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.

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Alla Kingswood

Amy Anderson

Bernadette McGhie

Claire Henaghan

Dominic Fairclough

Lucy Lawson

Lucy Wilton

Nimmisha Aslam

Ruth Roberts

Sarah Towler

Teri Gauge-Klein