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Clinical negligence: claimant
Clinical negligence: claimant
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- Hay & Kilner Newcastle
- Irwin Mitchell LLP Newcastle
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- Armstrong Foulkes Middlesbrough
- Ben Hoare Bell LLP Sunderland
- Burnetts Carlisle, Newcastle
- McKeag & Co Newcastle
- Thompsons Solicitors LLP Newcastle
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- Browell Smith & Co Newcastle
- Freemans Newcastle
- Simpson Millar LLP Gateshead
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- Samuel Phillips Law Firm Newcastle
Hay & Kilner has an ‘excellent grasp of clinical negligence law and an excellent manner with clients’, and recently settled several high-value claims including a sub-standard knee surgery case and a meningitis case. It also secured a £70,000 award in a dental claim. Clients rate Clare Thompson, Helen Morland and the ‘hugely experienced’ David Bradshaw. The firm has a multi-party action franchise.
Newly promoted partner Angela Kirtley leads the claimant-focused team at Irwin Mitchell LLP, which handles a diverse array of lower and high-value cases, and has particular expertise in birth trauma, surgical, orthopaedic, failure-to-diagnose and mental health cases. Lindsey Henderson, who has an NHS background, has recently joined the team from Browell Smith & Co.
Armstrong Foulkes’ ‘efficient’ five-fee-earner team continues to handle a broad range of claims. The ‘patient’ Peter Foulkes provides ‘clear’ and ‘comprehensive’ advice, and Hilton Armstrong is ‘knowledgeable, very calm and reassuring’.
Dawn Makepeace recently joined the team at Ben Hoare Bell LLP, which handles cerebral palsy claims, GP-related cases and inquests, among other matters. Community care expert Simon Garlick leads the experienced, four-fee-earner team.
The ‘excellent’ nine-fee-earner team at Burnetts, which is praised for its ‘real commitment to clients’, recently represented families at inquests, and several women who were wrongly given the all-clear in relation to breast cancer. The ‘highly experienced’ Angela Curran and practice head Vicki Jagger have neonatal injury expertise.
Patrick Rafferty’s team at McKeag & Co handles high-value brain injury and birth trauma cases as well as lower-value claims. Amira El Menabawey handles claims involving gynaecological complications and cosmetic surgery.
Janet Allan’s team at Thompsons Solicitors LLP has recently handled high-value ophthalmology, complex cerebral palsy and hip replacement cases.
Dr. Nicholas Wilkes and Clare O’Leary at Browell Smith & Co recently negotiated substantial settlements for clients suffering from intra-abdominal blood vessel injury and bowel injury.
The five-fee-earner team at Freemans continues to specialise in high-value birth injury claims, and is led by Helen Thompson.
The ‘very good’ Ben Gent handles clinical negligence work at Simpson Millar LLP. His recent workload includes hypoxic brain injury, compartment syndrome and negligent hip replacement cases.
Samuel Phillips Law Firm continues to hold a legal aid franchise for clinical negligence, and runs cases on CFAs. Barry Speker and Helen Routledge are highly experienced, and tend to service claimants outside of the region.
Clinical negligence: defendant
Clinical negligence: defendant
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- Beachcroft Newcastle
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- Ward Hadaway Newcastle
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- Samuel Phillips Law Firm Newcastle
David Weatherburn heads up the market-leading team at Beachcroft. It acts for clients such as Spire, BUPA and the MDC, and is well equipped to handle the most complex and high-value claims. It handles a significant amount of NHSLA work, and was recently appointed as one of the two UK-based third party administrators by US-based malpractice insurer AWAC. Neil Rowe, Catherine O’Dwyer and Dawn McIntosh are key individuals.
Jeffrey Keeble’s team at Ward Hadaway was recently reappointed to the panels of four trusts, including Cumbria Partnerships NHS Foundation Trust, and saw an increase in instructions from the NHSLA and MPS.
Samuel Phillips Law Firm’s Barry Speker continues to act for Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust on complex and high-value inquests.
