Jean Harkin - Managing Partner
Jean was born in Liverpool and educated in Liverpool, Glasgow and Canada. A founding Managing Partner of Harkin Lloyd, Jean heads the Industrial Disease, Wills and Probate and Clinical Negligence Departments.
Jean is a solicitor, she is highly skilled in negotiation and advocacy and has a tenacious approach to litigation. She is truly committed to clients and always goes that extra mile, a quality that has built her a strong client base. She often writes articles for the local press and is vocal on the issue of all personal injury, a subject close to her heart.
Jean has also presented papers at Oxford University and local Universities.
Jean has a loyalty to Liverpool and the Wirral and is proud to represent the interest of clients from thses areas and indeed of Merseyside itself.
Professional memberships include:
Associate of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (A.C.I.Arb)
Member of APIL (Association of Personal Injury Lawyers)
Member of CPIL (College of Personal Injury Law)
Member of the Liverpool Law Society Specialist Civil Litigation Committee.
Former-Chair of the AWS (Association of Women Solicitors),
Former treasurer of Liverpool Law Society
Public Appointments:
Assistant Deputy Coroner for Cheshire
Assistant Deputy Coroner for Manchester City
Chair of the Liverpool (paediatric) Research Ethics committee, this is a Public appointment for ten years.
Jean is interested in reading, architecture and is a member of the British Fencing Organisation.
Areas of expertise include:
Asbestos Disease
Wills and Probate
Commercial Property
Commercial Litigation
Clinical Negligence
Personal Injury
Medical Law and Ethics
Chancery
Public liability
Employers Liability
Professional indemnity