The North East offices of national law firm Irwin Mitchell are celebrating more success after winning three awards at this year's Northern Law Awards.
Irwin Mitchell has had a presence in the North East for 14 years and has offices in Newcastle and Middlesbrough helping clients across the entire region.
The Northern Law Awards recognise the very best legal talent across the North of England and Irwin Mitchell won:
Personal Injury/Clinical Negligence Team of the Year for the third year running
specialist asbestos-related disease and child abuse lawyer Emma Crowther was named Rising Star of the Year
and personal injury expert Kimberley Fryer was also awarded Trainee of the Year.
The Serious Injury team alone has recovered more than £45 million in damages for its clients and has several new team members including new Associate, Andrew McGowan who has 25 years’ experience of high value PI work, two new Solicitors, Laura Gabbey-Cristofini and Alastair Elliot. Registered General Nurse Kim Davies has been appointed as a Client Liaison Manager delivering a unique support service to the firm’s clients.
Commenting on this year’s award wins, Paula Myers, Regional Managing Partner of Irwin Mitchell’s Newcastle office, said: “We have enjoyed a huge amount of success in recent years and these latest award wins are another great tribute to the phenomenal work and great talent we have within the firm.
“We are very proud of all of those who have won prizes and are delighted that so many talented individuals have been recognised. However, this will not stop us from continuing to look to further develop our offering to ensure our clients always get the best possible outcome in their cases.”
Fran Mayes, Lead Partner for the Personal Injury team at Irwin Mitchell’s Newcastle office, said: “I am incredibly proud of the work that we do to support individuals that have suffered injury and illness. ”
“The damages we recover for our clients enable them to have access to the rehabilitation and care that they require rest of their lives. Our teams work hard to get the best possible outcomes for our clients so that they can live as independently as possible and get the help and support they need to recover. ”
“The Personal Injury team works closely with our Court of Protection and Public Law and Human Rights teams to ensure that our clients are supported whilst their case is ongoing and after their personal injury claim has concluded.”
“Our Court of Protection team has extensive specialist knowledge to assist clients who lack the requisite capacity to manage their own property and affairs such as those suffering from dementia or Alzheimer’s, or brain injuries caused through medical negligence or severe head injuries in accidents or assaults.”
It is not only their clients they help as last year the Irwin Mitchell Newcastle office raised over £14,000 for its charity of the year, Tiny Lives which helps to care for premature and sick newborn babies, their mothers and families at the Royal Victoria Infirmary. The firm is supporting Rape Crisis Tyneside & Northumberland in 2017 to help support survivors of sexual abuse.
