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About Matthew
I am a Solicitor and a Partner at Moore Barlow LLP within the Serious Injury Department of which I lead the Southampton team.
I have extensive experience of acting on behalf of clients who have suffered serious injury or bereavement claim compensation from the party at fault. I embarked on my legal career in 1999 and exclusively work on behalf of the injured client in personal injury cases,
I have long held the belief that by keeping our clients at the centre of everything we do then all else will follow.
Where possible, I will always meet with my client to understand their situation and objectives. I enjoy working as part of a team to establish liability having garnered extensive experience in acting for clients where liability is initially denied. I endeavour to progress claims effectively and efficiently by identifying the key milestones for a client. This includes ensuring best funding is available, assessing the merits of a case, accessing rehabilitation, securing financial interim payments, and working with leading experts to secure best evidence to maximise compensation.
I appreciate the rehabilitation is of paramount importance to clients to maximise their outcomes. I am the Moore Barlow lead on the industry “Serious Injury Guide” which is a code encouraging the parties to collaborate in cases of high value with a view to ensuring access to early rehabilitation and financial payments.
Specialisms
The clients for whom I am instructed by will have suffered one or a combination of the following injuries:-
- Brain Injury (adult or child)
- Spinal Cord Injury
- Limb loss (amputation)
- Complex fracture affecting mobility
- Loss of life; including Inquest work
I have recovered tens of millions of pounds for clients who have suffered the above injuries either in the UK or abroad. The cause of the injury might be a road traffic collision, an accident at work, an assault, a defective product, or a fall. I also have experience of acting for clients who have suffered their injuries whilst on the water, for instance on a boat or a RIB experience.
I regularly am involved in acting for clients on court matters in the furtherance of their cases and in matters where someone has sadly died I have myself conducted many Inquests to uncover the facts that led to the death.
Memberships and accreditations
- Chair of the South of England Acquired Brain Injury Forum which is the regional group of the United Kingdom Acquired Brain Injury Forum.
- Member of the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL) having previously held the role of both Co-ordinator and then Secretary of their South of England Group.
- Consistently recognised as a leading practitioner for personal injury in the legal directories Legal 500 and Chambers & Partners
- Listed in the Solicitors Directory for the United Kingdom Acquired Brain Injury Forum (UKABIF), as a brain injury specialist, and chair of their regional South of England Group (SEABIF).
- Listed in the Solicitors Directory for Headway UK, the national brain injury charity, as a brain injury specialist
- Panel solicitor for RoadPeace, the national charity for people who have been seriously injured or lost loved ones in a road traffic collision
- Listed by Aspire Charity and Spinal Injuries Association (SIA) as a legal panel member for those with spinal cord injury.
- Associate Member of the Royal Society of Medicine
- Member of the Institute of Advanced Motorists
- Member of Cycling UK, the national cycling charity
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