Industry Awards
We are proud of our achievements and have worked hard to gain some of the most prestigious awards and standards in the legal profession. To provide the highest quality of client care, we subject ourselves to rigorous external audits. In addition, we have maintained our consistently high rating in both Chambers and the Legal 500, two of the legal profession's own benchmarks for excellence, which are re-assessed every year.
Personal Injury: Jonathan Wheeler leads the ‘excellent’ three-partner team at Bolt Burdon Kemp. Highlights for 2008 included child abuse, employer’s liability and brain injury claims. Caroline Klage has a specialism in head injury cases, and Joanna Chapman is also recommended.
Legal 500 2009-2010
Professional Negligence: Listed firm
Legal 500 2009-2010
Clinical Negligence: The ‘top-quality’ three-partner team at Bolt Burdon Kemp is led by Caroline Klage and is praised for its ‘ability to assess individual needs and address them accordingly’. The firm receives instructions on cases involving birth injury, brain damage, cerebral palsy, general surgery, spinal injury, and infectious diseases. The firm also has expertise in advising service and ex-service personnel who have suffered injury as a result of negligent treatment at the hands of medical officers employed by the MoD in the UK and overseas.
Legal 500 2009-2010
Personal Injury : “A really deserving injury firm” with a significant presence in high-value traffic accident work, the team here also deals with child abuse and employers’ liability cases. The group recently obtained a landmark House of Lords ruling which overturned the previous time limit on claims involving deliberate assault. Jonathan Wheeler is the key contact.
Chamber and Partners Directory 2009-2010
Clinical Negligence: The firm new to the rankings, Bolt Burdon Kemp has a diverse personal injury and clinical negligence practice that includes niche expertise in military claims.
Sources Say: "The firm as a whole seems to be young and full of spirit."
Key individuals: Caroline Klage leads the team. She is "prepared to be innovative in order to obtain the right result for her clients."
Chamber and Partners Directory 2009-2010