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Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP

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The personal injury practice at Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP is headed up by Mark Lee, who is noted for his ‘vast experience’ across the travel space. The team’s workload consists in significant part of acting for claimants in international transport-related incidents which lead to serious or catastrophic injury; road traffic accident-related cases are a particular area of specialism across the team. It also frequently acts against hotels. ’Fantastic’ associate Joanna Wylie is experienced handling both claimant and defendant-side foreign accident claims. Consultant John Strange is also noteworthy for his marine-related work.

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  • ‘Penningtons have a solid team with decades of travel law experience and a strong reputation.’

  • ‘Mark Lee has vast experience in dealing with travel law matters and Joanne Wylie is fantastic too.'

Work highlights

  • Acted on behalf of a motorcyclist who suffered life-changing injuries in Germany, securing a 100% liability judgment at a 5 day liability trial in the English High Court.
  • Recovered damages for a professional motorcycle racer who suffered catastrophic injuries to his spinal cord, brain and lower-limb injuries while participating in the Isle of Man TT races.

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Mark Lee
Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP
Mark heads the firm’s nationally recognised travel team and its insurance and reinsurance group. He is a catastrophic injuries lawyer with particular experience of cases involving severely brain injured claimants, who are involved in accidents abroad. He is very well connected in the travel insurance industry and advises insurers and policyholders regarding travel related disputes, both in a claimant and a defendant capacity. Notable case successes include Evans v R&V Allgemeine Verischerung AG, ABC v AXA France, Vann v Profeta de Sa, Julie Bygrave v Thomas Cook Tour Operations Ltd, and Susan Pimbblet v Kevin Clelland and Ethniki.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Mark Lee

Other key lawyers

Joanne Wylie, John Strange, Warren Collins

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