Ahmed Al-Nahhas
UK Guide 2025
Band 5 : Personal Injury: Mainly Claimant
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About
Provided by Ahmed Al-Nahhas
Practice Areas
Ahmed is Head of the Military Claims Team and a Partner and Solicitor-Advocate, representing armed forces personnel.
Ahmed manages high value personal injury and clinical negligence claims. He ensures that his clients are seen promptly by medical experts, so their injuries can be fully investigated, an assessment made of their future needs and a strategy agreed for the successful progression of their claims.
He specialises in defending the rights of service personnel in the workplace against poor conditions, discrimination and harassment. He represents claimants in the employment tribunal and the civil courts who have suffered from stress and depression.
He had conduct of the first ever settlement in England and Wales relating to injuries caused by the wrongful prescription of Lariam (mefloquine), the anti-malarial drug.
He has authored “A Practical Guide to Military Claims”, the first legal guide for practitioners which deals exclusively with this specialist field.
Career
Trained in a general practice in the City of London; qualified on 15 May 2007; appointed as Partner at Bolt Burdon Kemp in September 2016.
Professional Memberships
Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL); Employment Lawyers Association (ELA); Forces Law (Vice Chair 2016/17, Chair 2017/18); Appointed to Advisory Board for the Centre for Military Justice.
Chambers Review
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Ahmed Al-Nahhas heads the firm's military claims team. He acts for military claimants in complex personal injury matters such as PTSD from training and serious accidents.
Strengths
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"Ahmed is fantastic. He is a really engaging lawyer who is very committed to his work, understanding of his clients' needs and a true gentleman."
"Ahmed's subject knowledge of his field of expertise is absolutely fantastic and he is very empathetic and good with clients. He is very thorough and a real fighter."
"Ahmed in an exceptional lawyer and I feel very lucky to have him on my case. His eye for strategy is impressive and I always felt like he involved me in the strategy of my case."
"Ahmed is a charming velvet glove encasing an iron fist. He never loses his even temper but simply will not permit his clients to be pushed around."
"Ahmed is fantastic. He is a really engaging lawyer who is very committed to his work, understanding of his clients' needs and a true gentleman."
"Ahmed's subject knowledge of his field of expertise is absolutely fantastic and he is very empathetic and good with clients. He is very thorough and a real fighter."
"Ahmed in an exceptional lawyer and I feel very lucky to have him on my case. His eye for strategy is impressive and I always felt like he involved me in the strategy of my case."
"Ahmed is a charming velvet glove encasing an iron fist. He never loses his even temper but simply will not permit his clients to be pushed around."