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Personal injury: claimant
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- Kester Cunningham John Thetford
- Taylor Vinters Cambridge
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- Ameer Meredith Solicitors Cambridge
- Ashton Graham Ipswich, Bury St Edmunds, Felixstowe
- Fosters Norwich
- Scrivenger Seabrook Solicitors St Neots
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- Buckles Solicitors LLP Peterborough
- Gotelee Solicitors Ipswich
- HC Solicitors Peterborough
- Hansells Norwich
- Hegarty LLP Peterborough
- Metcalfe, Copeman & Pettefar Thetford, King’s Lynn, Peterborough
- Rogers and Norton Norwich
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- Birketts LLP Ipswich
- Cozens-Hardy LLP Norwich
- Hatch Brenner LLP Norwich
- Morgan Jones & Pett Norwich
- Tees Solicitors Cambridge
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- Comer Crawley Diss
- Fowler de Pledge Cambridge
- Fraser Dawbarns Wisbech
- Godfrey Morgan Solicitors Limited Norwich
- Greene & Greene Bury St Edmunds
- Leathes Prior Norwich
- Leeds Day Huntingdon
- Mears Hobbs & Durrant Lowestoft
- Mills & Reeve LLP Norwich
- Steeles Law LLP Diss, Norwich
- Ward Gethin King’s Lynn
Kester Cunningham John is ‘a top-class firm with top-class practitioners’, notably Ruth Booy, who is noted for her ‘excellent strategic thinking’; Hannah Rutterford, who is ‘bright, and highly regarded by other PI lawyers’; Simon Davis (‘organised and calm’); and Justina Molloy (‘absolutely fantastic’). Recent work includes a £2.5m RTA claim.
Paul Tapner ‘runs a very efficient, practical operation’ at Taylor Vinters, which is ‘prepared to go the extra mile’ and is ‘committed to client service’, and has a large team of experienced associates. Emma Truin stands out for her empathic qualities. Recent work includes a claim concerning a vehicle used as a weapon.
‘An excellent firm, dedicated to its clients, and exceptionally good with brain injury cases’, Ameer Meredith Solicitors has a formidable reputation in catastrophic injury claims over £1m. ‘An inspiration’, Yasmin Ameer ‘gives clear, dependable advice’.
Ashton Graham is ‘one of the best claimant firms; client care is second to none’. Robert Gair’s team includes Richard Foyster (‘a passionate supporter of his clients’), and Michael Wangermann (‘extremely conscientious, exceptionally thorough’).
Stephen Green and deputy coroner Jacqueline Lake at Fosters ‘take time to ensure clients are comfortable’. The team of five saw claims up to £7.2m in value.
Scrivenger Seabrook Solicitors is ‘professional in every respect, and the team’s knowledge is outstanding’. Marc Folgate is ‘approachable and reliable’, and Helen Hillson is also recommended.
At Buckles Solicitors LLP, Roger Clarke and experienced litigator Martin Herson handle fatal accident, industrial injury, disease and RTA claims across the region. Ongoing matters include a claim involving psychological injury from bullying.
Gotelee Solicitors’ team, under Tim Humpage, is ‘exceptionally conscientious and precise, one of the best’. Settlements included £600,000 for a client who lost a leg in an industrial accident. Howard Bush has ‘a good bedside manner, but is prepared to stand his ground’.
David Heming at HC Solicitors is ‘commercial, approachable; not only a highly skilled solicitor, but also a local deputy coroner’. The firm handles around 400 claims each year.
Hansells has popular practitioners Pamela Hoare and Shelyna Mariscal. Recent highlights include advising an insurer on damages management.
Hegarty LLP’s Matthew Sidebottom and Sean Rowcliffe are noted for their calm professionalism and tenacity. Rowcliffe recently secured an award of £220,000 for a bricklayer whose foot was crushed by a forklift truck.
Metcalfe, Copeman & Pettefar has Ben Dures, who excels in RTAs and employers’ liability. Sarah Adlam obtained over £6m for a claimant left tetraplegic after a road accident.
Rogers and Norton’s Tim Nobbs and Mark Hambling, accredited as a senior litigator by APIL, are ‘notably conscientious’, with a practice spanning employers’ liability, public liability and RTA claims.
Birketts LLP’s team includes Richard Hayes, who is noted as attentive and accessible, and legal executive Martin Squire. It recently settled a £200,000 RTA claim.
Cozens-Hardy LLP’s Damian Short’s experience includes acquired traumatic brain injury cases. The APIL-accredited team regularly handles claims exceeding £1m.
Hatch Brenner LLP has Rosemary Escott (who is ‘down to earth and supportive’) and Colin Cook (‘polite and friendly’). Recent highlights include three six-figure brain injury settlements.
The vast experience of David Jones and David Pett makes Morgan Jones & Pett one of Norwich’s leading firms for serious RTA claims.
Paul Taylor’s team at Tees Solicitors delivers ‘the best possible advice and excellent value’, with strengths including brain injury cases. An ‘encouraging, skilful negotiator’, Nick Ware handles claims against the MoD.
The ‘skilful and thorough’ Ian Comer and Emma Crawley of specialist firm Comer Crawley settled over 400 claims in 2010. The firm is ‘well known for sympathetic client handling’.
Andrew Fowler at Fowler de Pledge is one of the region’s most experienced PI lawyers, and a deputy district judge.
William Morris at Fraser Dawbarns, coroner for north and east Cambridgeshire, is among the area’s most experienced practitioners.
Godfrey Morgan Solicitors Limited’s Godfrey Morgan has ‘great understanding of the law, and genuine compassion’, and focuses on high-value claims including mesothelioma and asbestosis matters.
Greene & Greene is appreciated for its ‘excellent business acumen, and unbiased advice explained in layman’s terms’. Michael Batty ‘works very methodically with emphasis on detail’, and is experienced in complex, multi-track claims.
Leathes Prior’s Tim Cary (‘a real character, overflowing with knowledge’) and Darren Bowen have strong links with local motor insurers. The team is active across RTA, brain injury and accident-at-work cases.
At Leeds Day in Huntingdon, litigator Ron Metcalfe is a member of the Law Society’s PI panel.
The standout practice in Lowestoft, Mears Hobbs & Durrant has Angus Lyon, a Court of Protection deputy and trained psychotherapist, handling maximum-severity RTA, fatal injury and psychiatric injury claims.
Mills & Reeve LLP’s Sarah Garrood is ‘very polite, and gives constructive advice’. She recently recovered compensation for injury caused by faulty installation of a gas fire.
Noted for his straightforward approach, Steeles Law LLP’s APIL-accredited Christopher Moore recently dealt with mesothelioma claims and a multi-jurisdictional claim following a fatal cycling accident.
Senior litigator Chris Dewey at Ward Gethin advises many trade union clients.
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