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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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Ms Laura Henderson of THOMPSONS NI in Belfast
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 Ian Burns of SINTONS LLP in Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Over 25 years’ experience in serious injury cases including accidents at work, road traffic accidents, public liability and occupiers liability claims.
Personal injury legal practice Personal injury - Senior Litigator
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Miss Emma Potter of MOORE BARLOW LLP in Guildford
I am an experienced serious injury Partner with many years of success representing both adults and children who have suffered complex and often life-changing injuries whether in a road traffic collision,  accident at work or in a public place. Securing early access to rehabilitation, financial support, and the right care and assistance is vital in most cases. Adopting a client focused approach, I work in close partnership with my clients and their families to...
Personal injury - Senior Litigator
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Miss Eleanor Buckley of IRWIN MITCHELL LLP in Sheffield
Personal injury legal practice Personal injury - Senior Litigator
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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...
Occupational disease lawyer Asbestos disease lawyer Personal injury legal practice Personal injury - Fellow
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Mr David Usher of COODES LLP in Falmouth
I am an Associate Solicitor at Coodes with over 10 years experience of handling personal injury claims. As well as being a Senior Litigator with APIL, I am also accredited by the Law Society in the field of personal injury - being the only solicitor in Cornwall with this accolade, and one of only two this side of Bristol.  I strive to build a strong relationship with my clients at an early stage of instruction in order to ensure the best outcome possible in claims and am always happy to...
Personal injury legal practice Personal injury - Senior Litigator
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Mr John Michael Imperato of WATKINS & GUNN in Cardiff
Michael has been acting for claimants for over 20 years. He has been a partner at large national firms, small rural firms, and is currently a partner at Watkins & Gunn, an innovative high street firm in South Wales. Michael is recognised as a leader in the field in claimant personal injury work acting in a variety of cases for individuals and union members. He is the author of the chapter on Sports Personal Injury for the APIL/Lexis Nexis publication, ‘Personal Injury, Law,...
Personal injury - Fellow
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Mr Mark Harvey of HUGH JAMES in Cardiff
Partner in charge of the Specialist Claims group at Hugh James in Cardiff and London where he heads up that office. He has obtained compensation for many individual victims of common but defective consumer products as well as victims of accidents overseas and arising out of travel, sport and leisure generally.  Lead solicitor in the PIP Breast Implant group litigation order in the High Court in London and successfully pursuing several hundred related cases in the French...
Accidents abroad lawyer Personal injury - Senior Fellow
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Mr David Wilson of DIGBY BROWN LLP in Glasgow
Fatal accidents lawyer Personal injury legal practice Personal injury - Senior Litigator
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