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Our team
Personal injury
Claire Howard: (Personal injury team leader) Partner
Email: claire.howard@bllaw.co.uk
Telephone: 023 8085 7313
Fax: 023 8036 3320
Claire has responsibility for the team which the 2011 Legal 500 survey ranks in the first tier of South East Law firms and describes as "very knowledgeable and well respected". Claire herself is described as "excellent". Claire has built a reputation for pursuing claims of the utmost severity, particularly head injuries but also spinal injury and amputations. She is client focused from the beginning and ensures her clients receive the rehabilitation they need via co-operation with Defendant insurer or by issuing proceedings early and securing Court ordered payments if necessary.Claire is a member of the Law Society PI Panel, has senior litigator status with the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL). She is a member of Headway – the brain injury association Personal Injury Solicitors List - as well as a committee member of the Headway Isle of Wight Group. Claire is also a panel member of the Spinal Injuries Association and Child Brain Injury Trust (CBiT).
Email: claire.howard@bllaw.co.uk
Telephone: 023 8085 7313
Fax: 023 8036 3320
Claire has responsibility for the team which the 2011 Legal 500 survey ranks in the first tier of South East Law firms and describes as "very knowledgeable and well respected". Claire herself is described as "excellent". Claire has built a reputation for pursuing claims of the utmost severity, particularly head injuries but also spinal injury and amputations. She is client focused from the beginning and ensures her clients receive the rehabilitation they need via co-operation with Defendant insurer or by issuing proceedings early and securing Court ordered payments if necessary.Claire is a member of the Law Society PI Panel, has senior litigator status with the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL). She is a member of Headway – the brain injury association Personal Injury Solicitors List - as well as a committee member of the Headway Isle of Wight Group. Claire is also a panel member of the Spinal Injuries Association and Child Brain Injury Trust (CBiT).
Grant Evatt: Senior solicitor
Email: grant.evatt@bllaw.co.uk
Telephone: 023 8085 7304
Fax: 0844 620 3401
Grant is a senior solicitor and deputy to the PI team. He joined the team in 2009. Grant undertakes a wide range of PI cases but has particular expertise and interest in advising both serving and retired members of the armed forces in relation to PI claims but also applications to the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme.
Grant is a member of the Law Society’s panel, has Senior Litigator with APIL and is the co-ordinator of APIL's Military SIG (special interest group). Grant continues to have articles published in legal journals and following on from 'The Military Covenant: A Creeping Barrage' - Published in APIL PI Focus November 2009 Volume 19 Issue 10 'Beyond the Battlefield' – was published in the Solicitors Journal 3 August 2010.
Email: grant.evatt@bllaw.co.uk
Telephone: 023 8085 7304
Fax: 0844 620 3401
Grant is a senior solicitor and deputy to the PI team. He joined the team in 2009. Grant undertakes a wide range of PI cases but has particular expertise and interest in advising both serving and retired members of the armed forces in relation to PI claims but also applications to the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme.
Grant is a member of the Law Society’s panel, has Senior Litigator with APIL and is the co-ordinator of APIL's Military SIG (special interest group). Grant continues to have articles published in legal journals and following on from 'The Military Covenant: A Creeping Barrage' - Published in APIL PI Focus November 2009 Volume 19 Issue 10 'Beyond the Battlefield' – was published in the Solicitors Journal 3 August 2010.
Julia Prior: Senior solicitor
Email: julia.prior@bllaw.co.uk
Telephone: 023 8085 7316
Fax: 0844 620 3401
Julia is a senior solicitor within the team. She has Senior Litigator status with APIL and is an accredited Law Society Panel solicitor. She undertakes a wide range of PI work but had a particular interest in bicycle and motorcycle claims and those involving animals. She is a member of BL's rural team and is the team's equine specialist.
Email: julia.prior@bllaw.co.uk
Telephone: 023 8085 7316
Fax: 0844 620 3401
Julia is a senior solicitor within the team. She has Senior Litigator status with APIL and is an accredited Law Society Panel solicitor. She undertakes a wide range of PI work but had a particular interest in bicycle and motorcycle claims and those involving animals. She is a member of BL's rural team and is the team's equine specialist.
