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Sports injury compensation lawyers - Huddersfield

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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Mr Andrew Kwan of CLEAR LAW LLP in Manchester
Solicitor-Advocate and Litigation Manager | APIL Senior Litigator | Law Society PI Panel Member My role is to manage the personal injury department and to contribute to the overall growth and development of the practice, whilst maintaining our ethical client and staff focussed approach. Putting people first is core to our values. Part of this means: working to obtain plain English approval, being committed to quality, reassuring our clients when they need help most, being accessible and client...
Distance: 23 miles
Personal injury legal practice Personal injury - Senior Litigator
Ms Claire Horton of FIELDFISHER in Manchester
I am a clinical negligence partner in Fieldfisher's Manchester Medical Negligence team. I qualified as a solicitor in 1990 and have specialised in clinical negligence claims and very high value cases ever since. I have been appointed to both the AvMA Clinical Negligence and Law Society Clinical Negligence Specialist panels for over 20 years. I have settled many complex multi million pound cases ensuring full compensation for my clients for their injuiries, to meet...
Distance: 22 miles
Personal injury legal practice Personal injury - Senior Litigator
Miss Victoria Higgins of HORWICH COHEN COGHLAN SOLICITORS in Manchester
Distance: 24 miles
Personal injury - Senior Litigator
Miss Bethany Sanders of LEIGH DAY in Leeds
Bethany qualified as a solicitor in July 2008, having completed her training in a niche London firm. She joined Leigh Day in November 2013 after having worked at Irwin Mitchell since qualification.  Bethany became a Partner at Leigh Day in April 2020. Bethany specialises in high value serious injury claims, including brain and spinal injury, amputee claims and fatal accidents.  She has represented many clients who have sustained life-changing injuries,...
Distance: 14 miles
Brain injury lawyer Personal injury - Senior Litigator
Mr Ross Whalley of LEIGH DAY in Manchester
Ross is an Associate Solicitor specialising in workplace injury and cycling cases. He has worked exclusively in the field of personal injury for 15 years having qualified in 2006. He joined Leigh Day in 2015 to lead a team dealing with personal injury claims on behalf of Trade Union members and EL / PL cases generally as well as acting for cyclists. Ross manages a team dealing with a caseload from fast track to complex high value multi track cases and fatal workplace accidents. He also...
Distance: 20 miles
Personal injury legal practice Personal injury - Senior Litigator
I started working at Irwin Mitchell LLP in November 1994 and qualified as a Chartered Legal Executive in 2006 and I have extensive experience of dealing with personal injury claims. I currently work in the Serious Injury Department dealing with serious life changing injuries ranging from severe orthopaedic injuries, spinal cord injuries and traumatic brain injuries arising from road traffic collisions, employers liability, occupiers liability and public liability claims.  An important...
Distance: 22 miles
Personal injury legal practice Personal injury - Senior Litigator
I am a founding Partner of the firm, which is an APIL accredited Practice, and head of the industrial disease and personal injury departments.  I qualified as a solicitor in 1998 and am accredited as a Fellow of APIL. I regularly act for victims of serious workplace accidents who have sustained life changing injuries such as amputations.  I also specialise in asbestos related illness and noise induced hearing loss matters and have represented such claimants in the UK and overseas...
Distance: 18 miles
Personal injury legal practice Personal injury - Fellow
I help the victims of catastrophic accidents to recover compensation. Many of my clients have serious brain injuries, spinal cord injuries or amputations. I also help families to recover damages after fatal accidents. When I first meet a client and their family, it is normally at a time when the most devastating event has occurred, and when things can seem hopeless. It is my job to make sure that the injured person and their family get support through the claims process, rehabilitation...
Distance: 22 miles
Personal injury legal practice Personal injury - Senior Litigator
Mr Matthew Tomlinson of SLATER & GORDON LAWYERS in Sheffield
Matthew is Principal personal injury lawyer and Head of Serious Injury for the North at Slater and Gordon in Manchester. Matthew has specialised in personal injury for over 20 years, with specific expertise in accidents at work, road traffic, occupational stress at work and military claims. His expertise has helped claimants secure substantial compensation payments and rehabilitation for a range of devastating accidents involving spinal injury, brain injury, amputation, and post-traumatic...
