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Media contacts
Tom MacGuinnessInjury & Medical [email protected] 7940 4079
Eileen DonagheyPrivate Client & [email protected] 7940 4038
Tom provides PR support to the firms Injury & Medical Claims team. He works with journalists from national and regional press, as well as sourcing experts within the firm for comment on the news agenda.
Personal InjuryLeading firm with a reputation for handling catastrophic injury claims including injuries to the brain, spinal cord and cases involving limb loss. International expertise, acting for British nationals injured in foreign jurisdictions.
Clinical NegligenceWith two former nurses and a qualified medical doctor in the team, we are well placed to provide insight from both the medical and legal perspective of news stories. As well as providing commentary on NHS matters, we are also highly experienced in pursuing cases against the private sector, including acting for those who are resident abroad and who come to the UK for specifically for specialist private medical treatment. Main areas of work include complex medicine and rare medical conditions including; birth injuries and cerebral palsy; neurological, neurosurgical and spinal injuries; emergency and intensive care; and general internal medicine.
Eileen manages the private client departments and commercial PR within the firm. These departments include Family, Housing, Conveyancing, Wills and Probate, Contentious Trusts, Commercial and the Court of Protection.
The firm can provide areas to comment on all of these matters but has particular expertise in:
Housing disrepairThe team, led by Andrew Brookes, is consistently ranked top in Legal 500 and Chambers including a number of the team ranked as leading individuals. Giles Peaker is a well-known figure amongst housing law. The team regularly comment on disrepair cases, homelessness issues and housing and leasehold disputes.
Property Litigation We remain at the forefront of legislative changes in the private rented sector. The team acts mainly for agents, and commercial and residential landlords. David Smith who heads the team is the Policy Director for the Residential Landlords Association. David can provide comment on forthcoming legislation affecting landlords and letting agents. We can also advise on deposit protection issues, property licensing, Right to Rent and HMOs.
Family A highly regarded team headed by Kim Beatson who is well known and highly respected within Family law. The department has grown in 2016 with the addition of two new Partners, David Emmerson and Sarah Hughes. The team is particularly known for their Mediation work and Alternative Dispute Resolution. We regularly provide comment for this area alongside prenuptial agreements and wider divorce issues.
Contentious Trusts & EstatesWith one of the largest contentious probate teams in London, the team who are again listed as STEP Award finalist in 2016 is headed by David Wedgwood. The team have one of the most diverse client bases in London and regularly act for clients who lack capacity. The team is available to comment on all aspects of contentious trust work and in particular estates where the executor lacks capacity.
We are a large independent law firm of 28 partners and around 150 staff and are in the top 200 law firms in England & Wales.
We were founded in Streatham in 1963 where we still have a high street branch. We have another branch in Elephant and Castle. These are important to us as they keep us close to our community roots.
Our main office, where most of us are based, is in London Bridge. We don’t intend to ever cut off from our roots but, in the digital age, we don’t want to be limited by geography.
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