Helen Clifford

Practice Areas

Personal injury, accidents at work, construction industry, brain and spinal injuries, catastrophic injuries, fatal accidents, inquests, amputation, rehabilitation, complex quantum and liability, medical negligence, employment law.

Career

Clifford & Co trained and qualified, partner and then sole principal

Leigh Day set up and head of construction injury team

McMillan Williams (now Taylor Rose MW) head of personal injury

Helen Clifford Law sole principal

Professional Memberships

APIL- senior litigator

Health & Safety Lawyers Association

Personal

Helen has first hand experience of the impact that a serious accident can have. Her grandfather lost a leg in an accident at work.

Work Highlights

https://www.helencliffordlaw.co.uk/a-multi-award-winning-lawyer.html

Surrey Law Society’s lawyer of the year 2023

Described by the judges as an incredibly worthy winner who consistently achieved phenomenal results for clients.

https://awards.surreylawsociety.org.uk/

Ranked in Chambers 2024- Band 2 & Legal 500

APIL Senior Litigator

https://www.apil.org.uk/injury-lawyer/helen-clifford/25865

June 2021 set up Helen Clifford Law

2015-2018 Partner & Head of Personal Injury at McMillan Williams (now Taylor Rose MW)

2012-2015 Leigh Day: set up & was head of construction accident team, offered partnership 2015.

Health & safety campaigner.

Speaker in relation to construction industry accidents & bullying in the legal profession

https://www.helencliffordlaw.co.uk/blog/integrity-part-2.html

Legal adviser to the London Hazards Centre, Construction Safety Campaign, and Families Against Corporate Killers.

Renowned for acting against high level organisations, and has won cases against, for example, the Ministry of Defence, Crossrail, law firms, major construction companies & insurers.

Expertise in complex, high value claims involving a range of injuries including brain injury, spinal cord injury, fatal accidents, amputation & orthopaedic injuries.

She is considered to be a formidable opponent

Clients speak of Helen’s tenacity, client centred caring approach, and availability to support them in all aspects of their life