Andrew Zajac

Practice Areas

Andrew is a Partner within the serious injury team in our Manchester office. He specialises in cases involving catastrophic injuries such as brain injury, spinal cord injury, amputation, chronic pain and polytrauma, and acts on behalf of adults and children. Andrew is known for delivering clear legal advice in a way that clients understand. He goes above and beyond expectations to provide exceptional client care and demonstrates outstanding attention to detail.

Clients and others in the industry describe Andrew as “an excellent lawyer” who is “skilled at working with complex challenging clients”.

Career

Andrew is a Partner within the serious injury team in our Manchester office. He specialises in cases involving catastrophic injuries such as brain injury, spinal cord injury, amputation, chronic pain and polytrauma, and acts on behalf of adults and children. Andrew is known for delivering clear legal advice in a way that clients understand. He goes above and beyond expectations to provide exceptional client care and demonstrates outstanding attention to detail.

Clients and others in the industry describe Andrew as “the most devoted solicitor I know”, who is “fiercely intelligent and a strategist” and “an excellent lawyer” who is “skilled at working with complex challenging clients”.

Andrew completed his training with Taylor Vinters and qualified as a solicitor into the personal injury team there in 2006. In 2013 he moved with the team to Slater and Gordon, first in Cambridge and then to Manchester. He joined Leigh Day as a Partner in the Manchester personal injury team in May 2021.

Professional Memberships

Andrew is a member of the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL) and until his move to Manchester in early 2019 was company secretary of Headway Hertfordshire.

He regularly presents to case managers and others including in relation to the legal and rehabilitation pathway.

Personal

Andrew enjoys spending time with his young family as well as helping with coaching youth cricket and football teams. Still playing cricket (just about) and always on the lookout for a challenge for a good cause and to help maintain a semblance of fitness.

Languages Spoken

French and Polish now to a reasonably basic level.