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Trevor Ward

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Fletchers Solicitors

Fletchers Solicitors

England - North West • Insurance

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Clinical negligence: claimant

The team at Fletchers Solicitors spans Southport, Manchester, and Liverpool, and the group is well-versed in handling the remit of complex clinical negligence cases, particularly in catastrophic contexts, including birth, brain, and spinal injury matters of multi-millions in value. Lauded as a ‘fountain of knowledge’, Trevor Ward has noteworthy expertise handling quantum and liability aspects of birth injuries, Iain Dodd has notable capabilities spanning brain, birth, and spinal cord injuries, as well as amputation, while Michael Gray is well-equipped to handle the entire remit of catastrophic spinal injury cases. Representing claimants across a range of complex group actions forms a significant portion of Francesca Paul’s workload. Those aforementioned helm the practice alongside managing director Peter Rigby. ’Stand-out in the sector’ Margaret Ryan joined the team in August 2024.
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Birth Injury
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Partner & Head of Birth Injury Unit

Trevor is an incredibly respected and knowledgeable solicitor with almost 40 years’ experience, dealing with complex, catastrophic clinical negligence cases. Throughout his illustrious career, he has recovered multi-million pounds in damages. 

Trevor is the current Chief Assessor for the Law Society’s Clinical Negligence Panels.  Prior to this, Trevor had also been an assessor for the panel since it’s inception in 1994.  In addition, he is also a member and the former Chair of FOCIS (Forum of Complex Injury Solicitors) and a fellow of APIL (Association  of Personal Injury Lawyers).

Trevor has lead on many notable cases, including the PTSD group action against the Ministry of Defence and the Thompstone group of cases on the indexation of periodical payment orders. In his role, he works directly with many of the UK’s leading Counsel and experts.

Trevor’s caseload ranges from cases valued at over £100,000 to over £23 million, cases that have seen him act in birth injury mediations and achieve many lifechanging settlements for vulnerable
individuals and their families.

In addition to his individual achievements, Trevor and his team won Case of the Year award at the Person Injury Awards in 2023 for a birth injury liability trial.  Trevor was also present at the formation of the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL) over twenty years ago and the Society of Clinical Injury Lawyers (SCIL).

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  • ‘Leanne Devine is approachable, knowledgeable, patient and caring. As an expert she is supportive, appreciative and prompt. She facilitates open discussions where all parties are heard and respected. Trevor Ward is a fountain of knowledge and has taught me a great deal over the past two years. Always happy to help, prompt and helpful. Thank you both.’

  • ‘I consider that Margaret Ryan is a stand-out in the sector. She is a highly professional and able practitioner, who regularly handles multi-million pound litigation of the highest complexity. She is tenacious, highly intelligent and has real litigation presence in negotiations. She always obtains very beneficial settlements for her clients and is a real catch for Fletchers.’

Work highlights

Represented a 48-year-old male in securing a £2m lump sum settlement award for visual impairment and physical dysfunction arising from a brain injury caused by a stroke when 3 NHS defendants allowed the claimants’ raised intracranial pressure to rise too high.