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10 May 2021
Categories: Movers & Shakers , Profession
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Slater and Gordon—Richard Crabtree

Brain injury specialist lawyer returns to Slater and Gordon
Personal injury lawyer Richard Crabtree has returned to Slater and Gordon after four years away. 
 
The Personal Injury department at the legal business have strengthened their principal lawyer team with the appointment of the brain injury specialist.
 
Richard joins from Serious Law LLP where he was a senior lawyer after previously leaving Slater and Gordon in April 2017. 
 
He will join as team leader and principal lawyer within the specialist injury practice in Manchester. 
 
The appointment is the latest in a string of hires for the top legal business as it expands practice areas.
 
Richard said: “Slater and Gordon have long since been recognised as one of the best in the personal injury field and I look forward to getting back among the excellent team there and achieving the best outcome for our clients.”
 
Richard qualified in 1993 after training at Cobbetts and going on to specialise in brain injuries. 
 
Richard has represented seriously injured clients at a number of firms and also acts as Co-ordinator of APIL’s (Association of Personal Injury Lawyers) Brain Injury Special Interest Group, and was an APIL Assessor for their Brain Injury accreditation.
 
“Notable cases include the case of  Connor v Castle Cement and others [2016] EWHC 300 (QB) , concluded whilst at S&G , which involved the first ever use of a Registered Intermediary.
 
Madelene Holdsworth, Senior Practice Director of Slater and Gordon’s specialist injury department, said: “We are delighted to welcome Richard back to our department. I have previously worked with Richard both at Pannone LLP and Slater and Gordon and I am thrilled he has decided to return to us. He brings a wealth of experience and vast expertise with him in a difficult area of personal injury litigation”.  

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