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LONDON
EC1N 2PZ
England
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Chani Dhaliwal

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07435 750961 chani.dhaliwal@irwinmitchell.com

Work Department

Serious Injury

Position

Partner

Career

Chani leads and manages a Serious Injury team in the London office.

He specialises in complex serious injury cases representing clients with brain injury, spinal cord injury, amputation, and complex orthopaedic injuries.

He also deals with high profile fatal claims and has a specialist interest in insurance indemnity and MIB issues.

Chani has built a reputation of handling difficult cases and getting results.

He is passionate about helping our clients get the best rehabilitation after suffering life changing injuries. He has expertise in securing substantial interim payments for the purpose of providing rehabilitation, private care packages and accommodation.

He trained at Irwin Mitchell and qualified into the Serious Injury team. He is responsible for a team of solicitors specialising in a wide range of complex serious injury cases.

His recent work includes:

  • Representing a client at a complicated 10-day trial at the Royal Courts of Justice after they had suffered brain injuries in a road traffic accident
  • Representing a client at trial after they suffered a severe brain injury when hit by a car, against strong opposition from the drivers’ insurers
  • £10.4m compensation for a client who suffered a catastrophic brain injury due to an accident at work
  • £1.82m compensation and ongoing £55,000 payments for a client who needs life-long care after a severe brain injury
  • £2.7m compensation for a client who had to have a leg amputation after being hit by a car
  • A substantial interim payment to pay for a Exoskeleton ReWalk device which will let a client with paraplegia to walk
  • Represented the wife and daughter of the man who died in the Crossrail fatality.

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London > Insurance > Personal injury: claimant

(Next Generation Partners)

Chani Dhaliwal – Irwin Mitchell

Irwin Mitchell‘s personal injury team is ‘unparalleled in the scope of work’ it takes on. Headed up by London head of personal injury Richard Geraghty, who specialises in spinal cord and brain injuries as well as amputations; national serious injury leader, the ‘indomitable‘ Tracey Storey; and regional managing partner Alison Eddy, an expert in head injury cases, the team is ‘content to take on the most challenging cases‘, both within the UK and internationally. Demetrius Danas is the key senior contact for international serious work, and is additionally experienced in aviation and marine injury claims. Senior associate Leane Shanks is another notable name for international work. Sarah Griggs is particularly experienced in traumatic brain injury cases which involve capacity issues. The team also works in the asbestos-related disease field, supporting claimants with mesothelioma. Chani Dhaliwal is described by one client as being ‘as good as they get‘, and has particular strength securing substantial interim payments to fund care and neuro-rehabilitation.

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