Shakespeare Martineau LLP

Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

• ‘A national firm well-known for their first-rate clinical negligence work.’

• ‘Nick Garrish takes on the most serious and complex cases and obtains excellent results.'

• ‘Melanie Minter is a specialist in birth injuries of the greatest severity and complexity. Excellent at putting together and managing teams of the best experts, which is crucial in these cases. She has obtained excellent results in her cerebral palsy cases.'
• ‘Gail Waller is an expert in high-value fatal cases.’

• ‘This is a high-quality claimant clinical negligence firm. The team has extensive experience of clinical negligence, and some of its lawyers have worked 'both sides of the fence'. The team has excellent contacts with medico-legal experts for the benefit of their clients. The team goes out of its way to ensure the lay client is properly informed of the case and the issues in a language they can readily understand. The firm achieves great results for its clients.’

• ‘Melanie Minter is an extremely able solicitor to whom clients can readily relate. She has a calm and gentle manner but an astute brain and excellent judgment. Nick Garrish has years of experience dealing with catastrophic injury cases. He establishes an excellent rapport with his clients, with medico-legal experts and with his opposite numbers - all to the benefit of his own client. He is someone parties can do business with, and he achieves excellent results for his clients.’

• ‘I have always found them to be very good at running efficient and effective litigation and are not afraid to tackle the hardest claims. Good judgment runs through this firm's solicitors.’

• ‘Nick Garrish is a very good solicitor with a wealth of experience. Having also worked for defence firms in the past, he's tactically very good at knowing when to press on and when to settle. He's calm under pressure and instils great confidence in the other members of the legal team.’

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