Virginie Medard

Virginie is a bilingual solicitor, qualified in England and Wales with extensive knowledge of French personal injury law.

She specialises in personal injury and insurance claims, including group claims, catastrophic injuries, fatal claims and complex cases involving jurisdictional issues. Virginie also works on product liability claims as well as various commercial disputes with an international element.

Virginie has experience in matters involving the laws of England and Wales, France, Belgium, Poland, Lithuania, Turkey and Greece.

She deals with a variety of types of injuries and severity, such as:

• Orthopaedic injuries
• Head and brain injury
• Psychiatric injuries
• Chronic pain syndrome
• Internal injuries
• Carbon monoxide poisoning
• infectious diseases

Virginie has a thoughtful and committed approach to personal injury matters. She understands that one size does not fit all and can adapt to the needs of her clients and understand their goals with their best interests always in mind.

Sample cases

• Currently instructed by the French liability insurer of a fishing holiday resort in France after the British claimant alleged that he had caught a bacterial infection (leptospirosis) after spending time at the resort.
• Instructed by a French legal expenses insurer to pursue a claim for their insured, a French food producer, in a contract dispute with a UK supermarket over product quality and unpaid invoices. Successfully secured a settlement of £85,000.
• Defended a claim involving British claimants in a fatal collision in France. One of the claimants was left with life-changing physical and psychological injuries and received compensation of more than £2million.