Mr Des Collins > Collins Solicitors > Watford, England > Lawyer Profile
Collins Solicitors Offices
20 STATION ROAD
WATFORD
WD17 1AR
England
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Mr Des Collins
Work Department
Civil Litigation
Position
Senior Partner
Career
Des Collins is Senior Partner of Collins Solicitors. He specialises in civil litigation and continues to be involved in high profile cases.
He is currently leading the firm’s representation of 1,200 victims and their families at the Infected Blood Public Inquiry, as well as 500+ people in relation to the concurrent ‘Contaminated Blood Products Group Litigation Order’ in the High Court.
His work has included the representation of rail crash victims at Public Inquiries and over 250 families following the Buncefield Oil Terminal explosion. He successfully led the landmark negligence claim against Corby Borough Council, on behalf of children suffering significant birth defects owing to their mother’s exposure to toxic waste during the demolition of the British Steel Works in Corby.
Des has been the recipient of numerous awards and, in 2019, was included again on The Lawyer’s list of ‘Hot 100’ lawyers for 2019.
Lawyer Rankings
South East > Insurance > Clinical negligence: claimant
Collins Solicitors‘ Watford handles a wide variety of clinical negligence and personal injury cases – the key names are founding and senior partner Des Collins
and fellow civil litigation expert Danielle Holliday . The pair are currently representing 1500 participants on the high-profile Contaminated Blood statutory inquiry, established to investigate the NHS giving out inflected blood and blood products from the 1970s, and the duo can both draw on significant experience of working on other high-stakes matters. Senior associate Anna Murduck is another key contact within the team.
South East > Insurance > Personal injury: claimant
(Hall of Fame)Collins Solicitors is described as a ‘thoughtful and hardworking boutique firm which always put clients first’ and acts on complex, high-value and multi-party claims in the personal injury space. Des Collins heads up the department and has a demonstrably strong track record for complex claims alongside civil and group litigation. Danielle Holliday is another key contact at partner level.
Lawyer Rankings
- Clinical negligence: claimant South East > Insurance
- Hall of Fame South East > Insurance > Personal injury: claimant
- Personal injury: claimant South East > Insurance