The Association of Personal Injury Lawyers has given special accreditation and appointed as assessors Stewarts Law’s Julian Chamberlayne, Scott Rigby and Christopher Deacon.
The announcement came with an additional accreditation for Deacon, who was also made up to an APIL senior litigator.
An APIL accreditation provides a quality mark of specialist expertise for solicitors dealing with personal injury claims. The accreditation scheme demonstrates that an APIL lawyer has achieved a high standard of: knowledge; understanding; know-how; skill; and behaviour.
The ‘accidents and illnesses abroad’ accreditation specifically acknowledges that a solicitor is “able to manage and progress a claim arising from an accident or illness abroad, and/or which involves consideration of another jurisdiction and/or a foreign applicable law, so as to establish, assert and enforce, in an effective and efficient manner, the rights of a client damaged or disadvantaged by the negligence or breach of another party. He or she is competent to take, without supervision, key decisions on accepting cases, assessing risks, evaluating offers and issuing proceedings in the UK or out of jurisdiction.”
APIL is a not-for-profit campaign organisation that has been fighting for the rights of injured people for over 25 years. Over those years APIL has grown to become the leading organisation in this field, constantly working to promote and develop expertise in the practise of personal injury law, for the benefit of injured people.