Terry Regan

Director & Head of Medical & Clinical Negligence

Main Areas of Work:

• Medical accidents
• Product liability side effects
• Catastrophic personal injury claims
• Disability discrimination and Equality Act cases

Terry has experience of multi-million pound settlements and has had success in the Supreme Court and the European Court of Justice.

Terry Regan attracts praise for his ‘sympathetic and patient handling of cases’ - The Legal 500 UK 2018

Terry is a member of the Law Society’s Clinical Negligence Specialist Panel. He is also a member of the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine.

Great / Notable achievements at Wake Smith:

• Owusu v Jackson and Oths (2006) – Catastrophic injury case arising from an accident in Jamaica. Success in European Court of Justice on jurisdictional point arising from interpretation of Brussels Convention
• S. Baker v Quantum and Oths - Representation at the Supreme Court
• C v Leeds Teaching Hospitals (2008) - Birth injury and settlement for £3.2m
• T v Sheffield Teaching Hospitals - Judgment for brain injury resulting from neo-natal care
• J v Sheffield Teaching Hospitals - Judgment for birth injury arising from failure to treat infection at birth

What clients say about you:

‘I consider Terry Regan to be one of the best clinical negligence solicitors I know working in Yorkshire. He is passionate and dedicated to his clients, but has a clear appreciation of the reality of what he may be able to achieve for them.’ -Quoted in the Legal 500 2024

Recent articles by Terry Regan

Six figure settlement for equestrian student who suffered crushing injury to her left leg and right ankle

Wake Smith secures a £12m settlement for child left with brain injury shortly after birth