When people choose a lawyer to represent them it is easy to find people who know the law. What they want is a lawyer who will truly care about their case and situation, and give them the best possible support.
Dr Neil Hudgell, Hudgell Solicitors
Helping in every way we can
Day One Trauma Support
Hudgell Solicitors are privileged to be panel members of Day One Trauma, providing our expertise to support patients of Greater Manchester Trauma Centre at Salford Royal Hospital.
At Hudgell Solicitors we are passionate about righting wrongs and putting the interests of our clients first – an approach we refuse to compromise on. Our award-winning team have a wealth of experience to support you and will fight to get you the compensation you need.
Our focus is simple – to reduce worry and stress and to help ensure you and your family have everything you need to achieve the best possible quality of life post-trauma.
Our lawyers can also help you with benefit appeals, criminal injury claims, inquest representation, lasting powers of attorney and more….
Hudgell Solicitors provide favourable terms to those supported by Day One Trauma, including:
- Personal Injury Claims – A guarantee that we won’t take any deduction from your damages towards our legal fees.
- Broader Legal Services – Discounted terms.
- Pro Bono – A dedicated number of hours of free advice each year.
Our team will place a focus not just on securing substantial compensation, but also on ensuring the best quality of life for the future.
- Immediate practical help – Dealing with issues from speaking to police, insurers and employers to assisting with probate.
- Medical assessments and treatment – We will work to arrange rehabilitation and mental health support.
- Buddy support – Where we can, we introduce clients to ‘buddies’ – others who have suffered similar injuries.
- Financial assistance – We always seek early interim payments to provide the support required, and signpost clients to charitable funds.
- Long-term support – Not only do we focus on securing the highest possible damages, we also signpost you to independent investment advice to ensure your damages are protected for your future.
Talk to one of our dedicated serious injury lawyers today
Client Testimonials
Hudgell Solicitors have always looked after me as a human being. I’ve never felt like a client. They have become really good friends. I’ve always felt that they are looking after my best interests. Hudgells wants everybody to live a fulfilled life. I truly feel they put the people at the forefront of everything they do.
Martin Hibbert, spinal injury victim and survivor of the 2017 Manchester Arena bombing
Martin was explaining to me the group action for compensation and how I needed to be involved and so I did some research and then contacted Hudgells; that’s how the relationship started. It’s honestly been like a family. Over the years the solicitors have been fantastic, and the legal support has been so good.
Paul Price, survivor of the Manchester Arena bombing and ambassador for Day One Trauma Support
‘A broken family which has been put back together’
Brandon Steeley
Brandon was just 15 months old when he suffered a severe brain injury in a car accident which also claimed the lives of his mother Jenny and six-year-old his sister. Brandon’s father Barrie gave up work to care for him and his other son Morgan, who was four at the time.
Over the past decade, we have provided a holistic support package to help Brandon’s recovery, independence, educational development and quality of life, ensuring obstacles at each step of his life have been suitably met, whilst also supporting Barrie and Morgan at all times.
How Lewis rebuilt his life after 35% chance of survival
Lewis Foster
Lewis suffered a brain injury in a motorcycle accident when he was just 17 years old. A specialist team was assembled to provide a comprehensive rehabilitation programme for Lewis, led by a dedicated brain injury case manager, with a focus on ensuring support was continually adapted to meet his needs as they changed throughout his recovery.
The help of a clinical neuropsychologist and neuropsychiatrist, covered as part of our legal support, was key in helping him overcome the struggle of accepting how his life has changed, giving him methods to cope with times of low mood. Lewis has used part of a £1 million damages settlement to purchase a new home for himself and his partner.
Getting back my independence
Angela Menzies
Angela was left fighting for her life after a car crash, breaking almost every bone in her body. She was told by doctors she may never walk again, but has. Over a period of six years, we helped ensure she had continued support and benefitted from an extensive rehabilitation programme of physical, psychological, and financial help from a multi-disciplinary team of medical and psychological experts.
A substantial interim payment enabled Angela and her family to buy a bungalow, providing easy access and adaptations to give her full independence at home, also funding rehabilitation, aids and equipment, before a full and final settlement was agreed upon.
Rehabilitation and compensation gives spinal cord injury victim a new start
Svilen Mihov
Svilen was left paralysed by the spinal cord injury he suffered in a road traffic accident. We provided specialist and dedicated support over five years to meet his and his family’s physical, psychological, medical, practical and financial needs. This included securing funding for a specialist spinal cord case manager to coordinate and oversee a dedicated rehabilitation package.
Interim payments funded a move out of the family’s two-bedroomed flat into more suitable rental accommodation, vital aids and equipment and an adapted vehicle for Svilen to drive. Part of a £4.6 million compensation settlement was used by the family to purchase a new six-bedroom home which meets their future needs, equipped with its own swimming pool and steam room.
Supporting more than 190 injured survivors of the 2017 Manchester Arena Bombing
We are immensely proud to represent and provide support to more than 190 injured survivors of the 2017 Manchester Arena bombing.
We partnered with specialist rehabilitation and financial experts to ensure people benefitted from tailored packages of support and continue to represent them in legal claims for compensation.
Why choose Hudgell Solicitors?
Our focus on rehabilitation & interim payments
Due to our commitment to offering the very best care and expertise for head and brain injury victims, we are proud members of the Brain Injury Group, the UK’s first dedicated panel of brain injury lawyers in which all members must be specialists in the area of brain injury claims.
We are also campaign partners with the Spinal Injuries Association (SIA) and work collaboratively with them to fight for policy change and amplify the voice of people living with spinal cord injuries and contest the biggest barriers they face in relation to accessing critical health and care support.
Our Charity partners also include Paul For Brain Recovery (P.A.U.L) which supports brain injury survivors on the road to recovery and Limbless Association whom we are proud legal panel members offering vital information, advice and support for amputees, their families, friends and professionals.
Read more about our award-winning rehabilitation partnership with Proclaim Care.
Fiercely Committed. Never Intimidated. Refreshingly Down to Earth.
At Hudgell Solicitors we are fiercely committed to doing the right thing – we do this by fighting for our clients, standing up for the vulnerable and giving a voice to those seeking justice.
This approach has been embedded within the Hudgell DNA since Neil Hudgell established the business in 1997.
We have been included in the Times Best Law Firm guide for the past four years, we are also named as a leading firm in both the Legal 500 and the Chambers & Partners directories.
We are proud to be winners of the Lexis Nexis customer focus award in 2023 and boast an “Excellent 4.8/5 ★” on Trust Pilot & Google.
Meet our serious injury lawyers
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