Stewarts Law LLP

Personal Injury

Partner in the personal injury department.

Clare is recognised in legal directories for her skill, expertise and empathy in dealing with complex catastrophic injury claims with one impressed client describing her as ‘incredibly attentive and professional, she ensured I was constantly aware of where my claim was ever step of the way’. Another client said "I appreciate her calm responses and continued dedication to us as a family".

Clare specialises in catastrophic personal injury claims for claimants involving injuries to the brain, spinal cord and brachial plexus, as well as dealing with fatal accident claims. These injuries have often arisen from road traffic collisions, accidents at work or in public spaces. Since joining Stewarts Clare has secured over £100 million pounds in damages for her clients.

Clare was involved in previously settling what was believed to be the highest personal injury settlement at that time for young Chrissie Johnson, who suffered a serious brain injury in a road traffic collision at the age of 16. The award was likely to be worth more than £17.5 million over the young girl’s lifetime with her receiving part lump sum and annual payments. The case received nationwide press coverage.

She was also involved in the following court decisions; Gleeson v Court [2008] RTR 10 (contributory negligence for passenger travelling in boot of car driven by drunken driver held to 30% suffering severe bilateral brachial plexus injuries), Smith v LC Window Fashions Ltd [2009] EWHC 1532 (brain injury assessment of damages) and a contested interim payment application for the above mentioned case, Chrissie Johnson v Compton-Cooke [2009] EWHC 2582 (QB) (when an interim payment of £1.5m was secured).

Clare trained at Thrings in Swindon qualifying in 2002 before continuing her injury claims work at Boyes Turner in Reading from 2003 until 2005. Clare joined Stewarts in 2005 before being made Partner in 2010, supervising a team of lawyers in the department.

Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL) – Senior Litigator Status APIL Special Interest Groups – Brain Injury and Spinal Cord Injury

Southampton University (LLB (2:1)); College of Law, Guildford (Legal Practice Course (distinction)).

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