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Personal Injury: Mainly Claimant - East Anglia
What the Team is Known For
Strengths
Ashtons is a strong firm in this area and the team has a very personal approach.
A very good specialised firm. The practitioners are very good on catastrophic injuries and very good with their clients.
Notable practitioners
Richard Foyster heads Ashtons' personal injury team and frequently acts in catastrophic injury claims arising from RTAs, particularly those involving contested liability issues.
Opponents respect him and he litigates collaboratively. He's also prepared to make brave decisions.
He's very calm, approachable, compassionate and really understands people.
Michael Wangermann is head of injury services at Ashtons Legal. His broad personal injury caseload covers a range of injuries, with a focus on those stemming from RTAs. He has a particular specialism in cases that involve chronic pain and brain injuries.
Michael is an excellent lawyer.
Tom Ranson is someone who gets really involved. He's very dedicated, tenacious and very good at fighting people's corners.
Mick Upton is a senior associate at Ashtons Legal, where he regularly handles claims including fatal accidents and catastrophic injury.
He's very diligent, has an immense ability to analyse the detail and leaves no stone unturned. He's also very sensible and has good judgement.