Emma is a partner with many years of experience, having worked in the legal profession since 1989.
Specialism
Emma specialises in acting for clients who have sustained life-changing injuries, including acquired brain injury, spinal cord injury, and amputation injury. She is known for securing early interim payments and final awards to enable clients to achieve their personal goals. The multi-million pound settlements Emma has achieved for her clients has provided them and their loved ones with lifelong security, knowing that their needs will be met.
Emma’s role at HCC is to work with the teams of major trauma/serious injury lawyers across the country, supporting them in meeting their clients’ needs, by using her 35 years’ experience and expertise.
Emma has been recognised over many years as a leading individual in independent legal directories, the Legal 500 and Chambers & Partners.
She has worked alongside and with a number of charities during her career, including being a Trustee and Chair of Headway Cambridge. Emma says: “Seeing first-hand the work that these charities do to help our clients is inspirational.”
Career Highlights
During her career, Emma has been a team leader, head of department, and managing partner. However, for her personally, it has always been about working alongside likeminded colleagues to achieve the best outcomes for clients.
During her 35-year career, she has represented many clients, but two stand out:
Spinal Cord Injury: £24 million settlement
Emma achieved a settlement of just under £24 million for a young lady who sustained a spinal cord injury, providing the family with reassurance that she would receive the care she needed over her lifetime. During this case, Emma secured millions of pounds of court approved interim payments which enabled her client to have the 12-month inpatient rehabilitation she needed, and to purchase a property for her to live in the community with her family and, importantly to her, her dog. Without this she would undoubtedly have been institutionalised.
Cerebral Palsy Birth Injury: Securing 8-figure settlement
Emma secured an 8-figure settlement for a young man who acquired cerebral palsy as a result of an injury at birth. The court approved interim payments Emma managed to secure, enabled a property to be purchased and adapted for his needs. In addition, it secured a skilled 24-hour care team to work with him and ensure he undertook activities that he wanted to, including attending musical festivals.
What Emma has to say…
“It is a privilege to work alongside the skilled lawyers at HCC. We all share one common goal. Achieving the best we can for our clients at all stages of their cases. This requires empathy, building trust, and working as a team with our clients and their families – ultimately, caring passionately about the work that we do.”
