Handling mandates from insurers, businesses and self-insured entities across the UK and Europe, Trethowans LLP (part of Lawfront) is particularly well-equipped to handle cross-border work and farming-related accidents. Kelvin Farmaner leads the team with experience in catastrophic injury matters arising from road traffic accidents and has specialist knowledge in animal-related cases, earning praise for his ‘excellent tactical awareness’. A further key figure in the team, the ’tenacious’ Bethany Blamire excels at managing a variety of motor claims on behalf of both domestic and international insurers.
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‘A very effective and efficient team. They are particular experts when it comes to handling cases for foreign insurers.’
‘Kelvin Farmaner is a stalwart of international motor insurance claims. He understands what his clients need to know about the English process, and is extremely effective in making sure that even the most complex cases are resolved with minimal delay and complications.’
‘The whole team are on hand and well informed on case management and therefore aligned with advice and support.’
‘Kelvin Farmaner is a long-standing business partner. He understands our business well and takes time to stay up to date with the sector and its challenges. The advice he provides is timely, commercial and concise - exactly what we need.’
‘In a world of consolidated defendant PI firms I would suggest that Trethowans offers an advantage over its larger competitors in that it is able to provide a genuinely tailored service and to get to know its clients and their needs and preferences in a way that is not always possible with larger firms. The team has particular niches in cross-border work and farming-related accidents and works very well in the setting of cases involving fatality or another regulatory angle, which then feeds into injury litigation.’
‘I have worked with Kelvin Farmaner on several high-value serious injury cases. He has excellent tactical awareness and good judgment in relation to where the fight lies. He develops close relationships with clients and has excellent accessibility.'
Key clients
- Van Ameyde UK Ltd
- Cornish Mutual Assurance Co Ltd
- Go Ahead Group
- RSPCA
- Stark Building Materials UK Ltd
- Appleby Westward Group Ltd
- Flyct B.V
- Jewson Ltd
- Farm and General Insurance
- Arch Insurance
Work highlights
Acting for Groupama on a significant motor claim and setting the claim for £150,000, being less than half the sum claimed.
Acting for a bus company via Van Ameyde and successfully defending a motorcyclist’s claim at trial on liability and thereafter recovering costs against the credit hire organisation involved for the Claimant.
Acting for Cornish Mutual in relation to a quad bike accident and settling a claim for £25,000, which had been pleaded at over £770,000.
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Practice head
Kelvin Farmaner
Other key lawyers
Bethany Blamire; Sarah Wheadon