Ms Kate Nicklin > Slater and Gordon > Newcastle, England > Lawyer Profile
Slater and Gordon Offices
ROTTERDAM HOUSE, 116 QUAYSIDE
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
NE1 3DY
England
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Ms Kate Nicklin
Position
Kate is a Senior Associate Solicitor who specialises in representing seriously injured clients, both adults and children, who have suffered life changing injuries including brain and / or spinal cord injuries.
Kate is focused upon achieving the best possible outcome for her clients in addition to securing interim payments at an early stage to fund specialist rehabilitation, accommodation, support and care. She works alongside specialist neurorehabilitation professionals (such as case managers, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, neurorehabilitation consultants and speech and language therapists). This enables Kate to ensure that her clients’ chances of recovery and future independence are maximised.
Kate strives to provide individuals with straightforward legal advice and seeks to obtain compensation to meet their significant needs and provide them with financial security for their future.
Kate has held various trustee roles including with regional Headway and Citizens Advice Bureau charities. Kate is always looking for opportunities to give back to the community.
Career
Kate has acting on behalf of clients whom have sustained life-changing serious injuries since 2008 and is highly specialised in this area of law.
Lawyer Rankings
North > Insurance > Personal injury and clinical negligence: claimant
(Rising stars)Irwin Mitchell
developed a stellar reputation supporting claimants in complex and high-value serious personal injury and clinical negligence claims. While regional head Francesca Mayes
continues to lead the personal and serious injury teams in Newcastle, Sarah Coles handles the clinical negligence team together with new partner Samuel Hill who was promoted in May 2022 and has particular expertise in high value Cerebral Palsy claims alongside group action work. The medical negligence team is well-placed to support its clients’ birth injury claims and Article 2 inquest cases. Work place injuries are dealt with by regional lead Ian Toft, supported by senior associate Emma Bell. Newly promoted partner Laura Mcilduff specialises in adult and paediatric cases involving life changing injuries including brain, spinal cord and amputation injuries. Kate Nicklin joined the practice from Slater and Gordon in mid-2024, and Justina Molloy moved to the firm’s Newcastle office from it’s Cambridge base.