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Osbornes Law is delighted to be the principal sponsor of the Cambridge Annual Medico-Legal Conference.

This year conference, which is in its 10 year is being held on the 24th September at the impressive Wolfson College, Cambridge.

The conference is unique in that it brings together leading experts from the medical sector and leading personal injury lawyers to exchange views on the medico-legal sector and gain a deeper understanding of patients medical and legal needs, how they converge and how all can work together in the best interest of their patients and clients.

The keynote speaker at this year’s conference is The Rt Hon Lady Justice Thirlwall, Senior Presiding Judge for England and Wales. Also speaking are medical consultants and surgeons specialising in orthopaedic trauma, neurology, psychiatry, and prosthetics.

From the legal sector, leading barristers, and Queen’s Counsel, specialising in catastrophic injuries will be speaking.

Ben Posford, partner, and head of catastrophic injury at Osbornes Law comments:

“It is a great pleasure to be able to sponsor such an event, which is a rare occasion for medical experts and counsel from both sides of the claimant and defendant legal community to come together to discuss thorny medico-legal issues in the hope of finding a sensible consensus where possible”.

Osbornes Law is a leading personal injury firm in London, specialising in catastrophic injuries. Ben and his team represent individuals who have suffered life changing injuries. Chambers UK comments that Osbornes Law is a “well-regarded personal injury practice, well equipped to advise on high-value and high-profile claims, including fatalities and severe and spinal injuries”.

Both Chambers and the Legal 500 rank the firm as leading personal injury lawyers in London.

Ben who is ranked as a Band 1 leading lawyer in Chambers UK is described as “ top-class – charismatic and extremely confident when handling cases”.

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    • Rob Aylott is adept at handling sensitive and complex catastrophic injury claims. He offers a particular specialism in amputation claims.

      Chambers UK 2023

    • "Rob Aylott is adept at handling sensitive and complex catastrophic injury claims. He offers a particular specialism in amputation claims."

      Chambers UK 2023

    • Ben Posford leads the catastrophic injury team and regularly represents claimants in neurological injury and fatal accident claims. He also has a niche specialism in claims involving cauda equina syndrome.

      Chambers UK 2023

    • Stuart Kightley regularly handles cases involving brain injuries, fatal accidents, cycling collisions and workplace accidents.

      Chambers UK 2023

    • "The team at Osbornes deals with catastrophic injury claims with the same professionalism as the largest firms, but provides a much more client-focused experience."

      Legal 500 2023

    • "This team has carved out an exceptional reputation in catastrophic injury work."

      Legal 500 2023

    • "Osbornes has impressed me with their personal touch for clients whilst offering a first-class handling of catastrophic injury claims. The partners all have vast experience and are highly respected in their field."

      Legal 500 2023

    • "Ben Posford is a pre-eminent solicitor in the field of very high-value catastrophic injury claims."

      Legal 500 2023

    • "Ben Posford is a great tactician, a great negotiator and generally, the man you want on your side when dealing with serious personal injury work."

      Legal 500 2023

    • "Ben Posford is a top-class litigator. He knows everything there is to know about catastrophic injury and major disaster litigation."

      Legal 500 2023

    • "Osbornes have managed to recruit a team of outstanding catastrophic injury lawyers who are at the top of the game."

      Legal 500 2023

    • "Ben Posford has his finger on the pulse as one of the leading catastrophic injury lawyers in the country, dealing with some of the highest profile cases."

      Legal 500 2023

    • A niche firm that punches well above its weight in the catastrophic injury sector, borne out by the quality of work they obtain.

      Legal 500 2022

    • Ben Posford is one of London’s best catastrophic injury lawyers, in my view. He is a real brain injury specialist.

      Legal 500 2022

    • "Ben Posford is a hugely experienced solicitor who approaches his cases with confidence and realism."

    • "A superb boutique catastrophic injury firm."

      Legal 500 2021

    • "Really good at dealing with people who have suffered a serious injury."

      Chambers UK 2021

    • "Affable and charming with very good client-handling skills."

      Chambers UK 2021

    • "Rob Aylott is a top-class litigator who has an unrivalled knowledge of catastrophic personal injury. A ferocious eye for detail means that quantum claims are always maximised and every angle analysed in liability cases."

      Legal 500 2020

    • Beneath Ben Posford’s calm and reassuring presence, which clients love, lies a formidable tactical and legal brain. His experience tells and he gets it right at every stage of the process from arranging the best possible rehabilitation, to ensuring, so far as possible, a polite relationship with those acting for the defendant in order to ensure best and early resolution of the claim.

      Legal 500

    • "They have an expanding profile in personal injury and clinical negligence and offer a superb, broad service in accidents abroad, enabled by their recruitment of bilingual legal executives who can guide non-English speakers through complex litigation."

      Chambers & Partners Directory 2020, Personal Injury

    • "Solid personal injury practice well equipped to advise on high-value and high-profile claims arising from fatalities and severe head and spinal injuries."

      Chambers UK

    • "Offers specialist expertise in cauda equina syndrome cases."

      Chambers UK

    • "An exceptional outfit. They take on difficult cases, fight hard and win."

      Chambers UK

    • "Stuart Kightley is an incredibly empathetic solicitor who is very knowledgeable about traumatic brain injury."

      Chambers UK

    • "Osbornes has a growing influence and impressive work load and is gaining a reputation for handling complex catastrophic work."

      The Legal 500

    • "Osbornes often handles claims valued at over £1m, particularly relating to severe brain and spinal cord injuries and niche areas such as cauda equina syndrome and cycling accidents."

      The Legal 500

    • "Catastrophic injury cases head Ben Posford is an excellent practical litigator who offers exceptional service."

      The Legal 500

    • As a real specialist in spinal cord injuries, Ben Posford is always looking at new angles on how to maximise his cases.

      Chambers UK

    • Ben Posford is one of the best catastrophic injury lawyers around.

      Chambers UK

    • Ben Posford is 'exceptional and a real expert in the field of catastrophic injury'.

      Legal 500

    • Stuart Kightley is praised for his expertise in catastrophic and fatal claims. Clients say he is very impressive, in terms of both his experience and his management of the personal injury team.

      Chambers UK

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