Distance: 22 miles
Personal injury - Senior Litigator
I am a senior lawyer who specialises in claims for asbestos-related diseases, both for individuals who have developed mesothelioma, asbestosis, pleural thickening and lung cancer and also families of individuals who have sadly passed away as a result of their condition. I represent clients throughout the UK and abroad. I have recovered compensation both in connection with claims arising out of working directly with asbestos and also claims involving indirect asbestos...
Distance: 22 miles
Occupational disease lawyer Asbestos disease lawyer Personal injury legal practice Personal injury - Senior Litigator
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...
Distance: 14 miles
Personal injury legal practice Personal injury - Senior Litigator
Mr Christopher Payne of THOMPSONS SOLICITORS LLP in Manchester
I am a Solicitor with over 25 years’ experience of representing injured Claimants. I currently work in the serious injuries team at Thompsons representing clients seriously injured as a result of road traffic accidents, accidents at work and public liability accidents. I am committed to obtaining the best results for my clients. I am commended by my clients for keeping them up to date, being accessible and friendly and clearly explaining the issues. 
Distance: 22 miles
Personal injury - Senior Litigator
Mr Gary Boyd of GORVINS LLP in Stockport
I am a recognised expert in serious/ catastrophic injury claims including brain injury, spinal (cord) injury and amputation claims including in my niche areas of Military and Sports Injury claims. I have over 20 years experience.  I am a Partner and Head of Military and Serious Sports Injuries Litigation at Gorvins Solicitors (representing clients nationwide and beyond), Fellow of APIL, and Volunteer and Honorary Legal Advisor to SSAFA, the oldest and largest Armed Forces charity. My...
Distance: 22 miles
Military injury lawyer Personal injury - Fellow
I am a Legal Director at Irwin Mitchell LLP, working in the Serious Injury Team in Sheffield. I lead a team of dedicated serious injury specialists who deal with all types of personal injury cases, including; road traffic accidents, injuries at work, slips and trips, military claims and fatal accidents. I have been at Irwin Mitchell since 2003 and have spent the majority of that time acting on behalf of seriously injured people. I have particular expertise with complex orthopaedic...
Distance: 22 miles
Fatal accidents lawyer Personal injury legal practice Personal injury - Senior Litigator
Warren represents claimants in high-value and complex personal injury claims arising from road traffic collisions, accidents at work, equine and sporting accidents. Before training as a solicitor, Warren served for five years in the Coldstream Guards and has a particular understanding in relation to claims brought by past and present HM Forces personnel. Warren has significant experience in acting for child and adult claimants who have suffered injuries of the utmost severity, particularly...
Distance: 14 miles
Brain injury lawyer Spinal cord injury lawyer Personal injury legal practice Personal injury - Senior Litigator
Miss Sally Rissbrook of MINSTER LAW SOLICITORS in Wakefield
Distance: 11 miles
Personal injury - Senior Litigator
Ms Caroline Morris of SERIOUS INJURY LAW in Manchester
I am a Partner and Director of Serious Injury Law. I have specialised in the personal injury sector for over 25 years, working exclusively with clients who have suffered catastrophic injuries. I support clients who have suffered traumatic brain injury, spinal cord injury, amputation, brachial plexus and complex polytrauma orthopaedic injuries. My tenacity is driven by my hope that every client will have the best life possible, post injury. I pride myself on achieving rehabilitation...
Distance: 22 miles
Personal injury - Senior Litigator
Mr Andy Davidson of CLEAR LAW LLP in Manchester
Distance: 23 miles
Personal injury legal practice Personal injury - Senior Litigator
Quentin is a Partner and Head of Serious and Catastrophic Injury at Alderstone Solicitors. He has over 30 years' experience in the Legal Profession, representing both Claimants and Defendants. With this experience, Quentin uses his skills to ensure the best possible outcomes for his clients. His experience acting for Defendants means he has extensive knowledge of the methods and strategies that are employed by Defendants, which can be of real benefit to his clients, and he...
Distance: 24 miles
Personal injury legal practice Personal injury - Senior Litigator
Richard is a Partner having joined the firm in 1996. He specialises in high value, traumatic injury cases, assisting local people. He joined APIL in 2003 and his firm are an accredited practice. He provides a 'face to face' service for his clients which means he can only act for individuals in Yorkshire, Nottiinghamshire, Lincolnshire and Derbyshire. Cases are pursued on a 'no win no fee' basis. 