Personal injury: claimant
Personal injury: claimant
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- Browell Smith & Co Newcastle
- Irwin Mitchell LLP Newcastle
- Thompsons Solicitors LLP Newcastle
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- Askews Solicitors Stockton on Tees
- Hay & Kilner Newcastle
- Russell Jones & Walker Newcastle
- Samuel Phillips Law Firm Newcastle
- Sintons LLP Newcastle
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- Archers Law LLP Stockton on Tees
- BHP Law Newcastle
- Beecham Peacock Newcastle
- Burnetts Carlisle
- Cartmell Shepherd Carlisle
- Freemans Newcastle
- Gorman Hamilton Solicitors Newcastle
- Hough Halton & Soal Carlisle
- Jacksons Law Stockton on Tees
- Marrons Solicitors Newcastle
- McKeag & Co Newcastle
- Ward Hadaway Newcastle
- Watson Burton LLP Newcastle
The ‘tenacious and hardworking’ Philip Davison recently succeeded Brian Freeman as head of department at Browell Smith & Co. The team handles industrial disease work through six separate disease teams, as well as handling serious RTA cases. Clients single out Dawn Bagley and Victoria Wanless.
The ‘outstanding’ John Davis leads the ‘very slick and impressive’ team at Irwin Mitchell LLP, which is ‘committed to getting the best outcome for its clients’. It runs complex cases arising out of serious RTAs, asbestos exposure and work-related accidents, regularly securing high-value settlements and early interim payments. Fran Mayes is ‘extremely hardworking and determined’, and Jane Pyrah and Helen Thomson are singled out as rising stars.
Robert Wood leads the team at Thompsons Solicitors LLP, which successfully ran several mesothelioma ‘Trigger Issues’ test cases, as well as employers’ and public liability cases, and has a specialist military offering. Roberta Pyle recently joined the asbestos team from Berrymans Lace Mawer LLP.
Simon Askew’s specialist team at Askews Solicitors, which includes the newly promoted Matthew Moran, continues to concentrate on RTA and asbestos-related claims.
Bruce Howorth’s department at Hay & Kilner recently settled a brain injury claim for £3m, and handles maximum-severity employers’ and public liability cases. It has a multi-party action franchise.
Russell Jones & Walker covers the full gamut of lower and high-value cases for trade unions, private clients and membership organisations such as the Police Federation.
Samuel Phillips Law Firm’s Alan Stobart handles cases involving accidents at work, slips and trips, RSI, RTAs and industrial disease.
Jim Dias leads the 37-fee-earner team at Sintons LLP, which includes Mark Quigley. It recently secured a £3.65m award for a tetraplegic claimant involved in an RTA, and also advised on multiple mesothelioma cases.
Angela Torrance’s team at Archers Law LLP played a pivotal role in settling a test case for a group of miners involving HAVS and CTS claims. It receives a large volume of referrals from its trade union clients, and handles industrial disease, industrial accident and RTA claims.
BHP Law’s practice head Paul Saxon acted on consumer protection cases involving blood products and fireworks, and high-value brain injury cases. Karen Pratt and Emma Gaudern are Court of Protection deputies.
Beecham Peacock provides a ‘first-class service’ to its predominantly trade union client list. Kirsten Scott, a ‘champion of accident victims’, and David Lamb, who is a ‘brilliant advocate’, jointly lead the 11-fee-earner team.
Burnetts’ Nick Gutteridge settled a multimillion-pound claim for a C6 incomplete tetraplegic client injured in a farm accident, and a £180,000 claim for a fisherman injured by a trawler.
Carol Fish handles catastrophic and spinal injury cases at Cartmell Shepherd.
The team at Freemans is experienced in complex claims including asbestos and mesothelioma cases.
David Hamilton handles industrial disease and RTA claims at Gorman Hamilton Solicitors.
Hough Halton & Soal recently acted in a complex silicosis case and a £1m hydrogen bromide exposure case. Jonathan Ditchburn and Andrew Kirkpatrick are the key contacts.
At Jacksons Law, Jonathan Fletcher has a niche equine practice and also handles industrial disease, slip and trip, and whiplash claims.
David Allan at ‘quality outfit’ Marrons Solicitors handles high-value head and spinal injury cases, and the wider team is experienced in industrial disease, asbestos and RTA claims.
