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Anthony Collins Solicitors LLP Offices

134 EDMUND STREET
BIRMINGHAM
B3 2ES
England
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Ann Houghton

Work Department
Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence (Claimant)
Position
Partner in the clinical negligence and personal injury team
Career
An expert in personal injury and clinical negligence compensation claims for individuals, Ann has a wealth of experience winning multi-million-pound compensation awards for clients, some in excess of £20,000,000. She is externally recognised for her legal prowess and has featured in the legal directories rankings every year since 2017.
Ann provides advice across all areas of personal injury and clinical negligence work. Backed by more than a decade of experience working on catastrophic and brain injury claims, she specialises in birth injury claims and personal injury claims for children who have sustained brain injury.
Ann also focuses on cases involving the mismanagement of sepsis and works closely with the UK Sepsis Trust. Her extensive knowledge of brain injuries and sepsis enables her to quickly grasp cases and secure the maximum compensation for the injured individual. A dedicated and talented lawyer, Ann is highly regarded by other professionals in the sector, such as medics, case managers and charities.
Lawyer Rankings
West Midlands > Insurance > Personal injury: claimant
(Next Generation Partners)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
(Next Generation Partners)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.
Lawyer Rankings
- Clinical negligence: claimant West Midlands > Insurance
- Next Generation Partners West Midlands > Insurance > Clinical negligence: claimant
- Next Generation Partners West Midlands > Insurance > Personal injury: claimant
- Personal injury: claimant West Midlands > Insurance
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- Insurance > Clinical negligence: claimant
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