Personal injury: claimant
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Hall of fameFoot Anstey
Huw is a partner in both Foot Anstey and Enable Law, where his work involves helping clients with complex, life changing injuries, with a particular focus on the brain. Huw specialises in cases of great complexity which are often valued in many millions of pounds.
Huw’s clients are from all parts of the country and he also represents clients who have had serious accidents abroad. His expertise means he is often asked to take over cases that have become too complex for less experienced firms.
Huw can bring together comprehensive rehabilitative packages of care and support for clients which help them achieve their maximum potential following their injury.
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Clarke Willmott LLP
Lee Hart is a partner in Clarke Willmott solicitors' Taunton Personal Injury team specialising in high value catastrophic injury and fatal accident claims.
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Lester Aldridge LLP
David Healy is a Partner and head of the Personal Injury & Medical Negligence team.
David undertakes work for those seriously injured and has settled cases totalling well over £100 million. He has acted in a number of high profile cases. Typically these cases involve spinal cord damage, brain injury, amputations and/or serious burns. David has also practised in clinical negligence.
David is very experienced in winning cases where his clients have been injured in road traffic accidents and accidents at work. He has a special interest in acting for members of the Armed Forces and for people with injuries caused by animals.
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RWK Goodman
Stuart is a partner who specialises in brain and catastrophic injuries and leads the firm’s Brain Injury team, which helps clients who have been catastrophically injured and who have multi-million pound claims. Stuart is also the regional lead partner for the firm's Bath offices. Stuart has a special interest in paediatric brain injury work and chairs the South-West support group of a well-known child brain injury charity as well as being an active member of the charity. Stuart is a Deputy approved by the Court of Protection frequently acting on behalf of people who are incapable of dealing with their own affairs due to mental incapacity. Stuart lectures on brain and spinal injury issues to legal, medical and charity specialists.
RWK Goodman
Louise is a partner in our well-established Personal Injury team and has 25 years’ experience of dealing with all types of personal injury work. Louise specialises in acting for clients who have suffered from limb loss and acting for clients who suffer from CRPS and is committed to raising awareness of CRPS. Louise’s experience is extensive and includes acting for clients suffering from: amputation chronic pain Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) orthopaedic injuries dental injuries scarring injuries resulting in post-traumatic stress syndrome (PTSD) and other psychological injuries.
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Irwin Mitchell
I specialise in personal injury law and work in the Serious Injury team, representing people who have sustained life changing injuries in accidents. I act for people who have sustained the most catastrophic injuries including severe brain and spinal cord injuries and amputations. My primary goal for each of my clients is to get them the support and rehabilitation they need to return, as far as possible, to the life they had before the accident.
I also undertake a lot of fatal accident work, supporting the families of those who have lost their lives through accidents to find answers and security for their futures. I have always enjoyed working with people and I love meeting my clients, getting to know them and helping them through what is an extremely emotional and stressful time. The most rewarding aspect of my job is helping to ensure the needs of my clients are met at the time when they need it most.
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