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Sonia Rani | Solicitor

I joined Hodge Jones and Allen Solicitors in March 2019 as a Solicitor in the Medical Negligence team. I completed my training contract at a boutique law firm in London and undertook training in the areas of family, personal Injury and residential property. Prior to my training contract, I have worked as a Clinical Negligence Paralegal for two leading national law firms and assisted partners and solicitors with their complex clinical negligence cases, including birth injuries, delay in diagnosis of cancer, amputee claims and adult brain injury. I have also worked as a Personal Injury Paralegal and have dealt with road traffic accident claims.

Education

LPC LLM, The University of Law, Bloomsbury – 2016 – 2018
Law LLB (Hons) – Brunel University – 2008 -2011

Career

Hodge Jones & Allen, Solicitor – 2019 – Present
Stonewood Lawyers, Trainee Solicitor – 2017-2018
Slater and Gordon Lawyers, Clinical Negligence Paralegal – 2016 – 2017
Irwin Mitchell, Clinical Negligence Paralegal – 2015 – 2016
Lyons Davidson Solicitors, Paralegal, 2014 – 2015
Lyons Davidson Solicitors, Costs Draftsman, 2012 -2014

Membership

Junior Lawyers Division

Personal Interests

In my spare time, I love to travel and experience different cultures around the world. I enjoy hot yoga, reading, eating out and spending time with family and friends.

I worked as a volunteer teacher in Cambodia and was placed in an NGO primary school where I had the opportunity to work with disadvantaged children and help them improve their ability to speak English.

Posts by Sonia Rani

Waiting times for NHS mental health patients

Posted on 6th December 2019

It has recently been published that nearly thousands of patients with mental health problems are left waiting months for treatment on ‘hidden’ NHS waiting lists.The NHS provides a talking therapy service known as Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT). The objective of the programme is to provide evidence-based psychological therapies to those who suffer from conditions such as anxiety, depression, obsessive –compulsive disorder and PTSD.A report by NHS Digital published on 14 November 2019, revealed that 75% of patients who enter the IAPT programme are seen within 6 weeks, which on the face of it seems relatively quick. However, the reality is that patients are left waiting months to enter into regular treatment sessions after their first initial appointment.

Psychiatric injury in secondary victim claims and the scope of proximity

Posted on 4th December 2019

Last month judgment was handed down in the case of Paul v The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust [2019] EWHC 2893 (QB), the findings of which, reminds legal practioners of the difficulty in bringing psychiatric injury claims on behalf of secondary victim Claimants. This was an unusual case in many ways but it is notable that Master Cook made an Order to strike out the Claimant’s case following the Defendant’s strike out application pursuant to CPR Rules 3 and 24 –on the basis that the claim disclosed no reasonable grounds for bringing the claims and / or that the claim had no reasonable prospect of success.

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