Lawyers

Geraldine McCool

Geraldine McCool

Irwin Mitchell, North West

Work Department

Military claims.

Position

National head of military claims. Geraldine works on serious personal injury claims, specialising in military work and aviation (military, commercial and general). Key cases: Herald of Free Enterprise ferry disaster (1987); Piper Alpha oil rig disaster (1988); Pan Am bombing Lockerbie (1988); British Midland crash at Kegworth (1989); Chinook Mull of Kintyre crash (1994); Swissair crash off Canada (September 1998); Korean Airlines crash at Stansted (December 1999); inequest into death of Sgt Stephen Roberts in Iraq (first soldier fatality); three military Puma crashes (2007).

Career

Trained James Chapman & Co; qualified 1985; Leigh Day & Co (Manchester) 1994-2004; MPH Solicitors 2004-2013; Irwin Mitchell 2013 to date. Publications of note: ‘Multi-Party Actions’ (1995 Legal Action Group); Personal Injury/Know How Serious (1993 and 1997); ‘Civil Litigation’ (2001 The Law Society); author of Litigation column for the Law Society Gazette (1992-1995).

Memberships

Association for American Justice (aviation section); Military Special Interest group of Association of Personal Injury Lawyers; Law Society’s Personal Injury Panel; Forum of Complex Injury Solicitors; secretary of the Royal British Legion Solicitors Group.

Education

Mount Carmel School, Alderley Edge; Nottingham University (LLB).

Leisure

Golf.