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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 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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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 Mark Gibson of DIGBY BROWN LLP in Glasgow

Mark is accredited by the Law Society of Scotland as a specialist in Personal Injury Law and is recognised as a Senior Litigator by the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers. He is a partner of Digby Brown LLP, Scotland's largest litigation firm and winner of the Litigation Firm of the Year at the Scottish Legal Awards. Mark heads up Digby Brown's Foreign and Travel, Product Liability and Consumer Law departments. His areas of specialisation...

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Mr Thomas Fletcher of IRWIN MITCHELL LLP in Birmingham

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Mr Lee Hart of CLARKE WILLMOTT LLP in Taunton

Lee is recognised as a leading practitioner in cases involving life-changing injuries, acknowledged by Legal 500 as having ‘deep experience in heavyweight cases’ and by clients in Chambers and Partners who praise "his thoroughness and caring and supportive manner." Lee excels in handling brain, spinal and amputation injury claims, and has been described as "calm, clever and tactically astute" in Chambers and Partners.

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Mr Ewan Bain of SINTONS LLP in York

I am Senior Associate at Sintons specialising in Brain Injury claims. I began my career in Serious Injury claims with Irwin Mitchell, working within their Serious Injury Team as a Paralegal in 2015. I later qualified as a Solicitor in September 2017. I joined Switalskis’ specialist Brain Injury and Serious Injury team in February 2019 before leaving in June 2024. I joined Sintons in July 2024 as a Senior Associate in their Neurotrauma team. As a Brain...

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