Ruth Johnson: Solicitor
Email: ruth.johnson@bllaw.co.uk
Telephone: 023 8085 7309
Fax: 0844 620 3401
Ruth joined BL in 2005 as a trainee and qualified into the Multi Track team in 2007. A highly skilled solicitor, Ruth deals with accidents at work, occupiers' liability, product liability and road traffic accident claims. She also undertakes some defendant work and is a member of the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL).
Email: ruth.johnson@bllaw.co.uk
Telephone: 023 8085 7309
Fax: 0844 620 3401
Ruth joined BL in 2005 as a trainee and qualified into the Multi Track team in 2007. A highly skilled solicitor, Ruth deals with accidents at work, occupiers' liability, product liability and road traffic accident claims. She also undertakes some defendant work and is a member of the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL).
Karen Thompson (nee Hayden): Legal executive
Email: karen.thompson@bllaw.co.uk
Telephone: 023 8085 7344
Fax: 0844 620 3401
Karen is a fellow of the Institute of Legal Executives and joined the team a few years ago. She is our industrial disease expert who assists Claire with running our Noise Induced Hearing Loss team. Karen is organised and efficient and ensures that no stone is left unturned when she is investigating claims. Karen is a member of APIL.
Email: karen.thompson@bllaw.co.uk
Telephone: 023 8085 7344
Fax: 0844 620 3401
Karen is a fellow of the Institute of Legal Executives and joined the team a few years ago. She is our industrial disease expert who assists Claire with running our Noise Induced Hearing Loss team. Karen is organised and efficient and ensures that no stone is left unturned when she is investigating claims. Karen is a member of APIL.
Julie Donovan: Senior legal executive
Email: julie.donovan@bllaw.co.uk
Telephone: 023 8085 7322
Fax: 0844 620 3401
A Fellow of the Institute of Legal Executives, Julie has been with BL since 1995 and is the team leader for the Fast Track, Road Traffic team. She specialises in pursuing claims for compensation for injuries arising out of road traffic accidents and is the firm's representative for MASS (Motor Accidents Solicitors Society).
Email: julie.donovan@bllaw.co.uk
Telephone: 023 8085 7322
Fax: 0844 620 3401
A Fellow of the Institute of Legal Executives, Julie has been with BL since 1995 and is the team leader for the Fast Track, Road Traffic team. She specialises in pursuing claims for compensation for injuries arising out of road traffic accidents and is the firm's representative for MASS (Motor Accidents Solicitors Society).
Deborah Blackmore: Legal Executive
Email: deborah.blackmore@bllaw.co.uk
Telephone: 023 8085 7446
Fax: 0844 620 3401
Deborah joined our personal Injury team in December 2009. She is a Chartered Legal Executive and Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives. She undertakes a wide range of PI work, to include employers' liability, occupiers' liability, public liability and noise induced hearing loss claims.
With a background in sales and marketing she has a wide range of experience and a hands-on approach.
Email: deborah.blackmore@bllaw.co.uk
Telephone: 023 8085 7446
Fax: 0844 620 3401
Deborah joined our personal Injury team in December 2009. She is a Chartered Legal Executive and Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives. She undertakes a wide range of PI work, to include employers' liability, occupiers' liability, public liability and noise induced hearing loss claims.
With a background in sales and marketing she has a wide range of experience and a hands-on approach.
Kaye Mansbridge: Legal executive
Email: kaye.mansbridge@bllaw.co.uk
Telephone: 023 8085 7306
Fax: 0844 620 3401
Kaye is a Fellow of the Institute of Legal Executives. She is an experienced Fast Track RTA specialist but now works on a mixed case load.
Email: kaye.mansbridge@bllaw.co.uk
Telephone: 023 8085 7306
Fax: 0844 620 3401
Kaye is a Fellow of the Institute of Legal Executives. She is an experienced Fast Track RTA specialist but now works on a mixed case load.
