Bolt Burdon Kemp is a leading firm of solicitors for serious injury claims

Practice Areas

Accident Claims

Abuse Claims

Military Claims

Spinal Injury

Medical Negligence

Brain Injury

Do I have a claim?

When you contact us, you’ll be able to speak to one of our friendly solicitors for a no-obligation chat. Tell us what happened to you so we can figure out if you have a claim for compensation.

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David McClenaghan

Head of Abuse Claims

Alex Dabek

Senior Associate – Part of the Spinal Injury Team

Deepti Patel

Senior Solicitor – Part of the Brain Injury Team

Ahmed Al-Nahhas

Head of Military Claims

Joshua Hughes

Head of Complex Injury

Ben Pepper

Associate – Part of the Accident Claims Team

Ryan Harvey

Trainee Solicitor – Part of the Accident Claims Team

Heather Petrie

Senior Solicitor – Part of the Adult Brain Injury Team

David McClenaghan

Head of Abuse Claims

Zahra Awaiz-Bilal

Senior Associate – Part of the Abuse Claims Team

Jessica Standley

Associate – Part of the Abuse Claims Team

Siobhán Crawford

Senior Associate – Part of the Abuse Claims Team

Ahmed Al-Nahhas

Head of Military Claims

Victoria Sedgwick

Senior Solicitor – Part of the Military Claims Team

Gaggan Mawi

Senior Associate – Part of the Military Claims Team

Hannah Swarbrick

Senior Associate – Part of the Military Claims Team

Alex Dabek

Senior Associate – Part of the Spinal Injury Team

Tom Lax

Associate – Part of the Spinal Injury Team

Victoria Oliver

Head of Spinal Injury

Rhiannon Daniel

Associate – Part of the Spinal Injury Team

Camilla Chellapermal

Solicitor – Part of the Medical Negligence Team

Joshua Hughes

Head of Complex Injury

Hannah Travis

Associate – Part of the Medical Negligence Team

Olivia Boschat

Associate – Part of the Medical Negligence Team

Deepti Patel

Senior Solicitor – Part of the Brain Injury Team

Tamsin Day

Associate – Part of the Child Brain Injury Team

Caroline Klage

Head of Child Brain Injury

Hokman Wong

Senior Solicitor – Part of the Brain Injury Team

Meet the full team

How We’ve Supported Our Clients

£13.3m

Largest brain injury settlement achieved in last 12 months

200+

We have acted on over 200 scouts abuse cases

£1m

Biggest interim compensation payment achieved in last 3 years

95.5%

of our clients say that we exceeded their expectations

It has been an emotional rollercoaster but I would like to thank the team for making this journey worth it. I genuinely believe I could not have succeeded with any other team, let alone made it this far. The teams expertise, kindness, empathy throughout made the tough times with the…

– H L
All I can say is everything went smoothly. I was kept informed of everything all the time and my mental health and feelings taken into consideration at all times. Very trustworthy and considerate. Rebecca Sheriff was amazing. Took absolute good care of me throughout and highly recommended. Cant compliment her…

– Steve Williams
Mentally and emotionally battered after a 2 year Police investigation and Crown Court trial against my historic abuser, I approached Bolt Burdon Kemp to seek damages against the Scout Association and Essex County Council who failed in their duty of care to me. This is when I met the delightful…

– Zahra Awaiz-Bilal
This was a very traumatic thing for me to deal with and Emily sensed when it was difficult for me and when it was all too much. I spent my life with no one believing me until I met Emily, to have someone on my side was so lovely. She…

– Anon

We’re ranked by the Legal 500

The Legal 500 is an independent legal directory. They’ve assessed us against other firms who carry out clinical negligence and personal injury work and obtained feedback from third parties about us.

Ben Pepper quoted in T3, 17 January 2022

By Ben Pepper

Ben Pepper quoted in the Evening Standard, 16 January 2022

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