Travel: International Personal Injury (Claimant)

About

Provided by Irwin Mitchell

• The largest and most successful specialist International Personal Injury team in the UK, with market leading teams in London, Birmingham and Manchester.
• Successfully acted for thousands of injured claimants and the families of those killed in incidents around the world.
• Have secured record levels of damages for a number of clients (including what is understood to be the largest UK/European lump sum PI damages award to date). 
• Recovered damages in excess of £475,000,000 for clients injured abroad.
• Successfully represented clients in disasters including the Al Dana Dhow tragedy, Costa Concordia, 9/11, Sousse Terrorist Attack, more than 25 coach crashes and countless other road traffic, marine, illness and aviation claims around the world.
• Senior lawyers in the team hold prominent positions with professional groups such as AAJ, PEOPIL, Law Society, APIL and are asked to contribute to consultations, and undertake lobbying activity on behalf of victims of cross border personal injury incidents.
• The team is able to communicate in several languages, with fluent speakers in French, Russian, Spanish, German, Dutch and Greek, which places it in a unique position. 

Currently representing:

• More than 100,000 victims of toxic poisoning in the Ivory Coast.
• Several families involved in the Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 tragedy in March 2019.
• Several clients involved in the large-scale tourist bus crash in Malta in April 2018.