David Chilcott: Associate of the Institute of Legal Executives
Email: david.chilcott@bllaw.co.uk
Telephone: 023 8085 7332
Fax: 0844 620 3401
David is an Associate of the Institute of Legal Executives. His caseload predominantly involves accidents at work, although he also undertakes public liability cases.
Email: david.chilcott@bllaw.co.uk
Telephone: 023 8085 7332
Fax: 0844 620 3401
David is an Associate of the Institute of Legal Executives. His caseload predominantly involves accidents at work, although he also undertakes public liability cases.
Clinical negligence
John White: (Clinical negligence team leader) Partner
Email: john.white@bllaw.co.uk
Telephone: 023 8085 7329 (Southampton); 020 7814 6864 (London);
Fax: 0844 620 3415
The multi-talented John Charles White is dual-qualified as a solicitor and doctor and heads up the Clinical Negligence team. He has a proven track record of successfully bringing high value complex clinical negligence cases on behalf of clients. As well as a member of the Law Society Clinical Negligence Panel, John has higher rights of audience for civil cases and previously worked as a doctor in the NHS, becoming a member of the Royal College of Physicians in 1994.
John works out of the firm's Southampton and London offices.
Email: john.white@bllaw.co.uk
Telephone: 023 8085 7329 (Southampton); 020 7814 6864 (London);
Fax: 0844 620 3415
The multi-talented John Charles White is dual-qualified as a solicitor and doctor and heads up the Clinical Negligence team. He has a proven track record of successfully bringing high value complex clinical negligence cases on behalf of clients. As well as a member of the Law Society Clinical Negligence Panel, John has higher rights of audience for civil cases and previously worked as a doctor in the NHS, becoming a member of the Royal College of Physicians in 1994.
John works out of the firm's Southampton and London offices.
Alison McClure: (Head of department) Partner
Email: alison.mcclure@bllaw.co.uk
Telephone: 023 8085 7345
Fax: 0844 620 3415
Alison joined Blake Lapthorn in 1984 and on qualification built up the firm's personal injury and clinical negligence practice. Chambers UK, A Client's Guide to the Legal Profession, says that Alison "enjoys a strong reputation among clients, competitor firms and the Bar."
Alison is a member of both Law Society and AVMA clinical negligence panels and conducts substantial litigation on behalf of claimants against the NHS trust and doctors and healthcare practitioners in private practice.
Alison also heads the firm's Litigation and Dispute Resolution department.
Email: alison.mcclure@bllaw.co.uk
Telephone: 023 8085 7345
Fax: 0844 620 3415
Alison joined Blake Lapthorn in 1984 and on qualification built up the firm's personal injury and clinical negligence practice. Chambers UK, A Client's Guide to the Legal Profession, says that Alison "enjoys a strong reputation among clients, competitor firms and the Bar."
Alison is a member of both Law Society and AVMA clinical negligence panels and conducts substantial litigation on behalf of claimants against the NHS trust and doctors and healthcare practitioners in private practice.
Alison also heads the firm's Litigation and Dispute Resolution department.
Sue Jarvis: Partner
Email: sue.jarvis@bllaw.co.uk
Telephone: 01865 248607
Fax: 0844 620 3416
Sue specialises in cerebral palsy cases and runs our cerebral palsy helpline. She joined Blake Lapthorn in September 2002. Prior to this Sue worked in hospitals as a medical scientist for eight years, equipping her with skills to deal with and interpret medical records. She has a particular interest in acting for children.
Sue is a member of various specialist panels including Action for Victims of Medical Accidents and the Law Society's Clinical Negligence and Personal Injury panels. She also sits on two Legal Services Commission review panels, which review decisions by the legal aid board and has a background as a trained CAB adviser. Sue is also an accredited mediator.
