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Personal Injury: Mainly Claimant | UK

London (Firms)

Personal Injury covers the full scope of litigation arising from injuries sustained outside of a clinical context. This includes litigation arising from workplace accidents, motor accidents and abuse claims. Please note there is a separate table for industrial disease claims.  This table ranks firms and lawyers that act for the individuals, or groups of individuals, bringing claims.  Firms that represent insurers and other defendants are ranked elsewhere in our Mainly Defendant tables. Certain niche areas of international work are also covered by this section, such as injuries and abuse resulting from wars and corporate negligence, although purely travel-related injuries are covered in a separate section within the Travel section of the guide entitled International Personal Injury.

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Anthony Gold
Personal Injury: Mainly Claimant
2025 | Band 1 | 22 Years Ranked
Anthony Gold houses a respected team with experience handling big-ticket catastrophic injury claims and particular expertise in spinal cord, brain and amputation cases. The team also regularly takes on cases concerning significant psychological injury and is noted for its skilled handling of cases involving international accidents.
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Fieldfisher
Personal Injury: Mainly Claimant
2025 | Band 1 | 22 Years Ranked
Fieldfisher has a strong team of catastrophic injury specialists with significant expertise in high-value and highly complex cases, including those with an international element. It fields extensive experience with regard to severe motor accidents and injuries sustained in the workplace. The team is also regularly instructed to provide representation in high-profile cases especially related to historic abuse and has been active in personal injury claims arising out of terror attacks.
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Leigh Day
Personal Injury: Mainly Claimant
2025 | Band 1 | 22 Years Ranked
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.
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Stewarts
Personal Injury: Mainly Claimant
2025 | Band 1 | 22 Years Ranked
Stewarts maintains an excellent reputation as a go-to for claimants in complex catastrophic injury claims, including brain, spinal, tetraplegic and fatal injury claims. The team is notable for its strength in depth as well as its ability to secure top settlements and innovative rehabilitation solutions for its clients. It is also noted for its representation of minors in catastrophic injury cases, particularly arising from motor accidents.
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Bolt Burdon Kemp LLP
Personal Injury: Mainly Claimant
2025 | Band 2 | 20 Years Ranked
Bolt Burdon Kemp is a boutique personal injury firm known for its advice to claimants on the full span of serious injury cases. The team is particularly noted for its expertise in handling military claims as well as historic child sex abuse cases. It is highly experienced in cases involving traumatic brain and spinal injuries in children.
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Irwin Mitchell
Personal Injury: Mainly Claimant
2025 | Band 2 | 25 Years Ranked
Irwin Mitchell houses a substantial team of specialist practitioners known for tackling the full range of personal injury claims. The firm maintains a standout reputation for its handling of catastrophic injury claims, as well as cases involving injuries resulting from child abuse and industrial disease. The team also offers broad experience ranging from motor accidents to workplace accidents, with the added capability of representing claimants in cross-border matters.
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Osbornes Law
Personal Injury: Mainly Claimant
2025 | Band 2 | 10 Years Ranked
Osbornes has a well-regarded personal injury practice well equipped to advise on high-value and high-profile claims, including fatalities and severe injuries. It has considerable experience in cases arising from motor accidents and accidents at work. The team offers specialist expertise in cycling-related injury claims and regularly acts for foreign nationals.
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Hodge Jones & Allen
Personal Injury: Mainly Claimant
2025 | Band 3 | 22 Years Ranked
Hodge Jones & Allen advises claimants on the full range of fast-track and multi-track personal injury claims, including brain injury in children. The team regularly handles claims featuring multiple litigants, cross-border complexities and human rights implications. It has considerable expertise in motor accidents and accidents at work at well. The firm is also adept at representing foreign nationals injured in the UK.
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Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP
Personal Injury: Mainly Claimant
2025 | Band 3 | 3 Years Ranked
Penningtons Manches Cooper handles a wide array of personal injury matters including catastrophic injury, psychiatric injury and historical sexual abuse claims. The firm has further expertise working with claimants based outside of the UK. The team also represents individuals from the police force who suffered physical and psychological injuries in the line of duty.
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Bindmans LLP
Personal Injury: Mainly Claimant
2025 | Band 4 | 17 Years Ranked
Bindmans shows deep expertise with regard to brain, orthopaedic and psychological injury claims. The firm is regularly instructed for claims arising from accidents at work, particularly on behalf of construction workers, as well as cases involving human rights issues. Team members specialise in multi-track claims and wield additional experience in cases involving chronic pain and subtle brain injury.
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Russell-Cooke
Personal Injury: Mainly Claimant
2025 | Band 4 | 17 Years Ranked
Russell-Cooke is notable for its representation of claimants in cases arising from novel and unusual circumstances. The team is also adept at acting on catastrophic injury, CICA and historical abuse issues. Russell-Cooke shows a particular specialism in secondary injury claims, including large multi-party matters.
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Slater and Gordon Lawyers
Personal Injury: Mainly Claimant
2025 | Band 4 | 26 Years Ranked
Slater and Gordon's serious injury team in London has a great deal of experience in both catastrophic injury and fatality cases. The firm advises on claims concerning brain injuries, amputations and orthopaedic injuries arising from situations including road traffic accidents and accidents at work.
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Thompsons
Personal Injury: Mainly Claimant
2025 | Band 4 | 28 Years Ranked
Thompsons offers a respected personal injury group with substantial experience representing trade unions in connection with workplace accident and occupational disease claims. The team also handles claims arising out of RTAs and regularly advises on serious cases of orthopaedic injury, respiratory problems and chronic pain syndrome.
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