Joanna Carty

Partner

Phone:: +44 (0)116 242 8908
Email:: joanna.carty@weightmans.com
Office:: Leicester

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Jo Carty is a Partner and Team manager in our national police claims team. Jo is based in our Leicester office and having trained with Weightmans, has over 16 years of experience in Police civil claims.

Jo acts for a number of police forces and their insurers in relation to a wide range of issues. She specialises in defending claims against the police and regularly acts in claims involving areas of particular sensitivity such as claims involving undercover officers, CHIS (covert human intelligence source) handlers); those with reputational issues for clients and multi-action claims including those involving issues that affect police forces nationally.

Notably Jo was appointed as the national lead for the Police Overtime Claims Litigation and UC Police Overtime Claims litigation concerning the interpretation of the Police Regulations 2003 and applicability of overtime for specialist officers.

Jo utilises her knowledge and experience to maintain operational excellence across the team ensuring our clients receive an exceptional service. Jo also provides training both internally and externally to clients on police civil claims.