Email: sue.jarvis@bllaw.co.uk
Telephone: 01865 248607
Fax: 0844 620 3416
Sue specialises in cerebral palsy cases and runs our cerebral palsy helpline. She joined Blake Lapthorn in September 2002. Prior to this Sue worked in hospitals as a medical scientist for eight years, equipping her with skills to deal with and interpret medical records. She has a particular interest in acting for children.
Sue is a member of various specialist panels including Action for Victims of Medical Accidents and the Law Society's Clinical Negligence and Personal Injury panels. She also sits on two Legal Services Commission review panels, which review decisions by the legal aid board and has a background as a trained CAB adviser. Sue is also an accredited mediator.
Caron Heyes: Senior solicitor
Email: caron.heyes@bllaw.co.uk
Telephone: 020 7814 6902
Fax: 0844 620 3417
Caron heads our Clinical Negligence team in London. The majority of her practice is in clinical negligence claims across a broad spectrum of claim types, including gynaecology, oncology, cardiology, and accident and emergency. She has a particular expertise in fatal accident claims and complex neonatal, obstetric and/or heart surgery injury claims. She is also experienced in providing advice and representation at inquests.Chambers UK 2010, a Client's Guide to the Legal Profession, again recognises her expertise as a leader in the field of Clinical negligence, placing her in the first band of practitioners in London and recommending her as an "experienced, adept and supportive lawyer".
Caron also works on a voluntary basis with AvMA, (since May 2009) to develop fundraising opportunities, policy and their Inquest Project. AvMA are a core participant at the ongoing Public Enquiry into exceptionally poor care at the Mid Staffordshire Hospitals NHS Trust between 2005 and 2009, and Caron is currently working with AvMA on that enquiry.
Caron is a member of the Law Society Clinical Negligence Accreditation Panel and APIL.
Email: caron.heyes@bllaw.co.uk
Telephone: 020 7814 6902
Fax: 0844 620 3417
Caron heads our Clinical Negligence team in London. The majority of her practice is in clinical negligence claims across a broad spectrum of claim types, including gynaecology, oncology, cardiology, and accident and emergency. She has a particular expertise in fatal accident claims and complex neonatal, obstetric and/or heart surgery injury claims. She is also experienced in providing advice and representation at inquests.Chambers UK 2010, a Client's Guide to the Legal Profession, again recognises her expertise as a leader in the field of Clinical negligence, placing her in the first band of practitioners in London and recommending her as an "experienced, adept and supportive lawyer".
Caron also works on a voluntary basis with AvMA, (since May 2009) to develop fundraising opportunities, policy and their Inquest Project. AvMA are a core participant at the ongoing Public Enquiry into exceptionally poor care at the Mid Staffordshire Hospitals NHS Trust between 2005 and 2009, and Caron is currently working with AvMA on that enquiry.
Caron is a member of the Law Society Clinical Negligence Accreditation Panel and APIL.
Kym Provan: Senior solicitor
Email: kym.provan@bllaw.co.uk
Telephone: 023 8085 7317
Fax: 0844 620 3415
Kym is a senior solicitor specialising in clinical negligence claims and has been a member of the Clinical Negligence team since qualifying with the firm in 2004. She has successfully pursued claims for clients with a wide range of injuries, against individual practitioners, NHS trusts and private hospitals. Kym has an interest in clinical negligence abroad and is a member of the Pan European Organisation of Personal Injury Lawyers. Before retraining as a solicitor, Kym worked for a local authority in their benefits department.
Email: kym.provan@bllaw.co.uk
Telephone: 023 8085 7317
Fax: 0844 620 3415
Kym is a senior solicitor specialising in clinical negligence claims and has been a member of the Clinical Negligence team since qualifying with the firm in 2004. She has successfully pursued claims for clients with a wide range of injuries, against individual practitioners, NHS trusts and private hospitals. Kym has an interest in clinical negligence abroad and is a member of the Pan European Organisation of Personal Injury Lawyers. Before retraining as a solicitor, Kym worked for a local authority in their benefits department.
