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Irwin Mitchell

Irwin Mitchell

England - West Midlands • Insurance

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Personal injury: claimant

The team at Irwin Mitchell handles a wide array of matters, including serious injury, child abuse, asbestos and occupational disease cases. Hilary Wetherell, Tom Fletcher, Alida Coates and Philip Banks lead the practice. Wetherell leads the serious injury team and has a particular focus on complex brain injury, amputation and fatal accident litigation. Fletcher heads the abuse practice and Coates heads the asbestos and occupational disease team. Banks oversees the international personal injury practice, an area in which Jatinder Paul is also an expert. Stephen Nye routinely acts in cases involving workplace accidents, while Satinder Bains is an expert on occupational disease claims and Luke Daniels specialises in child abuse cases.
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Phone
0121 214 5430
Email
[email protected]
Profile
irwinmitchell.com

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Work Department
Personal legal services.
Position

Lead partner of the Birmingham serious injury team. Represents clients who have sustained brain and spinal cord injuries, polytrauma and amputations. Deals with all aspects of claimant catastrophic injury work arising from road traffic accidents, accidents at work, public and occupier liability claims, sport injuries and product liability claims.

Cases concluded last year include: a settlement on behalf of a young man rendered tetraplegic in a car accident client in the sum of £9.5m; a settlement of £1m for a woman with severe lower limb fractures after a motorbike accident; a settlement of £1.75m plus annual payments for care costs for life on behalf of a young woman who sustained a below knee amputation in a collision with a police vehicle; and a settlement of £2.75m for a man who sustained a brain injury in an accident at work.

The team he supervises has successfully supported many clients through rehabilitation and by obtaining substantial interim funds to pay for care packages and new houses.

Career

Trainee solicitor 1996-98, general high street practice; assistant solicitor Rich and Can, Leicester 1998-2000; Irwin Mitchell, Birmingham, assistant solicitor 2000-04, associate 2004-10, partner 2010.

Languages
Basic French and German.
Memberships
APIL; APIL accredited senior litigator; APIL accreditation for spinal cord injury; APIL accreditation for brain injury; Law Society PI Panel.
Education

RGS, Newcastle upon Tyne; University of Sheffield (1994 LLB Hons 2(1)).

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Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • 'From an expert’s perspective, they strike an impressive balance between efficiency and empathy. This is a team that consistently handles complex, sensitive material with professionalism, thoughtfulness, and calm competence.’
  • 'Hilary Wetherall brings steadiness, clarity, and empathy to her work. Her grasp of psychiatric issues and her professionalism with both clients and experts makes her a valuable figure in this area of practice.'

  • ‘Highly rated law firm, they are very professional and leaders in asbestos-related cases.’

  • ‘The teams are well structured and led by the exceptional partners Hilary Wetherall and Stephen Nye. The solicitors working on the cases are of the highest calibre with in-depth knowledge of personal injury work as well as being committed to their clients.

  • 'The teams are well supported by legal assistants and technology support. Two solicitors desreve special mention: Kate Hewson for handling complex cases with real insight and Alice Hall for her calm but decisive manner.’

  • ‘Alice Hall, Louise Binks, Toni Knott and Melissa Ward are all rising stars and have very bright futures ahead of them. Very good at devising a collaborative and clear case strategy with counsel and following through. I expect them all to develop high value and complex serious injury claim caseloads in the near future.’