Mr Tom Sampford > Trowers & Hamlins LLP > Exeter, England > Lawyer Profile

The PI team at Trowers & Hamlins LLP is based in Exeter and is well-equipped to act for claimants injured overseas in claims brought against tour operators, airlines, and cruise lines. It also has experience in acting for claimants who have been injured in road traffic and ski-related accidents abroad. In addition to its claimant work, the team ably handles litigious defendant matters involving complex liability disputes. Ian Brown has capabilities in both contexts; Tom Sampford has a specialism in overseas clinical negligence cases and Bronwen Courtenay-Stamp leads the team and is noted by clients as being ‘the grand dame of travel litigation’. 

Trowers & Hamlins LLP fields a dedicated clinical negligence sub-team, overseen by Tom Sampford, which sits within the firm’s well-regarded travel, tourism and insurance department; Bronwen Courtney-Stamp often handles cases within both European and North American jurisdictions. Regular work includes claims relating to brain and spinal injuries, infant fatalities, delays in cancer diagnoses, and consent issues.