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Tracey Benson

Tracey is a Principal Lawyer and Head of the Serious Injury department in the South of England. Tracey has extensive experience surrounding all types of workplace accidents but handles all types of serious injury cases including road traffic collisions, public liability and sporting accidents. She also deals with fatal accidents. She has an interest in sports injuries and has handled notable cases on behalf of professional footballers and other sporting accidents which have attracted media coverage. She’s been instructed by the Professional Footballers Association to represent their members. She represents clients with severe acquired brain injuries, spinal injuries, injuries resulting in amputation (both traumatic and elective), severe burns and other multiple injuries and psychiatric injuries. She also undertakes pro bono work mostly relating to Inquest representation. Tracey regularly appears on the radio and television. She’s appeared on Good Morning Britain, BBC news, London Live and regularly appear on national radio stations. Many of her settlements have reached the national press. She has a reputation as a keen litigator and has a number of articles published in the legal press. · Slater and Gordon

EnglandPersonal Injury, Serious Injury

About

Principal Lawyer and Head of the Serious Injury department in the South of England at Slater and Gordon, with extensive experience in workplace accidents and serious injury claims (including road traffic, public liability and sporting accidents) and fatal accident cases. Regularly instructed by the Professional Footballers' Association, handles high-value settlements for clients with acquired brain injury, spinal injury, amputations, severe burns and psychiatric injury, undertakes pro bono inquest work and maintains a prominent media profile.

Practice areas

Personal InjurySerious InjuryCatastrophic InjuryRoad Traffic AccidentsPublic LiabilitySports LawInquestsWorkplace Accidents

Office

Expertise

Sports injuries (including representation of professional footballers)Acquired brain injurySpinal injuriesAmputations (traumatic and elective)Severe burnsPsychiatric injuryFatal accidentsInquest representationCases arising from the Croydon Tram CrashCare home quality/negligence adviceHigh-value settlements

Admissions

  • Qualified as a solicitor, 2000 (England)