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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 Dawn Fay Humphries of LANYON BOWDLER LLP in Shrewsbury
Dawn is a partner and is head of the personal injury department. She specialises in catastrophic accidents claims, including brain injury compensation and spinal injury claims. She joined Lanyon Bowdler in 1997 but has acted for claimants in respect of personal injury for over 30 years. Her particular specialism is brain and spinal injured clients, together with those that have sustained serious multiple injuries achieving significant multi-million pound settlements. Dawn also has a specialist...
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Mr Ian Christian of FIELDFISHER in London
I have specialised in claimant Personal Injury and Medical Negligence litigation for more than 25 years, particularly in birth injury and neonatal claims.  My main expertise is in Cerebral and Erb’s palsy claims and neonatal claims including hypoglycaemia; hyperbilirubinaemia; kernicterus and retinopathy of prematurity cases.  I have run several high-profile multiparty actions, including representing families whose...
Personal injury legal practice Personal injury - Fellow
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Mr James Walsh of GA SOLICITORS in Plymouth
Telephone: 01752 203536 or 07391 400123 Email: [email protected] James is a Partner and Head of the Asbestos and Occupational Disease Litigation Team at GA Solicitors in Plymouth. He is a Fellow of APIL and past President of Plymouth Law Society.  James is one of the South West's leading asbestos and industrial/occupational disease litigators, renowned particularly for his expertise and success in high value asbestos claims which he has dealt with since the...
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Mrs Parisa Costigan of GLANVILLES DAMANT LTD in Newport
I am a volunteer with AVMA ( Action for victims of medical accidents) and provide legal advice and assistance to members of the public who contact the charity.I have also acted for a number of clients who  initially contacted Avma and other charities for assistance . 
Personal injury - Senior Litigator
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Mr Jonathan Rees of BRETHERTONS LLP in Rugby
Jon has apporaching 30 years of experience in personal injury litigation. He is a Fellow of the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL). Jon's experience and expertise in helping people who have suffered life changing injuries is widely recognised. He has a particular interest in helping spinal cord injured clients. Jon helps people obtain financial security and in enabling independence after life changing injuries caused in road traffic accidents, work place accidents and in...
Personal injury legal practice Personal injury - Fellow
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Mr Andrew King of NEXA LAW LTD in Oswestry
I qualified as a solicitor in 2008 and have been helping people injured through no fault of their own ever since. Over the years, I’ve supported clients through all kinds of personal injury claims, including road traffic accidents, workplace injuries and incidents in public places. My cases range from serious, life-changing injuries to those involving soft tissue damage, and I always aim to give each client the time, care, and attention they deserve. I also have experience handling...
Personal injury - Senior Litigator
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Mrs Alexandra Burdett of AFFINITY LAW LLP in Leicester
Alex is a Senior Associate Solicitor at Affinity Law and has worked in Personal Injury since 2002. She has extensive expertise in dealing with employers’ liability, occupiers’ liability and product liability claims for both sides as well as experience in dealing with road traffic collision and clinical negligence claims for Claimants. Alex is very proud to be recognised as a Senior Litigator by the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers. She has worked for Affinity law since...
Personal injury - Senior Litigator
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Mrs Deborah Hargreaves of EDMONDSON HALL SOLICITORS in Newmarket
Deborah is a Solicitor, Chief Operating Officer and Head of Dispute Resolution with Edmondson Hall Solicitors and Sports Lawyers.   She has extensive experience in Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence claims and became a Senior Litigator with the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers in 2012.   She has particular experience in successfully representing Claimants (including professional and amateur riders) in complex horseriding related accidents. Deborah is highly...
Personal injury - Senior Litigator
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Mr Oliver Chapman of THOMSON SNELL & PASSMORE LLP in Tunbridge Wells
Oliver has specialised in clinical negligence and personal injury litigation since qualifying as a solicitor in 2009. Oliver is recognised in the prestigious independent guide to the legal profession, Chambers & Partners, as ‘an astute and intellectually brilliant lawyer with a real passion for achieving justice for his clients’ (2021). He has been described in The Legal 500 as an ‘impressive and tenacious’ litigator (2018) who is a ‘key member’ of...
Personal injury legal practice Personal injury - Senior Litigator
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Mr James Glasper of LEIGH DAY in London
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