Tessa Grayson > DMH Stallard LLP > Crawley, England > Lawyer Profile

DMH Stallard LLP
Griffin House
135 High Street
RH10 1DQ
England

Work Department

Personal Injury

Position

Head of the Personal Injury team, with expertise in medical negligence claims.

Career

Tessa’s team handles the full range of personal injury claims, mainly focusing on claimant work.

Her practice is primarily focussed on sensitive cases dealing with clients who may need a considerable amounts of support and care through the process.  Many of these clients have sustained injuries that have a profound impact of their daily lives and future prospects. Tessa is committed to ensuring that her clients receive as much support and guidance as necessary.

Tessa has considerable experience in dealing with employer’s liability, occupier’s liability, public liability, road traffic, criminal injury and product liability matters. Additionally Tessa has a particular specialism in clinical and dental negligence and cosmetic surgery claims.

Tessa is committed to the care of her clients, ensuring that they receive the specialist and exceptional legal advice expected. She ensures that her approach is innovative; tailored to the unique needs of each client.  She is empathetic towards the impact that incidents can have on clients and their families.

Tessa is recognised by the legal directories Chambers and Partners and Legal 500 for her work in respect of both personal injury and clinical negligence claims.

Work highlights

  • Tessa is currently assisting a client in relation to a devastating injury following an accident at work. The client required several surgeries and rehabilitation.

Languages

English

Memberships

  • Member of the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL)

Lawyer Rankings

South East > Insurance > Personal injury: claimant

Fielding a ‘conscientious and communicative‘ team, DMH Stallard LLP handles a varied caseload relating to accidents at work, industrial diseases, spinal injuries, catastrophic injuries and fatal accidents, among others. Tessa Grayson leads the Gatwick-based group and specialises in catastrophic injury and fatality claims. She is supported by Catherine Smith, who is singled out by clients as ‘outstanding‘.

South East > Insurance > Clinical negligence: claimant

Praised as ‘simply the best’, Tessa Grayson helms the DMH Stallard LLP clinical negligence group, which has recently been engaged to assist a plethora of clients with multiple defendant claims, and cases involving delays in diagnoses and errors in treatment at birth. Grayson frequently handles matters pertaining to obstetrics and birth injuries, while Lucienne Westbrook is a court-appointed deputy who regularly acts for families in inquests.