Lawyers

John McQuater

Switalskis Solicitors, Yorkshire And The Humber

Work Department

Litigation

Position

Partner and head of litigation with overall responsibility for the personal injury, clinical negligence and employment teams. Solicitor/advocate with rights of audience in the high courts for civil proceedings. Undertakes complex personal injury and clinical negligence claims. Also provides professional training on a range of legal subjects

Career

Trained Atherton Godfrey, qualified 1983; made partner 1985; past president of Doncaster & District Law Society; past president of the Yorkshire Union of Law Societies; past president of APIL; Eclipse Proclaim Claimant Personal Injury Lawyer of the Year 2011. Publications of note: Model Letters for Personal Injury Lawyers; APIL Guide to Personal Injury Claims Procedure; Contributor to the APIL Guide to Clinical Negligence; contributor to the APIL Personal Injury Law and Precedents loose leaf; member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Personal Injury Law

Memberships

Law Society Clinical Negligence Accreditation Scheme; Law Society Personal Injury Accreditation Scheme; Accredited Senior Fellow with Association of Personal Injury Lawyers; APIL Executive Committee; FOCIS

Education

King Edward VII School, Sheffield; Leicester Polytechnic, Nottingham Trent University (1979 LLB, 2007 LLM)

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