Stuart Kightley > Osbornes > London, England > Lawyer Profile
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LIVERY HOUSE
7-9 PRATT STREET
LONDON
NW1 0AE
England
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Stuart Kightley
Work Department
Personal injury.
Position
Stuart is head of Osbornes’ personal injury department and the firm’s joint senior partner. Stuart joined the firm in 1994 in order to specialise in personal injury litigation, and has built a thriving practice in cycling accident claims, head injury and high-value claims, often representing professionals and foreign-based clients. Stuart is passionate about fighting for the rights of accident victims and is heavily involved in the campaigning group the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers. He lectures regularly for APIL and in 2010 was appointed a fellow of the organisation.
Career
Trained Osbornes and Crown Prosecution Service; qualified 1995; partner 1998.
Memberships
National executive committee, APIL 2007-13; elected secretary APIL 2013 to date; Law Society Council and Civil Justice Committee Law Society 2010-13; Legal Network Television Personal Injury Expert Panel 2015; approved solicitor Headway (the brain injury association) and The Brain Injury Group; approved solicitor London Cycling Campaign (LCC).
Education
Groby Community College, Leicester; Kent University (1986 BA Hons Politics and Government); De Montfort University, Leicester (1993 CPE and LSF).
Lawyer Rankings
London > Insurance > Personal injury: claimant
(Leading partners)Fielding a ‘first class, very well resourced’ team of litigators, the personal injury department at Osbornes is rated for its diverse workload of complex, high-value injury claims, representing both domestic and international claimants. The team is jointly headed by its senior partners, including Sophie Davies, a specialist in major cognitive and lower limb injury claims. Ben Posford heads the catastrophic injury team, covering a spectrum of spinal cord and brain injuries, as well as fatal accidents, spanning spinal cord and brain injuries, and fatalities incurred during traffic and workplace accidents. Head of the child abuse-focused team Stephanie Prior is noted for her ‘huge experience and intricate understanding’ of sexual abuse claims, and works closely with the NAPAC. Rob Aylott is a port of call for serious amputation claims, while Stuart Kightley typically advises on brain and cycling-related injuries disputes. The ‘hugely technical’ Sam Collard specialises in quantum-related matters in addition to sports and cycling injuries cases.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading partners London > Insurance > Personal injury: claimant
- Personal injury: claimant London > Insurance