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The ‘very professional and knowledgeable’ team at Irwin Mitchell LLP is very well regarded for its experience handling spinal and brain injury claims. Jane Wright heads the team in Leeds, which was bolstered in January 2011 by the arrival of Mark Tempest from Hempsons. Associate Martha Sweet is ‘tenacious, determined and bright.’ The team in Sheffield, led by Adrian Budgen, has a specialist armed forces injury team and advised on asbestos and road traffic claims in 2010. Neil Whiteley is a ‘very good technical lawyer’.

The ‘excellent’ team at Russell Jones & Walker, led by Simon Allen, has recently won a number of significant clients, and advises on occupational illness, employers’ liability and maximum severity cases.

Stewarts Law LLP is ‘outstanding in personal injury litigation’, and has recently been instructed in a significant number of spinal cord and brain injury cases. The ‘resolute, committed and extremely able’ Daniel Herman, who leads the team, acted in a high-profile personal injury case in 2010, in which the award was the highest ever reported, at £11.15m.

Thompsons Solicitors LLP’s has a ‘very strong’ industrial disease practice, and has been increasingly focused on asbestos litigation of late, as well as working on numerous deafness cases. Samantha Hemsley heads the ‘very competent’ team.

The team at Harrowells LLP is active in accident and occupational disease cases, with areas of focus including head and spinal injuries. Richard Wood is the head of the department.

Keeble Hawson’s team, headed by the ‘well-respected and more than competent’ David Jones, continues to work for a range of trade union clients, and specialises in employers’ liability and occupiers’/public liability matters.

Morrish Solicitors LLP advises on occupational disease, catastrophic injury and spinal injury cases, and works closely with trade unions. Martin Bare heads the department.

Walker Morris’ department focuses on road traffic accident claims, and in 2010 also handled a significant amount of employers’ liability work. Clients include Allianz, Claims Direct and Amicus Legal.

Atherton Godfrey deals with a wide range of claims, from employers’ liability to slips and trips.

Hamers Solicitors advises on road and work accidents as well as industrial disease cases.

The team at Lupton Fawcett LLP, led by Graham Ford, works for private clients, and also handled a significant amount of work for legal expense insurers in 2010.

Specialist personal injury firm Minster Law Limited handles a wide variety of claims by individuals.

Pattinson & Brewer’s specialist personal injury team is led by office head Jane Radcliffe, who is ‘genuine, with a passionate commitment to her claimant practice’.

Wake Smith & Tofields advises on child accidents and sports or recreational accidents as well as mainstream personal injury claims.

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