Charles Edwards

Practice Areas

Charles is an experienced, collaborative practitioner with more than 25 years’ experience in the field of personal injury who thrives on achieving the best possible outcomes for his clients. He is listed in The Legal 500 Hall of Fame, which highlights lawyers who have received constant praise from their clients for continued excellence and are considered to be at the pinnacle of the legal profession.

Charles specialises in the highest-value and most complex value personal injury claims, with a particular interest in claimants who have sustained either spinal cord or brain injury. He has experience in dealing with a variety of types of claims, covering road traffic accidents, accidents at work and in accidents public places.

Over the past 20 years of his career at Stewarts, Charles has settled claims for clients totalling in excess of £200m. These include high-level spinal cord injury cases, brain injury cases involving minimally aware clients, high-earning City workers, and claims with an international element.

Career

After obtaining a law degree, Charles obtained a masters in International Business Litigation from King’s College London. His training took place at a regional firm where he gained experience to specialise in civil litigation, before moving to a large national firm to focus on personal injury. He joined Stewarts in 2003 and now specialises in only the most severe and complex claims.

Professional Memberships

Membership of APIL Senior Litigator (APIL)

Publications

Charles is a strong believer in collaboration between parties in order to achieve the best outcome for his client. He has given presentations to both insurers and defendant solicitors about the benefits to all parties of a transparent and proactive approach to claims.

He has also given presentations at the International Spinal Cord Society Annual Meetings (Dublin, Vienna).

Personal

Charles is a keen amateur athlete who has competed in a number of marathons and distance events. He is particularly proud of finishing in the top 20% of competitors at the UK Half Ironman (1.2-mile swim, 56-mile bike ride and 13.1-mile run) and still has ambitions to complete a full distance ironman, albeit he has been saying that for a number of years now.