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Sarah Brumpton

Sarah Brumpton

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Irwin Mitchell

Irwin Mitchell

England - Yorkshire • Insurance

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Personal injury: claimant

Irwin Mitchell’s personal injury team maintains a strong regional presence across Leeds and Sheffield, led by Sion Kingston and Louise Jenkins, while Ian Toft is the regional lead for the workplace illness teams. The team handles a significant volume of complex serious injury, asbestos-related disease, and occupational illness claims, often involving catastrophic brain and spinal injuries. The group integrates legal expertise with tailored rehabilitation support through in-house coordinators. The firm’s CICA team, led by Sarah Brumpton in Leeds, continues to advise on complex criminal injury claims. Other prominent names include Carolyn Heaton, Rachael Aram, Adrian Budgen and Oliver Collett, who lead on major specialist workstreams.
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Sarah is an Associate in Serious Injury and head of the National Criminal Injuries Team.

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She has worked at the Leeds office since 1995 and after many years spent as a litigator in a variety of personal injury claims she moved to set up a specialist team to represent clients making claims to the Government funded Criminal Injury Compensation Scheme.

Sarah acts for clients who have been the innocent victims of crimes of violence regularly securing awards either from the CICA themselves or by representing clients at Appeals Tribunals for those who have suffered injury as a result of assaults including assaults causing brain injuries (one punch assaults), historical abuse including sexual abuse, domestic violence, hate crimes, fatalities, honour attacks, grooming and stalking, people trafficking and modern slavery and terrorism in the UK and abroad. Sarah was recently successful in reopening a historical abuse claim previously rejected by the authority and securing the maximum award of £500,000.

Sarah receives referrals from many victim’s charities and support groups and can act for victims on a pro bono basis.

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Testimonials

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  • ‘Carolyn Heaton has a brilliant team of really enthusiastic and committed lawyers including Hema Rana who is lovely and clients and lawyers love working with her and with Carolyn Heaton.’

    ‘Carolyn Heaton and Hema Rana are both exceptionally committed hard working and successful in getting results for clients.’

    ‘The most dedicated team in the UK. They are the go to firm for asbestos claims.’

    ‘The team has steered me throughout the whole process with the utmost professionalism and care. My team have been incredibly supportive, personable and sensitive allowing me to feel at ease disclosing and discussing really personal and upsetting points.'

    ‘Spinal cord injury litigation is a highly specialised field and the team at Irwin Mitchell are particularly experienced and skilled in addressing this group of client's needs.’

    ‘Rachel Aram - Partner. Highly skilled and motivated, and goes the 'extra mile' to make sure her client's needs are met. Good, clear instructions to experts; excellent on-going communications; tenacious in ensuring the case is presented well to Counsel and the Courts.’

    ‘Top class asbestos litigation team led by Adrian Budgen. Probably the first choice in Sheffield.’

    ‘Irwin Mitchell are the pre-eminent personal injury firm nationwide and Yorkshire is at its heart. It is simply superb in the service it offers its clients, with fantastic talent at every level of expertise and experience.’

    'Very good understanding of complex cases.'

    'Irwin Mitchell cares about its clients, keeps them informed throughout their claims, and fights for treatment when this is needed. '