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Stuart Kightley

Osbornes, London

Work Department

Personal injury.

Career

Trained Osbornes and Crown Prosecution Service; qualified 1995; partner 1998.

Memberships

National executive committee, APIL 2007-13; elected secretary APIL 2013 to date; Law Society Council and Civil Justice Committee Law Society 2010-13; Legal Network Television Personal Injury Expert Panel 2015; approved solicitor Headway (the brain injury association) and The Brain Injury Group; approved solicitor London Cycling Campaign (LCC).

Position

Stuart is head of Osbornes’ personal injury department and the firm’s joint senior partner. Stuart joined the firm in 1994 in order to specialise in personal injury litigation, and has built a thriving practice in cycling accident claims, head injury and high-value claims, often representing professionals and foreign-based clients. Stuart is passionate about fighting for the rights of accident victims and is heavily involved in the campaigning group the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers. He lectures regularly for APIL and in 2010 was appointed a fellow of the organisation.

Education

Groby Community College, Leicester; Kent University (1986 BA Hons Politics and Government); De Montfort University, Leicester (1993 CPE and LSF).

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