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Winchester, Southampton, Portsmouth, Oxford, London

Claire Howard

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Work Department

Personal injury department.

Position

Claire is a partner in the personal injury practice group. She heads up the personal injury team. She specialises in cases of utmost severity, including brain injury, spinal injuries, amputations and industrial disease. Claire works predominantly for claimants but also does some defence work..

Career

Trained Blake Lapthorn; qualified 1994; solicitor personal injury team 1994; senior solicitor 1997; partner 2007.

Member

Senior litigator Association of Personal Injury Lawyers; Headway accredited solicitor; Law Society personal injury specialist.

Education

Winton Comprehensive; Essex University; Aberdeen University; Guildford College of Law (1990 LLB; 1991 LLM).

Leisure

Foreign travel, walking (dogs), real ale, theatre.

Practice Areas

Personal injury - either side

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