Hugh James

Fielding a huge team of subject-matter experts, Hugh James has the ‘strength-in-depth’ to allocate resources to niche areas of specialism, while also effectively collaborating with other key internal practice groups, including the financial deputy department, to ’facilitate a strong cohesive presence working on behalf of the client’. Richard Green and Lucy Strong are ‘both at the top of their game’ on asbestos-related claims, with Green spearheading a UK-wide offering that also includes practitioners based in other key offices in England. A ’first-class lawyer with exceptional judgement’, Kathryn Singh spearheads the industrial disease subgroup that has over the years successfully secured millions in compensation for factory workers and their grieving families. Many of these industrial cases have taken the form of group action litigation, where Singh receives expert assistance by James Gibson, who displays a ‘determined approach to litigation’. Able ’to go toe-to-toe with heavy-hitting defendants/insurers’, Cari Sowden-Taylor, alongside Ciaran McCabe, heads up the national serious injury team which regularly achieves large compensation settlements for clients who have suffered life-changing brain and spinal injuries, including as a result of road traffic accidents. Simon Ellis is an expert in handling military claims and continues to regularly represent current and former military personnel in complex matters relating to hearing loss and cold injuries. Mark Harvey heads up the overarching personal injury team which also includes Sandeep Gill, recognised as ‘a star of the future’, the ’outstanding’ Louise Gardner, and Ruth Davies, who is a key member of the military claims offering.