Stephen Nye
Lead partner of the Birmingham serious injury team. Represents clients who have sustained brain and spinal cord injuries, polytrauma and amputations. Deals with all aspects of claimant catastrophic injury work arising from road traffic accidents, accidents at work, public and occupier liability claims, sport injuries and product liability claims. Cases concluded last year include: a settlement on behalf of a young man rendered tetraplegic in a car accident client in the sum of £9.5m; a settlement of £1m for a woman with severe lower limb fractures after a motorbike accident; a settlement of £1.75m plus annual payments for care costs for life on behalf of a young woman who sustained a below knee amputation in a collision with a police vehicle; and a settlement of £2.75m for a man who sustained a brain injury in an accident at work. The team he supervises has successfully supported many clients through rehabilitation and by obtaining substantial interim funds to pay for care packages and new houses. · Irwin Mitchell
About
Lead partner of the Birmingham serious injury team at Irwin Mitchell, representing claimants who have sustained brain and spinal cord injuries, polytrauma and amputations across road traffic accidents, workplace accidents, public and occupier liability, sports and product liability claims. He supervises a team that supports rehabilitation and obtains interim funding; recent settlements include £9.5m for a tetraplegic client, £1.75m plus annual care payments for a below-knee amputation, £1m for severe lower-limb fractures and £2.75m for a workplace brain injury.
Practice areas
Office
Expertise
Education
- RGS, Newcastle upon Tyne
- University of Sheffield (1994 LLB Hons 2:1)
Admissions
- APIL (Association of Personal Injury Lawyers)
- APIL accredited senior litigator
- APIL accreditation for spinal cord injury
- APIL accreditation for brain injury
- Law Society Personal Injury Panel