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Personal injury: claimant

Gorvins Solicitors

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Gorvins Solicitors‘ Stockport-based personal injury team is led jointly by Stuart Biddle, a highly experienced litigator who specialises in brain and spinal injuries and pain disorders, and military and sports injury specialist Gary Boyd. The latter has a strong record in complex military injury claims against the MOD, covering matters including non-freezing cold injuries and PTSD. Cerys Jones, who is also a military injury specialist, is a further key name to note.

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Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • ‘A first class team that places client care at the forefront. Their strength is based on individual knowledge and experience across a wide range of personal injury matters. Responsive and highly professional but without losing the personal touch that makes all clients and associates feel valued.’

  • ‘Gary Boyd combines a first-class legal brain with boundless energy and dogged determination. He is vastly experienced in a wide range of personal injury issues with particular expertise in military claims. Completely client focussed, he has exceptional attention to detail and is meticulous in his case management. Responsive and always willing to make himself available.’

  • ‘It is a small, specialist team with a very strong niche area of expertise in military claims going back many years. They are highly thought of by the Ministry of Defence and known generally for their expertise.’

  • ‘Gary Boyd is one of the top 2 or 3 solicitors nationally practising in specialist military claims. He's a real terrier, and will take on the most difficult or problematic of claims. He's achieved some superb results over the years and is unafraid to take a claim to trial - and to the Court of Appeal where necessary. He is the epitome of a safe pair of hands and technically excellent.’

  • ‘Very experienced in catastrophic injury and military work.’

  • ‘Gary Boyd - empathetic and knowledgeable.’

  • ‘Highly professional but personable.’

  • ‘A dedicated and knowledgeable personal injury team.’

Work highlights

  • Represented a claimant who sustained a spinal cord injury - resulting in C6/7 incomplete tetraplegia - as a result of being thrown from the defendants’ horse.
  • Acted in a claim against the MOD on behalf a soldier from Ghana who suffered prolonged extreme cold exposure, causing him to sustain bilateral non-freezing cold injuries in his hands and feet.
  • Obtained from the the MOD a settlement for £288,000 on behalf of a soldier who sustained two major injuries in service leading to his medical discharge from the army - PTSD due to a narrow escape from a fire in a warrior vehicle and and non-freezing cold injuries in both hands and feet due to cold exposure while on military exercise.

Lawyers

Leading individuals

Gary Boyd

Gorvins Solicitors

Gary is a Fellow of the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers. He has worked exclusively for Claimants in personal injury claims since qualifying as a Solicitor in 1997. Gary is a Partner at Gorvins and Head of Department, specialising in military and serious sports injury and other life-changing injury claims including spinal cord injuries, brain injuries, and amputations. Gary prides himself in his holistic approach to his client’s needs and prioritises not only maximising compensation but also securing early and appropriate rehabilitation and financial advice. Gary was the third person in the UK to be awarded the ‘Military Injury Specialist and Assessor “ status by the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL).

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Stuart Biddle, Gary Boyd

Other key lawyers

Cerys Jones

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