Distance: 23 miles
Personal injury legal practice Personal injury - Senior Litigator
Miss Joanne Smith of FARLEYS SOLICITORS LLP in Rawtenstall
I qualified in 1999 & have spent my entire career representing accident victims. I have particular expertise in claims in complex work accident claims and claims against hairdressers. I work in a Lexcel accredited firm as part of a team of 3 personal injury specialists. I have been a member of the Law Society's Personal Injury Panel since 2004.
Distance: 21 miles
Personal injury - Senior Litigator
Miss Catherine Leech of JMW SOLICITORS LLP in Manchester
A solicitor with a reputation for excellence in the field of Spinal Cord Injuries and Brain Injuries, Cathy has taken cases for clients and won in the Supreme Court and Court of Appeal on a number of occasions.She works hard to make each client's case bespoke to them and their life, setting them up for the future with optimal rehab and the best possible outcome in terms of support and compensation. In the Legal 500 Hall of Fame 2022 they say “Catherine Leech is probably the...
Distance: 22 miles
Spinal cord injury lawyer Personal injury - Fellow
I am a Partner in the Personal Injury Department and Head of the Leeds office at Stewarts, the UK's leading catastrophic injury law firm. I specialise in cases involving catastrophic spinal cord and brain injuries. I have a particular interest in claims arising or litigated in foreign jurisdictions For more than 10 years I have been ranked by Chambers and Partners, a leading independent guide to the legal profession, as the No1 ranked personal injury solicitor in Yorkshire. I have...
Distance: 14 miles
Personal injury legal practice Personal injury - Fellow
I am a Partner in the Personal Injury Department at Stewarts Law. I specialise in brain and spinal cord injury claims. I supervise a team of lawyers handling catastrophic injury claims on behalf of injured people. I have personally handled a considerable number of multi-million pound claims, and have supervised many more. I am brain injury case coordinator for my firm. At Stewarts Law, we make sure that we maintain low case loads so that we are able to provide a high quality service to our...
Distance: 14 miles
Brain injury lawyer Spinal cord injury lawyer Personal injury legal practice Personal injury - Fellow
Miss Ginny Newman of PABLA & PABLA SOLICITORS in West Didsbury
Hi - I specialise in employer liability claims - injuries at work of all types -  including industrial disease claims, and occupier liablity accidents, particularly including slips and trips in shops.  I acted for union members for a long time and I have a strong conviction to get results.  I also head the disease team at Pabla + Pabla. 'Disease' claims is an awful term  - it can involve very serious conditions life threatening conditoin, such as cancer from...
Distance: 24 miles
Personal injury - Senior Litigator
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...
Distance: 22 miles
Brain injury lawyer Personal injury legal practice Personal injury - Fellow
Mr William Broadbent of LEIGH DAY in Manchester
William qualified as a personal injury and clinical negligence solicitor in September 2012, having completed his training contract at Penningtons Solicitors (now Penningtons Manches Cooper) in Surrey. William worked at Penningtons until December 2016, when he joined Leigh Day and focussed solely on personal injury (https://www.leighday.co.uk/about-us/our-people/senior-staff/william-broadbent/). William worked in London for 2 years before moving to Manchester in 2019.   William...
Distance: 20 miles
Personal injury legal practice Personal injury - Senior Litigator
Mrs Anna Higham of HUGH JAMES in Manchester
Anna is a Partner at Hugh James (Potter Rees Dolan, a Hugh James business) representing claimants in complex and high-value clinical negligence claims which have resulted in catastrophic brain or spinal injuries. She represents individuals, including adults who lack capacity to litigate, and children. Anna acts in a variety of cases including those involving delays in diagnosing spinal injuries such as fractures or abscesses; misdiagnoses of cauda equina syndrome; delays in treating...
Distance: 23 miles
Personal injury legal practice Personal injury - Senior Litigator
Mr Jonathan Stittle of TAYLOR EMMET LLP in Sheffield
I have been a Personal Injury specialist since I qualified as a solicitor in 1984. I deal with most types of claims including brain, paraplegic and fatal injuries. My caseload includes serious and complex claims arising from Workplace, Road Traffic and Public Liability claims as well as Criminal Injuries and Industrial Disease claims. I am the Head of Taylor and Emmet's Personal Injury Department and have been at the firm for over 35 years. I am a member of the Law...
Distance: 22 miles
Personal injury - Senior Litigator
I am a Serious Injury Solicitor with a particular interest in Employers and Public Liability cases. I have been working in this area of law since 2000 and have vast experience. I am approachable and always happy to speak and assist.
Distance: 22 miles
Personal injury legal practice Personal injury - Senior Litigator
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