Patricia Wakeford: Solicitor
Email: patricia.wakeford@bllaw.co.uk
Telephone: 023 8085 7310 / 023 9253 0461
Fax: 0844 620 3415
Patricia is a solicitor in the Clinical Negligence team and is also a qualified midwife with many years of experience working in the NHS. Patricia is especially interested in obstetric cases, as well as dealing with cases covering many other areas of clinical negligence. Patricia works out of the firm's Southampton and Portsmouth offices.
Email: patricia.wakeford@bllaw.co.uk
Telephone: 023 8085 7310 / 023 9253 0461
Fax: 0844 620 3415
Patricia is a solicitor in the Clinical Negligence team and is also a qualified midwife with many years of experience working in the NHS. Patricia is especially interested in obstetric cases, as well as dealing with cases covering many other areas of clinical negligence. Patricia works out of the firm's Southampton and Portsmouth offices.
Gemma Bailey: Solicitor
Email:gemma.bailey@bllaw.co.uk
Telephone: 023 8085 7248 / 023 9253 0389
Fax: 0844 620 3415
Gemma is a solicitor in the Clinical Negligence team and has been with Blake Lapthorn solicitors since 2006, having started as a trainee. She gained experience in travel law, commercial property, commercial litigation and employment law, before qualifying as a solicitor in September 2008. Since qualification, Gemma has been involved in all areas of the Personal Injury team, in particular clinical negligence, and travel litigation work dealing with claims abroad. Gemma works out of the firm's Southampton and Portsmouth offices.
Email:gemma.bailey@bllaw.co.uk
Telephone: 023 8085 7248 / 023 9253 0389
Fax: 0844 620 3415
Gemma is a solicitor in the Clinical Negligence team and has been with Blake Lapthorn solicitors since 2006, having started as a trainee. She gained experience in travel law, commercial property, commercial litigation and employment law, before qualifying as a solicitor in September 2008. Since qualification, Gemma has been involved in all areas of the Personal Injury team, in particular clinical negligence, and travel litigation work dealing with claims abroad. Gemma works out of the firm's Southampton and Portsmouth offices.
Joanna Catterall: Solicitor
Email: joanna.catterall@bllaw.co.uk
Telephone: 023 8085 7129
Fax: 0844 620 3415
Joanna qualified as a solicitor in September 2010 having joined the firm as a trainee in 2008. A fluent French speaker, she originally studied international business and French at Aston University, which included a year studying business at Universite Laval in Quebec, before spending four years living in northern France.
Email: joanna.catterall@bllaw.co.uk
Telephone: 023 8085 7129
Fax: 0844 620 3415
Joanna qualified as a solicitor in September 2010 having joined the firm as a trainee in 2008. A fluent French speaker, she originally studied international business and French at Aston University, which included a year studying business at Universite Laval in Quebec, before spending four years living in northern France.
Stewart Young: Solicitor
Email: stewart.young@bllaw.co.uk
Telephone: 020 7814 5439
Fax: 0844 620 3417
Stewart joined the firm in 2008 as a trainee and gained experience in professional regulatory law, acting for the General Medical Council before completing his training in clinical negligence. He qualified in 2010 in our London office and continues to specialise in clinical negligence and healthcare regulation.
Email: stewart.young@bllaw.co.uk
Telephone: 020 7814 5439
Fax: 0844 620 3417
Stewart joined the firm in 2008 as a trainee and gained experience in professional regulatory law, acting for the General Medical Council before completing his training in clinical negligence. He qualified in 2010 in our London office and continues to specialise in clinical negligence and healthcare regulation.
Samantha Ward: Nurse advisor and medical researcher
Email: samantha.ward@bllaw.co.uk
Telephone: 023 8085 7119
Fax: 0844 620 3415
Samantha joined Blake Lapthorn's Clinical Negligence team in November 2010. She is a registered nurse with over 14 years' experience working in the NHS in both acute medical and critical care environments. Her most recent clinical post was as a senior nurse in intensive care and immediately prior to her position with Blake Lapthorn, she held the post of senior gastro-intestinal research nurse. Samantha holds qualifications in critical care nursing, health studies and as a nurse practitioner. As a member of the firm's Clinical Negligence team, Samantha now uses her experience to liaise with clients, assess medical records, research the clinical backgrounds to cases and advise on levels of care within her fields of specialty.
