first-hand how protracted and emotionally costly litigation can be, I am a firm believer that mediation is the best alternative. Being approachable and able to communicate in the most difficult of situations enables me to work with all participants to help them find their way through the often apparently intractable cases to a settlement”.