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Provided by Richard Brooks

UK

Practice Areas

Racing and Bloodstock | Animal accidents | Chronic Pain and CRPS | Injury | Road accidents | Spinal Injury

Career

Richard Brooks is based in London and represents clients nationwide and abroad.

He is a litigator with a broad civil litigation and regulatory practise. He heads the Personal Injury Department in London and is joint head of the firm’s Racing and Bloodstock team.

Richard has over 30 years’ experience and is consistently ranked as a leader in his field by the major legal directories. He represents Claimants who have suffered catastrophic personal injury such as spinal cord injury and brain injury as well as people with complex orthopaedic or psychiatric damage. He has a special interest in cases of chronic pain and functional neurological disorder.

He has a real understanding of cases involving Permanent Health Insurance or Group Income Protection Insurance in which both employees and employers find themselves in dispute with insurance companies who fail to accept claims for cover.

Having worked in two niche equine law firms and ridden out in racing stables for a number of years he also has a special interest in horseracing.

He can be considered one of only a handful of real expert solicitors in claims involving animals.

Richard is also an accredited Mediator and part of the firm’s mediation team. Known in particular for mediating equine-related matters he acts in a wide range of other commercial, property and other disputes.

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