Slater and Gordon are one of the biggest
law firms in the UK and we have a proven
history of successfully pursuing a
personal injury claims for people with
spinal cord injuries
well i had my accident in
1991 I broke my neck  n a diving
accident  I was on holiday in Spain
and made the mistake of diving into the
shallow end of the hotel swimming pool broke
my neck and was admitted to the local
hospital in Spain for a week obviously the
condition I was in I was unsafe to be
moved but then after a week I was moved
by air ambulance back to the UK and then
spent six months at the spinal center
at Oswestry my experience as somebody with
a spinal cord injury led me into law
because when i graduated from university
i was approached about going to work for
a charity called transhouse based in Oswestry which is a charity which
provide short-term accommodation for
people with spinal injuries and I worked
there for several years but it was
during the time I was working there I
met several personal injury lawyers who were acting
for their clients and speaking to them
about personal injury litigation and what's
involved and just got me very interested
in it eventually made a decision to to
go to law college and become as a solicitor
I've been a personal reference a
qualified experienced that I bring as
somebody with a spinal cord injury when
I'm acting for a client with a spinal cord
injury is that I been through it
I've been through the spinal center I've
been through all the rehab been through
everything afterwards rebuilding your
life
I'm their lawyer I can advise them on
the claim and pursue the claim for them
but often they have questions about
things which might not be related to law
so it means I can advise them not just
as a personal injury lawyer they could ask
other things which might not be related
to the personal injury claim
my advice to anybody who sustained a
serious injury and is considering
pursuing a claim is to get legal advice as
soon as possible that's so important
and partly because you've only got three
years in which to pursue a claim anyway
but also for the injured person
themselves
it means that potentially the lawyer
could obtain interim payments from
insurers to help pay for things like
adapted housing a suitable care package
disabled equipment like vehicles
wheelchairs that sort of thing that the
person can then use and have a much
better quality of life while the claim
is still ongoing Slater and Gordon have
teams of specialist lawyers based in
offices all over the country who have
experienced specialist skills needed to
pursue a spinal injury claim and i can
say that not just as a personal injury lawyer
myself but somebody with a spinal injury
i've seen the professionalism I've seen the
pride that Slater and Gordon
take in their work and my advice to
anybody watching this video
who has a spinal injury and who is
looking for a law firm to instruct who
may already have a law firm backing for
them but they're not happy with the
quality of service they're receiving
contact Slater and Gordon speak to one
of our specialists lawyers and they'll
be able to advise you on how we can
pursue the claim for you
