Melanie Burden > Simpson Millar LLP > Manchester, England > Lawyer Profile
Simpson Millar LLP Offices
100 TALBOT ROAD
STRETFORD
MANCHESTER
M16 0PG
England
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Melanie Burden
Work Department
Personal Injury
Position
Solicitor, Head of Serious Injury Claims
Career
Melanie leads Simpson Millar’s team of Serious Injury Solicitors and handles her own caseload of serious injury cases.
Her main areas of expertise include chronic pain, such as fibromyalgia and regional pain syndrome, and complex hand, arm and leg injuries.
Melanie works hard to make sure her clients get the treatment and rehabilitation they need as soon as possible following an accident at work or in a public place.
Her team was awarded Claimant Team of the Year at the Personal Injury Awards in 2018.
Memberships
Melanie is a member of the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL), the Law Society, and the Institute of Leadership and Management.
Leisure
Melanie enjoys playing the piano and the flute in her spare time. She is also a big football fan and a governor at a local primary school.
Lawyer Rankings
North West > Insurance > Personal injury: claimant
Simpson Millar LLP has a comprehensive claimant-side personal injury offering covering catastrophic injury and abuse matters. The team is headed jointly by employers’ and public liability specialist Melanie Burden; industrial disease expert Deborah Krelle; and Paul Rimmer, who focuses on personal injuries sustained abroad. The practice has a well recommended abuse claims sub-team under Liam Goggin, who specialises in claims relating to child abuse. Further key names include Darrel Jardine and Jai-Inder Rattan. Clients recommend the practice for its ‘expert guidance through trauma which can be harrowing for clients’.