If your life has been devastated by a serious injury you need a lawyer that you can rely upon.
There are many firms of solicitors undertaking personal injury work. But only a handful has the expertise and experience to deliver the service and results needed by those who have suffered catastrophic injuries, such as head injuries, or spinal injuries.
Prince Evans’ Catastrophic Injury Department has provided a national service that for more than 30 years has concentrated on fighting for those who have suffered the most devastating injuries. During this period we have been at the forefront of the development of this area of the law, and on several occasions we have won record awards of damages for clients. Today we recover millions of pounds in damages for clients every year, and we are regarded as one of the country’s leading specialists.
The Department Head is Bryan Neill who is one of the most respected figures in this field. He is a member of the Spinal Injuries Association, the Brain Injury charity Headway, the International Spinal Cord Society, and numerous other national and international organisations focusing on the needs of those who have suffered catastrophic injuries.
We believe that we are privileged in being able to change peoples’ lives for the better, after they have been devastated by an accident.
We see our role as to take up the fight for the injured and disabled. We try to seek out and act for the most deserving and needy of cases, and to try to bring back the dignity and joy that has been taken out of our clients’ lives, to give them back a future worth looking forward to. We constantly act for individuals in the hardest and most complex cases, and we continue to win these cases for them. We do not act for insurance companies or defendants.
It is not only what you know but who you know
To win the hardest cases, you need the best people.
Damages recovered will depend upon the quality of the case presented by your lawyer. Severe injuries impact across all areas of life and can cause permanent loss of income, nursing and care needs, a change of accommodation, special transport or equipment needs, and much more. Experts have to be instructed by your lawyer to prepare special reports addressing these needs now and into the future, and with the help of expert doctors the lawyer has to quantify how much money these needs and losses mean you will require over the course of a lifetime. This, plus added compensation for your injury, will form the basis of your case.
Therefore your chosen lawyer needs to know and be able to choose the very best experts. Because of our experience and years of representing the most seriously injured in society, we have extensive knowledge of the most appropriate specialists to go to. Some of these are amongst the most highly regarded in the country, and have worked with us for many years and we now also value them as personal friends. These connections, that we have established over many years, provide great added value for our clients.
Ensuring damages meet lifetime needs
It is very rare that we will take on a case and lose it. We are experts in maximising the damages recovered, so that they are enough to provide for a lifetime’s needs.
At that point we will also be there to help you decide how to protect your damages.
These are uncertain times, financially, as events of the last two years have taught us. We have seen banks collapse and invested sums lost. We will help you to protect your damages against these risks. We will help you to decide how best to receive your damages. For example by way of regular annual or monthly payments for the rest of your life (“periodical payments”), or a lump sum, or a mixture of both. If some or all is received as a lump sum, we will help ensure you receive the best advice to decide how to invest it safely, for the future.
Again, our long years of experience in this type of work means that we can ensure that you receive truly independent advice on these matters from the very best people.
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Below are just some of the independent testimonials, over recent years, paid to Prince Evans’ Catastrophic Injury Department by independent analysts of the legal profession :
“Prince Evans’ Bryan Neill has joined the list of Leading Individuals following constant praise from his peers. Particular emphasis on cases involving major disability and interest in the development of Structured Settlements”.
- Chambers and Partners “Client’s Guide to the UK Legal Profession” 1997
“Generally praised Prince Evans specialises in claims involving tetraplegia, paraplegia, and brain injury. During 1997/98 this included at least 5 claims exceeding £1m of which 2 exceeded £1.5m.”
- Chambers and Partners “Client’s Guide to the UK Legal Profession” 1999
“Bryan Neill of West London firm Prince Evans has recovered more than £7million damages for clients in the last 6 months alone. One of the most high profile of Neill’s recent cases involved a successful claim against the Metropolitan Police on behalf of a victim hit by a speeding police-car.”
- The Legal 500, 2001
“At Prince Evans respected litigator Bryan Neill has carved out a reputation for his skilful handling of complex cases”.
- Chambers and Partners 2003
“Particular specialisms include severe spinal injury (tetraplegic and paraplegic) and head injury claims. Pioneering reputation in cases involving major catastrophic injury/disability, obtaining UK record damages on several occasions”.
- Legal 500 2003
“Prince Evans has cemented its place in the London market. The team has particular emphasis on tetraplegic, paraplegic and brain injury claims. Recently it has received a £3m settlement for a paraplegic client.”
- Chambers and Partners “Client’s Guide to the UK Legal Profession” 2005
“Prince Evans’ Bryan Neill is described as ‘a fantastic lawyer’.”
- Chambers and Partners “Client’s Guide to the UK Legal Profession” 2006
“This department at this Ealing firm…certainly earned a number of strong recommendations this year. Brain and Spinal Injuries are the focus here, the smaller claims handled by a separate team. Partner Bryan Neill takes on catastrophic cases all the time, and he does them extremely well”.
- Chambers and Partners “Client’s Guide to the UK Legal Profession” 2007
“Prince Evans - London-based firm… warmly recognised for punching well above its weight. The team predominantly handles brain and spinal injury-related work and can often recover damages well in excess of £1m. The group has a large client base, including private individuals located across the UK. Head Bryan Neill is the main name at the firm, according to sources. He is celebrated for his “top quality” advice and “excellent grasp” of complex issues, particularly where major catastrophic injury or disability claims are concerned.”
- Chambers and Partners “Client’s Guide to the UK Legal Profession” 2008
“Has developed a national reputation for cases involving major catastrophic injury/disability, notably spinal injuries and traumatic brain injuries….has on several occasions recovered record UK awards of damages for clients.”
- The Legal 500 “Who’s in the Law” 2008
Best Lawyers - Bryan Neill has been selected by his peers in the inaugural Best Lawyers list of solicitors for the United Kingdom in the speciality of Personal Injury. Selection is based on an exhaustive and rigorous peer-review survey comprising more than 138,625 confidential evaluations by 1,420 top solicitors in the United Kingdom. “Because no fees or purchase is required, being among the first to be selected is a unique and singular honour”. “Best Lawyers is an international, independent resource for those who seek to identify the best in the legal profession”.
- Best Lawyers, 2009
“Since the mid-1980s, Bryan has specialised in high-value personal injury claims, representing adult and infant victims of catastrophic spinal and brain injuries and combinations of these. He has recovered multimillion-pound damages awards in a long list of cases and continues to do so regularly. He specialises in severe brain and spinal injury claims, irrespective of the cause of the injury, including cases involving professional negligence, clinical negligence, accidents at work, and road accidents”.
- 2009 : www.legalexpertsdirectory.com
Contact us at : injury@prince-evans.co.uk
or telephone us on (freephone) – 0800 019 0991
