David Evison > Anthony Collins Solicitors LLP > Birmingham, England > Lawyer Profile

Anthony Collins Solicitors LLP
134 EDMUND STREET
BIRMINGHAM
B3 2ES
England

Work Department

Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence (Claimant - West Midlands)

Position

David is head of the claims against public authorities team and a partner in the personal injury and clinical negligence team

Career

David is head of the claims against public authorities team and a member of the personal injury and clinical negligence team. He leads the firm’s work on behalf of people who have suffered injury due to negligence and failures of duty of care. Leaning on his 15 years of experience, David is is passionate about access to justice for clients, sourcing Legal Aid funding where appropriate in order to make sure justice is available for all.

David takes a holistic approach when acting on behalf of clients who have suffered clinical negligence or personal injury, including those who have suffered catastrophic, spinal and brain injuries; endeavouring to secure the best result and quality of life possible in the future.

In his claims against public authorities work, David represents vulnerable individuals who have suffered injury, abuse, or have had their Human Rights breached due to failures by a public authority such as social services. David goes beyond achieving compensation, seeking a positive outcome to litigation, plus where appropriate acknowledgement of failures, recognition of the harm that clients have suffered with the aim of helping them move forward with their lives.

Lawyer Rankings

West Midlands > Insurance > Personal injury: claimant

At Anthony Collins Solicitors LLP ‘the ethics of the firm and its culture ensure that the client’s needs always come first’. Rankeshwar Batta (a ‘brilliant leader’) acts for claimants in a broad range of matters from more modest-value claims to complex multimillion-pound cases. The team also represents people at inquests.  Ann Houghton has experience of cases with a foreign jurisdictional element. David Evison has niche expertise in abuse and human rights claims. Senior associate Victoria Fullilove also covers professional negligence matters arising out of personal injury claims.

West Midlands > Insurance > Clinical negligence: claimant

Anthony Collins Solicitors LLP fields a ‘small, friendly team with an excellent track record of achieving impressive results for clients’. It is led by Rankeshwar Batta who has an ‘excellent knowledge of CPR and excellent tactical nous’. Batta has extensive experience of all types of clinical negligence cases, including maximum severity/catastrophic injuries, and professional negligence work. David Evison has niche expertise in abuse and human rights claims for both children and adults. In addition, Evison often receives instructions from the Official Solicitor. Ann Houghton handles a wide variety of cases including those of maximum severity. Victoria Fullilove regularly works on complex maximum severity cases frequently involving multi-million-pound settlements.