Catastrophic Injury and Serious Personal Injury Defence Solicitors
Catastrophic Injury and Serious Personal Injury Defence Solicitors
Our Experience with Catastrophic Injury Claims
Our catastrophic personal injury solicitors are widely recognised as one of the UK’s leading team of lawyers in this area. The specialist national team handles high value and complex injury claims involving cases of the utmost severity including acquired brain injury, amputation, spinal cord injury, chronic pain and fatal accidents.
Our specialist team works collaboratively to deliver outstanding results for our clients. With an unrivalled depth of expertise, we provide strategic, commercial, data-driven, and client-focussed solutions to navigate high value and complex claims efficiently and effectively. Bespoke reserving tailored to a client’s specific requirements and analysis from our market leading large loss database combine to ensure the most accurate possible reserving throughout, and the best possible outcome.
Defence for High-Value Serious Personal Injury Cases
We advise in employers' liability, motor, public liability and product liability claims for insurers, health and public sector bodies as well as corporates. We are sensitive to the publicity serious injury claims can bring.
Expertise in Brain, Spinal, and Amputation Injury Defence
Our large loss technical units in care and case management, spinal injury, brain injury, amputation, capacity and Court of Protection, pain and large loss fraud play a pivotal role in ensuring our clients and large loss lawyers remain at the cutting edge of developments in these spheres enabling us all to deliver exceptional claims handling and outcomes.
Why Choose Weightmans as Your Catastrophic Injury Law Firm
Our methodology is tailored to meet our clients’ specific KPIs, and we offer a range of tools to assist, review, and improve client strategies in the large loss arena.
With a reputation for technical excellence and innovation we stand as a trusted advisor in defending catastrophic injury claims working together with our clients to achieve the best results while maintaining cost efficiency and strategic control. What sets Weightmans apart is our truly collaborative approach - our specialist large loss team work closely with our clients at every stage of the process to ensure their objectives are fully understood and effectively met. With a strong national presence, we are able to offer commercial, consistent, high-quality service across the UK, ensuring seamless support in these high value cases wherever our clients need us.
Accolades
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Weightmans react very quickly to correspondence and provide excellent service.
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Weightmans approach each catastrophic claim fairly and with a sense of realism.
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Weightmans ensure they keep themselves ahead of the curve and keep their clients informed of developments in the market.
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Their advice is prompt and concise. The team are incredibly diverse in their approach and can recognise changes that may affect us.
Chambers 2025
Transforming Large Loss claims handling
We are transforming the conventional way of handling large loss claims.
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Our catastrophic injury solicitors
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Accolades
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Weightmans offers an established and market-leading national public sector team with real strength in depth. It acts for more than 250 local authorities as well as emergency services and all public sector insurers. It has an acute understanding of the full breadth of their client's legal needs. .hey are reputationally astute and are always mindful of the need to protect the public purse. Weightmans continues to be a leading light in the development of public sector jurisprudence.
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Weightmans are an all-round great firm, they are very friendly, professional, and have a wealth of knowledge. We use them for a variety of casualty claims and always receive exceptional service.
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They have a wealth of knowledge of the legal system as well as our own business history which can be considerably complicated. We have an excellent working relationship and communicate regularly to ensure all strategies are understood and agreed.
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A firm with national coverage with a very strong presence in London. Attention to detail combined with a calm manner when dealing with challenging matters is the hallmark of this firm.
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The team at Weightmans are extremely experienced, have brilliant relationships with the Trusts and NHSR and are very efficient. Always a pleasure to be instructed by solicitors at the top of their game. .onia Morgan and Rosalind Bird are standout individuals. Both are very thoughtful and analytical in terms of the law and medicine but combine that with an appreciation of the practicalities of clinical negligence litigation.
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This is a great team undertaking high-quality defendant work. It is noteworthy that they have been engaged for the most challenging of claims against the NHS involving complex and technically difficult matters. They are hardworking, efficient and clear thinking.
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Weightmans is a firm than understands the needs of my business and offers an almost bespoke service.
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They are very strong all round outfit with strength in depth across all areas. Very much a one stop shop for serious injury matters of all types.
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They are very approachable, knowledgeable and I feel one of the best defendant insurance firms in the market. They are willing to go the extra mile in terms of service and added value.
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I have worked with Weightmans for many years. They quickly familiarised themselves with our business and seamlessly adapted their services to suit our needs. On an individual or team level, we have enjoyed a friendly, efficient and competitive service based on a considerable breadth of knowledge and experience. Clients requiring front-line legal claims services and complementary management support will find that Weightmans will enhance their business.
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The Weightmans team are a real heavy-weight in the defendant clinical negligence market. All of the individuals there are impressive litigators. I am always amazed at how well they prepare cases.
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They really stand out for their quality of work. .They are true experts in Defendant clinical negligence work with experience across the full spectrum of such cases.
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Weightmans are a formidable defendant firm, with heavy-hitting partners and associates.
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Weightmans are an excellent choice for Defendants in a crowded market place. They remain on top of new developments in order to ensure high quality service and great value for clients. They seem to have an uncanny ability to produce lawyers who are calm under pressure and skilled in making the complex look straightforward.
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Weightmans' team is top-notch, right down to the most junior members. I always have full confidence that the cases are prepared to a high standard and their lawyers are over all relevant detail.
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Weightmans are prompt and efficient whilst also being extremely knowledgeable and supportive. Weightmans treat clients respectfully and explain claims procedures and prospects clearly.
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There is a great depth of knowledge and ability. Attention to detail is very important and a close eye is kept by Weightmans on tactics and legal timescales. All staff are highly competent and personable. I can trust them to get on with the management of a claim without worrying.
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Weightmans have a good balance of skillsets and they work collaboratively on legal matters.
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Weightmans have a very strong knowledge of the sector and offer practical advice. They are proactive, available and always on hand.
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Weightmans has the ability to analyse and advise on very complex matters when there is immense pressure on all parties.
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The team is always very professional and balanced in their approach.
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Weightmans' lawyers are always prompt and efficient, while remaining extremely knowledgeable and supportive.
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Weightmans is consistently outstanding; a more capable and talented team would be hard to find.
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Weightmans has a wealth of talented legal staff who collectively can represent clients across all manner of legal issues, while paying close attention to deadlines, costs and claim outcomes.
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