Expertise
Serious Injury
We have the largest specialist team of serious injury barristers on the North Eastern Circuit. The team undertakes a wide range of serious, complex, and high value claims.
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Serious Injury
Parklane Plowden Chambers has the largest group of specialist Personal Injury barristers of any other chambers on the North Eastern Circuit
Within our Personal Injury practice is our Serious Injury team, which provides both Claimant and Defendant clients with an unrivalled choice of qualified and experienced barristers who can handle all levels and types of Personal Injury claims.
Our Serious Injury barristers focus on the most severe, complex, and high value Personal Injury claims involving people who have suffered life changing injuries and may have resulted in disability.
Examples of serious injury cases and incidents our barristers have acted in include:
- Child and adult brain injuries
- Spinal injuries
- Amputation injuries
- Chronic pain
Many of the team are widely regarded as leading Personal Injury barristers throughout the North Eastern Circuit and beyond.
Members include Andrew Axon, Howard Elgot, Elizabeth Hodgson, James Murphy, Richard Copnall, and Stephen Friday.
The team is supported by a stellar cast of experienced, specialist, and highly regarded clerks including Paul Clarke and John Hammond.
Our chambers is also committed to supporting wider industry groups and charities such as Day One, Headway, The Spinal Injuries Association and The Child Brain Injury Trust.
