Stuart Kightley > Osbornes > London, England > Lawyer Profile
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7-9 PRATT STREET
LONDON
NW1 0AE
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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 individuals)Osbornes’ ‘highly respected‘ personal injury team is experienced in a range of complex, high-value claims, with notable strength in acting for European clients for whom English is not a first language. The team is co-led by head of personal injury Sophie Davies, who has a notable specialism in catastrophic lower limb injuries; head of catastrophic injury Ben Posford, who has particular experience regarding spinal cord and brain injuries, and fatalities; head of child abuse Stephanie Prior, who also oversees the firm’s clinical negligence department; head of cycling Sam Collard, who acts as the main contact for the London Cycling Campaign; and head of major trauma Rob Aylott, who is known for his work on amputation claims. Associate solicitor Andrew Middlehurst has particular expertise regarding the law relating to e-scooters. Laura Swaine and Nicola Hall are also recommended, along with managing partner Stuart Kightley.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading individuals London > Insurance > Personal injury: claimant
- Personal injury: claimant London > Insurance