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Irwin Mitchell Offices
One St Peter’s Square
MANCHESTER
M2 3AF
England
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Matthew Brown
Work Department
Serious Injury
Position
Partner
Career
I joined Irwin Mitchell as a trainee solicitor in 1997 and qualified in 1999. I spent nine years developing my expertise in the field of personal injury litigation at the firm’s Leeds office, and was appointed Associate in 2004.
In 2008 I moved to Manchester to help develop our new office there, and this is where I remain, practising exclusively in the field of Claimant catastrophic injury litigation (typically claims involving head and spinal injury, complex orthopaedic injuries & amputation).
Formerly Secretary of the Wakefield branch of Headway, I now sit on the Management committee of Headway Salford and I am a member of the Law Society Personal Injury Panel. I am an APIL accredited Senior Litigator.
I was made a Partner in the practice in May 2010.
Memberships
APIL; Law Society Personal Injury Panel member.
Education
Danum Comprehensive, Doncaster; Durham University (1996 Law 2(1)); York College of Law (1997).
Lawyer Rankings
North West > Insurance > Personal injury: claimant
(Leading individuals)Irwin Mitchell‘s international claimant personal injury practice, based in Manchester, is led by Jonathan Betts, an APIL accredited brain injury specialist. Betts is supported by Matthew Brown, an experienced litigator with a strong record in liability and quantum disputes; cross-border serious injury claims specialist Cheryl Palmer-Hughes; and asbestos claims expert Geraldine Coombs. The firm is well known for its military injuries sub-group, key names within which include Amanda Marsh and Carol Purang. Matthew Garson and Richard Biggs were both promoted to partner in May 2022 and 2023, respectively.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading individuals North West > Insurance > Personal injury: claimant
- Personal injury: claimant North West > Insurance
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Insurance > Clinical negligence: claimant
- Private client > Family
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Insurance > Personal injury: claimant
Firm Rankings
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Manchester
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Real estate > Planning and environment
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Manchester
- Real estate > Commercial property: Manchester
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate