Personal Injury: Mainly Claimant
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The team comprises over 80 people, including 28 qualified lawyers and 22 paralegals. It employs two former nurses who assist our understanding complex medical issues and three in–house accountants whose role is to maximise our clients’ damages claims and provide guidance where loss-of-earnings and business profits claims are complex.
The team has an excellent reputation amongst barristers, experts and case managers. The team’s 30 years’ experience means that it works with the best barristers and external experts, advising on medical, technical, and quantum issues.
Clients who have suffered major trauma are represented by qualified solicitors and partners with decades of experience with a focus on ensuring the injured get the best rehabilitation to maximise their recovery, alleviating financial hardship caused by their injury and the best possible outcome.
For the past 18 years Leigh Day’s personal injury team has provided exclusive legal support to members of British Cycling and the British Triathlon Federation.
Leigh Day is listed in Headway’s Head Injury Solicitors Directory and in the Spinal Injuries Association’s ‘Guide to Choosing a Solicitor’ in recognition of our specialism in acting for seriously injured claimants. They are a member of BackUp’s legal panel.
Head of the personal injury team, Sally Moore, is an accredited specialist for brain injury cases and has been Chair of Headway West London for the past seven years, a branch of the brain injury charity Headway UK.
Chambers Review
Leigh Day has an illustrious claimant team regularly instructed to act in catastrophic personal injury cases against a range of parties, including governments, public bodies and large corporations. The firm's areas of expertise range from high-level cycling injuries through to claims concerning unlawful detention and torture. It also offers particular expertise in cases concerning the mining industry, including claims relating to industrial disease, pollution and police violence. The team is highly experienced in taking cases to the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court and is regularly instructed on international mandates.
Strengths
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"The whole team act as one seamless unit. They are client-focused, contactable and responsive throughout the whole engagement."
"Leigh Day has great energy for getting group litigation off the ground - they put their heart and soul into it."
"Leigh Day have shown a very strong level of expertise and they are very good at client service; very personable and with a human touch."
"The whole team act as one seamless unit. They are client-focused, contactable and responsive throughout the whole engagement."
"Leigh Day has great energy for getting group litigation off the ground - they put their heart and soul into it."
"Leigh Day have shown a very strong level of expertise and they are very good at client service; very personable and with a human touch."
Notable Practitioners
Martyn Day is celebrated for his pioneering personal injury claims against corporations and government bodies, arising out of injuries sustained both at home and overseas. His areas of expertise include misconduct by the military, environmental pollution and historic rights violations.
"Martyn is a strategist par excellence."
Sally Moore leads the firm's personal injury department. She is among the country's standout practitioners for high-value personal injury accident claims, and is frequently sought out to handle brain, spinal, amputation and fatal accident cases. She is also noted in the market for her niche expertise in bringing cycling-related claims.
"Sally works authoritatively and ceaselessly in the best interests of her clients. An utterly fearless operator, she refuses to take prevarication and obfuscation as an answer from her opponents."
"Sally is an absolute legend, a tower of force in this world."
Sapna Malik dedicates her personal injury practice to civil liberties and human rights claims. She is known for assisting clients with personal injury claims related to abuse arising from corporate negligence.
"Sapna is very sensible and good to work with."
Renée Wright leads an impressive range of catastrophic injury matters. She also has an experience acting on chronic pain cases.
"Renée is great. She is very positive on cases, has lots of energy and is very good with clients."
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