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Sports injury compensation lawyers

Injuries caused to, or by, either participants or spectators in the course of sporting and recreational activities, can if they are caused by negligence, give rise to a claim for damages. From football and rugby to boxing and extreme sports such as kite-surfing, for example, negligent actions may lead to injury.

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Mrs Emma Melia of MINSTER LAW SOLICITORS in Wakefield

I am an Associate Solicitor in the Serious Injury (Neuro trauma) department at Irwin Mitchell Solicitors in Leeds. I specialise in Brain and Spinal injury for adults and children. My aim is to obtain early interim payments, rehabilitation and care as soon as possible and ultimately to maximise the final award of compensation to enable the injured person and their family to be as independent as possible and achieve the best quality of life possible. I...

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Mr Scott Rigby of STEWARTS in London

Scott is recognised as one of the leading international injury and travel lawyers in the UK. Hugely experienced, he has recovered over £100m in damages for his clients. He represented the claimant in the landmark case of Wall v Mutuelle de Poitiers Assurances. Scott’s expertise spans a broad range of international serious/catastrophic personal injury cases including adventure, sports and leisure accidents, European and international road traffic accidents and holiday claims and...

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Mr Phillip Gower of REDKITE SOLICITORS in Cardiff

Phillip has over 25 years’ expertise of conducting Personal Injury Litigation on behalf of Claimants most of this work included asbestos exposuer claims..He deals with a wide range of injury claims in his daily practice. Phillip is an Accredited Asbestos Specialist and Occupational Disease Specialist and also is an assessor for the accreditation of other lawyers within the field.Phillip works across the UK for asbestos clients . He specialises in asbestos exposure,...

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Mr Peter Lorence of IRWIN MITCHELL LLP in Leeds

I am an Associate solicitor in the Serious Injury team, based in Irwin Mitchell's Leeds office. I am also accredited as a Brain Injury Specialist and Senior Litigator with the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL). Since qualifying as a solicitor, I have supported clients who have sustained life-changing injuries, in particular advising clients about traumatic brain injuries, spinal cord injuries and multiple traumas. I also represent individuals' families and loved ones...

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Mr Ben Pepper of CL MEDILAW in West Malling

I am a Senior Associate in the Serious Personal Injury team at CL Medilaw. I qualified as a Solicitor in September 2013 and joined CL Medilaw from a London based firm in April 2025. I specialise in complex personal injury claims, particularly those involving road traffic collisions and accidents at work. I act for both adults and children, all of whom have suffered life-changing injuries. I have a great deal of experience in acting for individuals who have sustained multiple orthopaedic...

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Mr David Withers of IRWIN MITCHELL LLP in Sheffield

David has recovered over £50M in damages in his career, to date. David is recognised by the Legal 500 (2018): “David Withers is an up and coming star who is willing to take on and fight the most difficult cases to obtain a result for his client. Despite this difficult case load he is almost always successful, obtaining great outcomes for his client despite the difficulties he faces”. David manages a team of neuro-trauma specialists and is one of the three Partners...

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Miss Anna Pask of IRWIN MITCHELL LLP in London

Anna is a Senior Associate Solicitor and an APIL accredited Senior Litigator. Anna has extensive experience of running high-value cases involving brain injuries and complex orthopaedic injuries, obtaining multi-million pound settlements for her clients. Anna is also a member of the Association of Child Abuse Lawyers and represents victims of child abuse in cases being brought against both individual abusers and institutions including schools, the church and local authorities.

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Miss Johanne Turner of BTMK SOLICITORS LTD in Southend-on-Sea

Over 22 years' experience of personal injury and clinical negligence claims which are my exclusive areas of practice. I was admitted as a solicitor in May 2001. I am a Director at BTMK and joint head of Department. I have been a member of the Law Society Personal Injury Panel continuously since 2011. I am a member of APIL and accredited as a Senior Litigator. I am the Chair of the Essex Acquired Brain Injury Forum. I am a Headway UK approved Solicitor. Having undergone...

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Mr Matthew Garson of IRWIN MITCHELL LLP in Liverpool

I am a Partner at Irwin Mitchell (Liverpool and Manchester) and have acted for clients in the field of serious injury for over 20 years. I am an APIL accredited Senior Litigator and hold Brain Injury Specialist and Fatal Accidents Specialist accreditations. I am also listed in the Headway directory of head injury solicitors and ranked in both Legal 500 and Chambers & Partners. I handle a wide range of serious injury cases for adults and...

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Mr David Nellaney of DIGBY BROWN LLP in Glasgow

Specialisms: Road traffic accident, Work accident, Accidents in Public Places. David joined the firm in 2004, after graduating from Glasgow University. He qualified as a Solicitor in 2006 and was made associate in 2011 and then Partner in 2015. David is based in Digby Brown's Glasgow office and is part of the firm's Network Department. He specialises in workplace claims, road traffic accident and general accident...

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