McKeag & Co’s head and brain injury specialist Patrick Rafferty recently settled a £4m claim.
Roger O’Donnell’s team at Ward Hadaway covers a wide range of claims, including RTA and industrial disease work.
Watson Burton LLP’s Helena Motherway recently settled a £1.25m cross-border motorcycle accident claim and a £95,000 mesothelioma claim.
Personal injury: defendant
Personal injury: defendant
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- Beachcroft Newcastle
- Berrymans Lace Mawer LLP Stockton on Tees
- Crutes Law Firm Newcastle
- Sintons LLP Newcastle
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- Eversheds LLP Newcastle
- Hay & Kilner Newcastle
- Ward Hadaway Newcastle
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- Watson Burton LLP Newcastle
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- Jacksons Law Stockton on Tees
Catherine Burt’s team at Beachcroft, which was recently joined by a further six fee-earners, now operates 11 specialist product lines. New client QBE bolsters the team’s impressive client list, which includes Zurich Insurance plc, Allianz Insurance plc and Northumbrian Water.
Berrymans Lace Mawer LLP’s Stockton team only handles motor claims, and remains the principal provider of motor legal services to one of the UK’s largest insurers. In 2010, the six-solicitor, 36-paralegal team handled some 5,000 claims, around 3,000 litigated and the remainder settled. The highly regarded Tony Walton heads the ‘conscientious, reliable and extremely knowledgeable’ team.
Bellway and Hargreaves plc are new additions to Crutes Law Firm’s strong client base, which includes 55 local authority clients. Notable highlights included acting for Brit Insurance in a serious road traffic claim that settled for £3m. Rod Searl heads up the large team, which was boosted by the arrival of Ruth Markham.
The team at Sintons LLP provides a ‘very high level of service’, ‘understands the insurance world’, and ‘negotiates quick and economic settlements’. Jamie McCabe, who specialises in brain and spinal cord injury cases, is regarded as ‘one of the best catastrophic injury lawyers in the country’. The team counts Nissan Motor Manufacturing (UK) and Tokio Marine/R-Tek as clients.
Eversheds LLP’s Lex Dowie is an expert in insidious disease claims.
The ‘excellent’ Alun Williams leads the four-fee-earner team at Hay & Kilner, which recently defended an insurer in a multiple-collision accident case, and also handled claims relating to asbestos, benzene, and noise and vibration exposure.
The ‘respected’ team at Ward Hadaway acts for 60 NHS organisations and corporate clients on work-related accident claims, and includes newly promoted partner Lisa Evans and Katy Lund. The firm remains on the NHSLA Non-Clinical Negligence Panel.
Helena Motherway provides a ‘first-class service’ at Watson Burton LLP, and handles respiratory disease, vibration white finger and deafness claims.
Jacksons Law’s Jonathan Fletcher represents defendants in occupiers’ liability, employers’ liability and industrial disease matters.
Professional negligence
Professional negligence
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- Watson Burton LLP Newcastle
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- Crutes Law Firm Newcastle
- Hay & Kilner Newcastle
- Sintons LLP Newcastle
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- Burnetts Carlisle
The large team at Watson Burton LLP maintains particular expertise in the construction, legal and finance sectors. Notable highlights included successfully defending a £8m claim against an engineer by a French claimant in the French Court of Appeal. Team head Richard Palmer is a ‘trusted panel lawyer’.
The ‘respected’ Helen Ager heads up the team at Crutes Law Firm, which provides an ‘excellent service that is very client focused’. Recent highlights include advising on a claim against solicitors relating to a piece of allegedly landlocked land. Tom Whitfield is ‘top of his game’.
Hay & Kilner acts for and against a diverse array of professionals including solicitors, banks and surveyors. Ros Sparrow recently advised on the potential liability of a contractor and subcontractor for a defective topographical survey.
Clients find Sintons LLP’s ‘quiet but knowledgeable approach to be a refreshing change’. Recent highlights include securing a six-figure sum for a private individual against a major regional law firm relating to a negligent Coal Authority search for a residential property.
Burnetts has a niche negligent conveyancing offering, and is currently advising on claims against an accountant and a firm of family law solicitors. Patricia Hall is the key contact.