Emma Truin > Barr Ellison LLP > Cambridge, England > Lawyer Profile
Barr Ellison LLP Offices
The Concourse (PO Box 196
Addenbrooke's Hospital, Hills Road
CAMBRIDGE
CB2 0QQ
England
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Emma Truin
Work Department
Catastrophic Personal Injury
Position
Leading the firm’s Catastrophic Personal Injury Team, Emma has dealt with hundreds of serious brain, orthopaedic and spinal injury claims.
Emma is recognised for her experience in representing clients affected by brain injury and has been Chair of Headway Cambridgeshire, playing a central role in cementing the charity’s future as part of the service provision for head injury survivors in the region.
Supported by an in-house team, Emma is also appointed as a professional Trustee in respect of personal injury trusts. The firm has a specialist trust corporation (the Barr Ellison Trust Corporation Limited) providing long-term support for persons who may lack mental capacity. Emma is a Director of the Barr Ellison Trust Corporation.
In the Legal 500 2022 rankings, Emma is a leading lawyer (for the 6th year in a row) and is described as ‘exceptional’ and ‘excellent’ and leading a team with ‘a track record of achieving outstanding results on the highest value cases. They are set apart from other firms because of their links to the medical profession and the personal service they provide’.
“We will be forever grateful to you Emma for your support, advice and sensitivity throughout the lengthy process, and wish you all the very best. We certainly know who to recommend!” Mr P Byatt
Emma is also ranked as a top tier lawyer in Chambers 2023 Guide, being described as ‘adept across the spectrum of claims, from amputations to brain and orthopaedic injuries’.
Career
Emma is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives. She is a Member of the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL), and is accredited as a specialist by both the Spinal Injury Association and Headway UK, the Brain Injury Association. Emma became a Partner at Barr Ellison in August 2017 and Managing Partner in August 2019.
Lawyer Rankings
East Anglia > Insurance > Personal injury and clinical negligence: claimant
(Leading individuals)The catastrophic personal injury practice at Barr Ellison LLP in Cambridge has ‘a highly professional, very friendly and approachable team‘, and clients remark upon its ‘real deep speciality, especially in traumatic brain injury claims, with a great personal service‘. Working from offices in the city centre and at Addenbrooke’s Hospital, the team handles high-value injury claims and a growing amount of Court of Protection work. Practice head Emma Truin is ‘loved and trusted by clients, and shows great experience, skill, and compassion‘. Associates Mark Copley, who is ‘a very punchy litigator, willing to take on difficult cases‘, and Lucy Spraggons, who works on catastrophic brain, orthopaedic and spinal injury claims, are highly recommended.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading individuals East Anglia > Insurance > Personal injury and clinical negligence: claimant
- Personal injury and clinical negligence: claimant East Anglia > Insurance