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The Manchester-based personal injury offering at Leigh Day, formed of ‘tenacious lawyers’, is highly regarded for its abilities handling complex travel litigation matters on behalf of claimants. The team is adept in advising noteworthy clients on high-profile travel claims, which are consistently cross-border in nature and of catastrophic or serious nature. Senior associates Colin Murphy  and Joseph Dawson are noted as being an ’outstanding practitioners’, whilst team lead and experienced personal injury specialist Clare Campbell is regarded as ‘a sensitive and supportive presence for clients’ in sensitive matters.

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Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • ‘Clare Campbell leads an impressive team of experienced travel lawyers. She is at the cutting-edge of litigation, acting on high-profile matters.'

  • ‘Clare Campbell is an innovative lawyer with a real compassion for clients.’

  • ‘The team is committed, enthusiastic and utterly dedicated to their clients. The team brings a campaigning edge and a particular zeal to their cross-border personal injury claims.’

  • ‘Clare Campbell is one of the most experienced solicitors in the sector - a brilliant leader and excellent judge of what will work in court. Jill Paterson brings sound judgement and inspires confidence in those she acts for. Joseph Dawson is sound, savvy and has an excellent court-sense. Colin Murphy is clever, confident and undoubtedly a real star in the making.’

  • ‘Clare Campbell has a wealth of experience in this area and is a sensitive and supportive presence for clients. Joseph Dawson and Colin Murphy are both outstanding practitioners. All are tenacious lawyers and advocates for clients.’

  • ‘This firm continues to break ground in pursuing difficult, complex cases, such as group actions or those involving foreign-based workers. They have great diversity and always adopt a collaborative approach to working with foreign lawyers.’

  • ‘Colin Murphy is an excellent, intelligent, commercially minded lawyer. Clare Campbell is a highly experienced partner with unrivalled knowledge across a broad range of issues.'

  • ‘The team goes above and beyond to get solutions, always keep you informed on where the case is and are responsive to queries.’

Work highlights

  • Acting for the Stade De France Group claimants, being over 1k football fans injured through kettling, crushing, assaults and indiscriminate tear gassing during the course of the UEFA Champions League Final 2022 at the Stade de France in Paris.
  • Acted successfully for a claimant individual who fell from a jetty whilst on holiday with his partner, suffering a fracture dislocation and spinal cord injury, requiring surgical reconstruction.
  • Successfully acted for an individual claimant in a trial against a Spanish Hotel's insurer following a serious ankle and knee fracture which occurred during the individual's stay, which required surgical fixation.

Lawyers

Rising stars

Joseph  Dawson

Joseph Dawson

Leigh Day

Joseph is an Associate Solicitor in the International Travel Personal Injury team at Leigh Day, specialising in accidents occurring outside of England and Wales resulting in serious injuries. Joseph acts for claimants only, working with them to ensure access to rehabilitation in the assistance in recovery from life-changing injuries as well as funding for future medical treatments. Joseph has experience in all types of cross border litigation including complex issues of jurisdiction & applicable law in road traffic accidents and workplace accidents abroad as well as Montreal/Athens/Berne Convention matters. Joseph also has years of experience in claims under the Package Travel Regulations and the litigation of accidents in the Federal & State jurisdictions of the USA.   .

Colin  Murphy

Colin Murphy

Leigh Day

Colin is a solicitor specialising in International Travel Litigation. He acts exclusively for Claimants and he has assisted many individuals who have sustained life-changing injuries following accidents abroad. Colin represents clients in a range of international personal injury cases including claims arising from accidents at work, accidents whilst on holiday and road traffic accidents. He has extensive experience dealing with complex jurisdiction and applicable law disputes. :

Leading individuals

Clare Campbell

Leigh Day

Road traffic accidents abroad, aviation accidents, cruise accidents, workplace accidents abroad, group illness litigation, accidents in America, claims arising out of the Package Travel Regulations, fatal accidents, Inquests, consumer group actions.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Clare Campbell

Other key lawyers

Joseph Dawson, Colin Murphy, Caitlin Dunn, Jill Paterson