Email: samantha.ward@bllaw.co.uk
Telephone: 023 8085 7119
Fax: 0844 620 3415
Samantha joined Blake Lapthorn's Clinical Negligence team in November 2010. She is a registered nurse with over 14 years' experience working in the NHS in both acute medical and critical care environments. Her most recent clinical post was as a senior nurse in intensive care and immediately prior to her position with Blake Lapthorn, she held the post of senior gastro-intestinal research nurse. Samantha holds qualifications in critical care nursing, health studies and as a nurse practitioner. As a member of the firm's Clinical Negligence team, Samantha now uses her experience to liaise with clients, assess medical records, research the clinical backgrounds to cases and advise on levels of care within her fields of specialty.
Claims abroad
Daniel Scognamiglio: Partner
Email: daniel.scognamiglio@bllaw.co.uk
Telephone: 023 8085 7339
Fax: 0844 620 3401
Multi-talented Daniel is a partner and the leader of the Travel Team based in Southampton. A specialist in multi-jurisdictional disputes and travel insurance litigation, he holds dual qualification from England as a solicitor and the US as an Attorney at Law (New York, non-practising). With a particular specialism in foreign personal injury matters, advising insurers regarding accidents abroad and dealing with situations with an international or multi-jurisdictional element, Daniel has handled cases worth several million pounds.
Daniel is also a member of the American Bar Association, Travel and Tourism Lawyers Association, Institute of Travel and Tourism and the Pan European Organisation of Personal Injury Lawyers.
Email: daniel.scognamiglio@bllaw.co.uk
Telephone: 023 8085 7339
Fax: 0844 620 3401
Multi-talented Daniel is a partner and the leader of the Travel Team based in Southampton. A specialist in multi-jurisdictional disputes and travel insurance litigation, he holds dual qualification from England as a solicitor and the US as an Attorney at Law (New York, non-practising). With a particular specialism in foreign personal injury matters, advising insurers regarding accidents abroad and dealing with situations with an international or multi-jurisdictional element, Daniel has handled cases worth several million pounds.
Daniel is also a member of the American Bar Association, Travel and Tourism Lawyers Association, Institute of Travel and Tourism and the Pan European Organisation of Personal Injury Lawyers.
Eleanor Armstrong: Senior Solicitor
Email: eleanor.armstrong@bllaw.co.uk
Telephone: 023 8085 7319 / 023 8085 7319
Fax: 023 8036 2920
Bilingual Eleanor has a degree in Translating and Interpreting (German/Spanish) and is also fluent in French. She joined the firm as a trainee, after three years as an assistant with the international legal team in Alcatel CIT in France, and qualified in September 2006. She presently handles all aspects of travel litigation.
Email: eleanor.armstrong@bllaw.co.uk
Telephone: 023 8085 7319 / 023 8085 7319
Fax: 023 8036 2920
Bilingual Eleanor has a degree in Translating and Interpreting (German/Spanish) and is also fluent in French. She joined the firm as a trainee, after three years as an assistant with the international legal team in Alcatel CIT in France, and qualified in September 2006. She presently handles all aspects of travel litigation.
Sophie Nivoit: Solicitor
Email: sophie.nivoit@bllaw.co.uk
Telephone: 023 8085 7342
Fax: 0844 620 3401
French born Sophie is also fluent in English and conversant in Spanish and German. But her cosmopolitan flair doesn't end there. She also has a Masters in European Law and Policy from the Haagse Hoogeschool in The Hague, Holland.
Email: sophie.nivoit@bllaw.co.uk
Telephone: 023 8085 7342
Fax: 0844 620 3401
French born Sophie is also fluent in English and conversant in Spanish and German. But her cosmopolitan flair doesn't end there. She also has a Masters in European Law and Policy from the Haagse Hoogeschool in The Hague, Holland.
