Praised by clients for its ‘enviable knowledge and experience’, the team at DWF is well placed to handle a broad range of claims involving elements of fraud, and traumatic brain and orthopaedic injuries. Practice co-head Jewels Chamberlain‘s primary focus is on motor related litigation, while Stuart Poole leads on the counter fraud side. Manchester based co-head Ian Slater is a catastrophic injury expert, and Dave Young has vast knowledge of cases concerning brain injuries and amputations. Hannah Fitzgerald is noted for her broad expertise, spanning public and employers’ liability claims, and her distinctive focus on fraudulent claims. David Wynn joined the team and leads the firm’s casualty practice.
Testimonials
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‘Hannah Fitzgerald - particularly good at fatal claims. Liked by clients for her approachability, she is robust but sensible.’
‘The team have real strength and depth in dealing with the most complicated liability and quantum disputes in the catastrophic injury world.’
Key clients
- RSA
- RSA Ireland
Work highlights
- Represented DCL, which brought a successful private prosecution of an individual who staged an accident and then tried to claim for personal injury, vehicle damage and credit hire.
- Represented an insurer in a claim involving a professional golfer on the DP World Tour. The claimant was involved in a head on collision and suffered multiple complex fractures to his left foot, and a back injury, aggravating a pre-existing asymptomatic lytic spondylolisthesis, and psychological symptoms.