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Stewarts Law LLP
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LONDON
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Charles Edwards

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Work Department

Personal Injury

Position

Partner in the Personal Injury department.

Charles is an experienced, collaborative practitioner with more than 25 years’ experience in the field of personal injury who thrives on achieving the best possible outcomes for his clients. He is listed in The Legal 500 Hall of Fame, which highlights lawyers who have received constant praise from their clients for continued excellence and are considered to be at the pinnacle of the legal profession.

Charles specialises in the highest-value and most complex value personal injury claims, with a particular interest in claimants who have sustained either spinal cord or brain injury. He has experience in dealing with a variety of types of claims, covering road traffic accidents, accidents at work and in accidents public places.

Over the past 20 years of his career at Stewarts, Charles has settled claims for clients totalling in excess of £200m. These include high-level spinal cord injury cases, brain injury cases involving minimally aware clients, high-earning City workers, and claims with an international element.

Career

After obtaining a law degree, Charles obtained a master’s degree in International Business Litigation from King’s College London. Following law school, his training took place at a regional firm where he gained exposure to a wide range of practice areas. Charles then specialised in civil litigation, before moving to a large national firm to focus on personal injury in their serious injury department. He joined Stewarts in 2003, was made Partner in 2006, and specialises in the most severe and complex claims.

Memberships

  • APIL, Senior Litigator

Education

After obtaining a law degree, Charles obtained a master’s degree in International Business Litigation from King’s College London.

Leisure

Charles is a keen amateur athlete who has competed in a number of marathons and distance events. He is particularly proud of finishing in the top 20% of competitors at the UK Half Ironman (1.2-mile swim, 56-mile bike ride and 13.1-mile run) and still has ambitions to complete a full distance ironman, albeit he has been saying that for a number of years now.

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London > Insurance > Personal injury: claimant

(Hall of Fame)

Charles Edwards – Stewarts Law LLP

Highlighted for its ‘dedication to provide best quality service’, Stewarts Law LLP‘s personal injury practice oversee highly valuable and sophisticated litigation, with a strong emphasis on high-quality cases valued at £1m, minimum. Acting in both domestic and international jurisdiction, the team pursues a wide spectrum of injury-related disputes, including cognitive and spinal cord injuries and polytraumatic injuries, which can include orthopaedic, neurological, amputations and serious burns. Dan Herman continues to head the department, and is noted as a ‘master tactician and a champion negotiator’. Andrew Dinsmore a key figure for traffic collision litigation, including claims involving fatalities or amputations, while Peregrine Redgrave‘s workload typically includes catastrophic brain and spine injuries, along with amputations. Charles Edwards works closely with insurers in developing protocols and transparent methods of personal injury litigation. Clare Salmon is commended for ‘going the extra mile in every aspect’ while pursuing traumatic cognitive injury disputes. Lucy Robinson is noted for her expertise in amputation, orthopaedic and spinal injury disputes. Other key figures include Ben Rogers, who litigates in pursuit of state-of-the-art technology for personal injury victims, and Stephanie Clarke, who holds over 30 years of experience in traffic injury disputes.

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