Lauren Haas: Solicitor
Email: lauren.haas@bllaw.co.uk
Telephone: 023 8085 7109
Fax: 023 8036 2920
Bilingual in written and spoken English and German, Lauren joined the Royal Navy as an officer and attended Britannia Royal Naval College, Dartmouth after studying Law at the University of Reading. Lauren deals with international personal injury claims in all countries, international consumer issues, and also specialises in claims relating to German-speaking jurisdictions, international timeshare and holiday club claims and registration of foreign judgments. She qualified as a solicitor in March 2009.
Email: lauren.haas@bllaw.co.uk
Telephone: 023 8085 7109
Fax: 023 8036 2920
Bilingual in written and spoken English and German, Lauren joined the Royal Navy as an officer and attended Britannia Royal Naval College, Dartmouth after studying Law at the University of Reading. Lauren deals with international personal injury claims in all countries, international consumer issues, and also specialises in claims relating to German-speaking jurisdictions, international timeshare and holiday club claims and registration of foreign judgments. She qualified as a solicitor in March 2009.
Joanna Catterall: Solicitor
Email: joanna.catterall@bllaw.co.uk
Telephone: 023 8085 7129
Fax: 0844 620 3415
Joanna qualified as a solicitor in September 2010 having joined the firm as a trainee in 2008. A fluent French speaker, she originally studied international business and French at Aston University, which included a year studying business at Universite Laval in Quebec, before spending four years living in northern France.
Email: joanna.catterall@bllaw.co.uk
Telephone: 023 8085 7129
Fax: 0844 620 3415
Joanna qualified as a solicitor in September 2010 having joined the firm as a trainee in 2008. A fluent French speaker, she originally studied international business and French at Aston University, which included a year studying business at Universite Laval in Quebec, before spending four years living in northern France.
Christopher Deacon: Solicitor
Email: christopher.deacon@bllaw.co.uk
Telephone: 023 8090 8090
Fax: 0844 620 3401
Chris joined the travel team in January 2008 and qualified as a solicitor in 2011. Chris acts mostly for claimants in relation to accidents abroad and holiday disputes as well as travel and motor insurers on international recoveries. He has a particular interest in consumer travel issues, claims under the Package Travel Regulations, international conventions and denied boarding cases.
Chris completed his degree in European Law at the University of Warwick. He is fluent in French and brings a wealth of knowledge surrounding French Law having spent a year studying at the Faculty of Law in Lille.
Chris is a member of the Travel and Tourism Lawyers Association.
Email: christopher.deacon@bllaw.co.uk
Telephone: 023 8090 8090
Fax: 0844 620 3401
Chris joined the travel team in January 2008 and qualified as a solicitor in 2011. Chris acts mostly for claimants in relation to accidents abroad and holiday disputes as well as travel and motor insurers on international recoveries. He has a particular interest in consumer travel issues, claims under the Package Travel Regulations, international conventions and denied boarding cases.
Chris completed his degree in European Law at the University of Warwick. He is fluent in French and brings a wealth of knowledge surrounding French Law having spent a year studying at the Faculty of Law in Lille.
Chris is a member of the Travel and Tourism Lawyers Association.
Ian Jenkins: Legal Executive
Email:ian.jenkins@bllaw.co.uk
Telephone: 023 8085 7311
Fax: 0844 620 3415
Ian handles claims in our Travel team. He isexperienced in travel claims, especially road traffic accidents. He has alsohandles general litigation, employers' liability and public liability claims.Ian is a Fellow of the Institute of Legal Executives.
Email:ian.jenkins@bllaw.co.uk
Telephone: 023 8085 7311
Fax: 0844 620 3415
Ian handles claims in our Travel team. He isexperienced in travel claims, especially road traffic accidents. He has alsohandles general litigation, employers' liability and public liability claims.Ian is a Fellow of the Institute of Legal Executives.
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