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Penningtons Solicitors LLP

HIGHFIELD, BRIGHTON ROAD, GODALMING, GU7 1NS, ENGLAND
Tel:
Work 01483 791800
Fax:
Fax 01483 411400
DX:
58300 GODALMING 1
Web:
www.penningtons.co.uk
Email:
London, Godalming, Basingstoke

Mark Lee

Tel:
Work +44 1483 411402
Email:
Penningtons Solicitors LLP

Work Department

Business services, travel.

Position

Partner in charge of the firm’s nationally recognised travel group. He is a personal injury lawyer and has extensive experience representing claimants and defendants regarding personal injury claims for accidents abroad. He also advises tour operators regarding their terms and conditions and their potential liability to consumers and assists insurers regarding the recovery of any outlay relating to an accident abroad. Notable case successes include Julie Bygrave v Thomas Cook Tour Operations Ltd, Robert Cowley v Irvine Whitlock and Susan Pimbblet v Kevin Clelland & Ethniki.

Career

Trained Stones Solicitors; qualified 2000; assistant solicitor at Brachers (2000-01); assistant solicitor then associate at Irwin Mitchell (incorporating Lorenzo Zurbrugg) (2001-08); partner Penningtons Solicitors LLP 2009.

Languages

French, Spanish.

Member

Travel & Tourism Lawyers Association (TATLA); Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL); British Spanish Lawyers Association (BSLA); Pan European Organisation of Personal Injury Lawyers (PEOPIL).

Education

Canford School, Dorset; The University of the West of England, Bristol (European Law and Languages (French and Spanish), 2(1); LLB (Hons); 1998 LPC).

Practice Areas

Health and safety; Litigation - insurance/reinsurance; Personal injury - either side

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    There are a number of aspects of the rules for tier 1 investors and entrepreneurs that are unclear or unnecessarily restrictive and we have been in extensive dialogue for many months now with the UKBA on a range of issues, both policy and technical.
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