About
Provided by Russell-Cooke
Our personal injury and clinical negligence team specialises in complex, high-value, partner-led claims where our experience and specialisms can really add value to our clients. We see ourselves as a boutique team, providing a bespoke service to each client to help them achieve the result they want in a timely fashion.
We act almost exclusively for claimants and have expertise both physical and psychiatric claims. We are flexible in terms of funding and most of our work is on a CFA basis. We maintain a legal aid franchise for our birth injury practice
We pride ourselves on winning challenging cases and have had several high-profile cases in both the appellate courts. We are currently awaiting a Supreme Court decision on the application of the illegality defence in tortious claims.
Recently, we have acted in the below:
- Cross-border water park accident resulting in tetraplegia
- Cerebral palsy of the maximum severity due to oxygen deprivation at birth
- Double amputation arising from a failed suicide attempt
- Multiple amputations arising from the failure to diagnose a routine abscess
- Complex RTA claims with catastrophic injuries
- High-profile mental health claims resulting in unlawful killings and the illegality defence.
- High-profile historic child sex abuse claims.
- Shoreham Air Disaster
- Multiple Claims arising from the Grenfell fire.
We have a strong presence in sector groups such as APIL, AVMA and Inquest and are regular contributors to sector training and publications.
