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UK Guide 2023
London (Firms) Personal Injury: Mainly Claimant
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Band 1

4 Ranked Lawyers

About

Provided by Leigh Day

The team comprises over 80 people, including 28 qualified lawyers and 22 paralegals. It employs two former nurses who assist our understanding complex medical issues and three in–house accountants whose role is to maximise our clients’ damages claims and provide guidance where loss-of-earnings and business profits claims are complex.

The team has an excellent reputation amongst barristers, experts and case managers.  The team’s 30 years’ experience means that it works with the best barristers and external experts, advising on medical, technical, and quantum issues.

Clients who have suffered major trauma are represented by qualified solicitors and partners with decades of experience with a focus on ensuring the injured get the best rehabilitation to maximise their recovery, alleviating financial hardship caused by their injury and the best possible outcome.

For the past 18 years Leigh Day’s personal injury team has provided exclusive legal support to members of British Cycling and the British Triathlon Federation.

Leigh Day is listed in Headway’s Head Injury Solicitors Directory and in the Spinal Injuries Association’s ‘Guide to Choosing a Solicitor’ in recognition of our specialism in acting for seriously injured claimants.  They are a member of BackUp’s legal panel.

Head of the personal injury team, Sally Moore, is an accredited specialist for brain injury cases and has been Chair of Headway West London for the past seven years, a branch of the brain injury charity Headway UK.

Chambers Review

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Personal Injury: Mainly Claimant - London (Firms)
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What the team is known for

Leigh Day has an illustrious claimant team regularly instructed to act in catastrophic personal injury cases against a range of parties, including governments, public bodies and large corporations. Areas of expertise within the team include unlawful detention and torture, as well as high-level cycling injuries. It also offers particular expertise in cases concerning the mining industry, including claims relating to industrial disease, pollution and police violence. The team is highly experienced in taking cases to the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court and is regularly instructed on international mandates.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Bethany Sanders
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Bethany Sanders
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Band 4

Bethany Sanders is frequently called upon to act for claimants in serious injury claims. She is especially experienced in advising on cases involving brain and spinal injuries, often as a result of cycling accidents and other RTAs.

"She is always very responsive and helpful."

"Bethany Sanders takes on the heaviest cases and is able to drive them forward."

"She is hard-working, thorough and hands-on."

Sapna Malik
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Sapna Malik
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Band 3

Sapna Malik dedicates her personal injury practice to civil liberties and human rights claims. She is known for assisting clients with personal injury claims against UK government departments, including the Ministry of Defence.

"Sapna Malik has great people skills and knows how to win cases."

"She is very dedicated and stands up for commendable causes."

Martyn Day
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Martyn Day
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Senior Statespeople

Martyn Day is celebrated for his pioneering personal injury claims against corporations and the UK government, arising out of injuries sustained both at home and overseas. His areas of expertise include misconduct by the military, environmental pollution and historic rights violations.

"Martyn Day is a terrific lawyer."

"He cuts through the detail to get to the key issues. His decades of experience mean he has honed his understanding of how to approach matters and is astute at identifying the strong and weak parts of cases."

Sally Moore
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Sally Moore
Head of Personal Injury: Mainly Claimant
Star Individuals

Sally Moore leads the firm's personal injury department. She is among the country's standout practitioners for high-value personal injury accident claims, and is frequently sought out to handle brain, spinal, amputation and fatal accident cases. She is also noted in the market for her niche expertise in bringing cycling-related claims.

"She is fantastic - greatly experienced and good with clients."

"Sally Moore is extremely knowledgeable in this area and has been very good to work with, in terms of both knowledge and support."

"She is an absolutely first-class lawyer."

"She is capable of translating a complex journey into simple steps."

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Personal Injury: Mainly Claimant

Martyn Day
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Martyn Day
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Senior Statespeople
Sally Moore
Sally Moore
Head of Personal Injury: Mainly Claimant
Star Individuals
Sapna Malik
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Sapna Malik
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Band 3
Bethany Sanders
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Bethany Sanders
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Band 4