Accident at work
Accidents & illnesses abroad
Road accident
Trip or slip
About Cheryl Palmer-Hughes
Cheryl specialises in complex cross-border serious injury claims, and has 15 years’ experience acting for seriously injured people worldwide. She acts exclusively for adults and children who have been injured abroad while on holiday, working or travelling by air, coach, car or sea.
Expertise
Cheryl’s experience includes running and leading teams on complex, high-value claims, in particular acting for clients with brain and spinal injuries. She also has experience in claims involving multiple fractures, psychological trauma, fatal accidents and clinical negligence.
Cheryl deals exclusively with cases which involve a cross-border element and specialises in conflicts of law issues, as well as in International Convention claims including the Montreal and Athens Conventions. She often acts for bereaved families in fatal accident claims, including representing families during the inquest.
Experience
- Represented the claimant in Hutchinson v Mapfre España Compañia de Seguros Y Reaseguros SA and another[2020] EWHC 178 (QB).
- Represented a man in his early 30s who was hit as a pedestrian while in Rome, securing an approved significant eight-figure settlement.
- Represented a teenage US national who was hit as a pedestrian while visiting family in the UK, securing an approved settlement for her
- Represented a teenage coach passenger who sustained an incomplete spinal cord injury while on a school trip in France.
Recognition
Cheryl has been ranked in Chambers UK and the Legal 500 consistently throughout her career.
- “Cheryl can perform at the highest level in very complex jurisdictional matters. She is terrific with clients and easy to work with.” (Chambers UK)
- “Cheryl Palmer-Hughes is a name to note for her expertise in overseas medical negligence matters, as well as international convention claims.” (The Legal 500)
- “Cheryl has exceptional knowledge of cross-border clinical negligence cases and she is meticulous in her prep.” (Chambers UK)
Career
Cheryl trained at Irwin Mitchell, where she qualified in 2011. She was promoted to Associate in 2014, Senior Associate in 2018 and Partner in 2020. Cheryl moved from Birmingham in 2017 to set up and lead the firm’s Manchester International Injury team. Cheryl joined Stewarts as a Partner in its specialist International Injury team in March 2025.
Accreditations and Memberships
- Cheryl is an active member of the American Association of Justice (AAJ), and current revitalisation officer for the UK on the AAJ’s board of governors.
- Executive Board member of PEOPIL
- Manchester Law Society Council officer : honorary cosecretary and co-chair of the Manchester Law Society Personal Injury and Medical Negligence Forum
Cheryl is an active APIL member and she is regularly invited to present at domestic and international conferences on issues of cross border litigation.
Foreign Jurisdictions
Cheryl has experience worldwide and has been involved in cases throughout Europe, including Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Finland, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, the Isle of Man, Italy, Jersey, Guernsey, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Spain, Switzerland, Egypt, Turkey, India, China, Mauritius, Pakistan, Thailand, Algeria, Cape Verde, Côte d’Ivoire, Kenya, Morocco, Nigeria, Tunisia, Zambia numerous US states, Barbados, the British Virgin Islands, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Mexico, Saint Martin, Venezuela and Australia.
Personal
Cheryl enjoys caffeine, yoga, keeping fit, cooking, spending time with family, following Formula 1, visiting the coast and taking photographs of her cats.
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