Civil Law

Personal Injury

Our team has considerable expertise in dealing with all types of personal injury claim – from minor road traffic to major head injury.

Clare Routledge, head of the team, is a member of the Law Society’s Personal Injury Panel, and a member of the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers.

We are committed to giving each client a personal service, tailored to his or her individual needs. Our focus is always the best financial settlement for our client, but we are never afraid of giving our clients clear advice – even if is not what the client might want to hear.

We offer Conditional Fee Agreements (‘No Win, No Fee’) backed by After the Event Insurance, to protect our clients from the financial risk of litigation.

Actions Against The Police

Our team can advise clients in cases of police misconduct. We have experience of advising and representing clients in circumstances involving racism, violence, unlawful imprisonment and malicious prosecution. The service we offer includes:

• Advising on the complaints procedure, including the Independent Police Complaints Commission
• Bringing claims for compensation
• Advising on disciplinary or criminal proceedings against police officers
• Advising clients who have been unlawfully detained under the mental health system

Death In Custody

Clare Routledge is a Higher Courts Advocate with considerable experience in advising and representing bereaved families at inquests, where a death has occurred in police custody, in prison, following a chase by a police car, or where a person was detained under the Mental Health Act, and died in hospital.

We can help families through the difficult process of the Inquest, advising on the procedure, on the Human Rights issues which often arise. Although legal aid is not usually available for representation at an Inquest, in these exceptional cases it may be, and we can help you secure legal representation if you are eligible.

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