Mr Matthew Sheather > GA Solicitors > Plymouth, England > Lawyer Profile
GA Solicitors Offices
25 LOCKYER STREET
PLYMOUTH
PL1 2QW
England
Mr Matthew Sheather

Work Department
Personal Injury
Position
Partner and head of personal injury
Career
Partner specialising in handling high value, complex and catastrophic injury claims with extensive experience in motorcycle and fatal accident claims, as well as accidents at work, occupiers and public liability and chronic pain disorder cases.
Qualified as a solicitor in 2001 and joined GA Solicitors as a partner in 2006 from Clarke Willmott. Matthew is a partner and head of GA’s personal injury team. He has been involved in many noteworthy cases securing millions of pounds of compensation for clients.
Memberships
Matthew is a member of the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers.
Lawyer Rankings
South West > Insurance > Personal injury: claimant
The ‘thorough and dedicated team’ at GA Solicitors is well versed in a wide range of cases, from acting against the Ministry of Defence, to bringing claims against councils for breaches of duty, to representing employees against negligent employers. Matthew Sheather has an ‘excellent eye for figures’, and heads up both the personal injury and clinical negligence practices. James Walsh, who oversees the industrial disease group, is ‘unmatched locally in his chosen specialism’.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- Real estate > Commercial property: Dorset, Devon and Cornwall
- Employment > Employment: Dorset, Devon and Cornwall
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Energy and projects
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Dorset, Devon and Cornwall
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Dorset, Devon and Cornwall
- Private client > Family
- Insurance > Personal injury: claimant
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate