Donna Makin > Geldards LLP > Cardiff, United Kingdom > Lawyer Profile
Geldards LLP Offices
Capital Quarter No.4
Tyndall Street
Cardiff
CF10 4BQ
United Kingdom
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Donna Makin
Work Department
Corporate Claims
Position
Donna heads up the Corporate Claims team and has specialised in defendant personal injury claims since 1992. She defends public and employer liability claims on behalf of insurers, devolved government, local authorities and public bodies, charities and large corporates. Her practice encompasses injury claims (ranging from slips/trips through to catastrophic injury and death) and occupational disease claims (including asbestos related diseases, occupational deafness, cancers, vibration white finger, and dermatitis). She also advises on risk management and policy and undertakes insurance and corporate archaeology, claims audits and internal investigations.
Donna has specialised in defendant personal injury work since qualification. She was previously a Partner at Eversheds and headed an employer liability team there before joining Geldards. She regularly defends asbestos related claims in the High Court as well as multi track injury and occupational disease claims in the County Court. In addition to her employer liability practice, Donna regularly is instructed to defend public liability claims in negligence and under the Occupiers’ Liability Acts.
Lawyer Rankings
Wales > Insurance > Personal injury: defendant
(Leading individuals)The ‘knowledgeable, friendly and professional’ team at Geldards LLP excels in handling employer and public liability defence work for clients that operate insurance captives or self-insure. ‘Technically very able’ team head Donna Makin delivers ‘well thought out and sound advice’, including in the context of industrial disease claims, as well as in relation to the management of large corporate liability portfolios.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading individuals Wales > Insurance > Personal injury: defendant
- Personal injury: defendant Wales > Insurance
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation
- Real estate > Construction
- Corporate and commercial
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Real estate > Planning and environment
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Public sector
Firm Rankings
- Finance > Banking and finance
- Insurance > Clinical negligence: claimant
- Real estate > Commercial property
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Employment > Employment
- Private client > Family
- Insurance > Personal injury: defendant
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Real estate > Social housing
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport