Rachel Seddon

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Rachel is a Senior Associate Solicitor and APIL accredited senior litigator experienced in catastrophic injury, clinical negligence and employers’ liability.

With an interest since law school in civil litigation, and in particular, medical and employment law matters, she has successfully represented many clients from high-risk industries and servers of the crown who have suffered serious injury or illness as a result of their work, including members of the armed forces and emergency services.

Her caseload is varied and includes cases involving serious contraventions of health and safety law as identified by the HSE and long latency conditions.

Earlier in her career, her notable military injury cases include representing a serving soldier, who after being injured on duty, suffered complications which led to an elective below-knee amputation. Causation was disputed however, she negotiated a seven-figure out of court settlement package which included a range of bespoke prosthetics, access to post-service rehabilitation, adapted accommodation and a substantial award to compensate for future loss of earnings and pension. She also represented the family and dependants of a soldier tragically killed when the Snatch Land Rover in which he was travelling did not withstand an IED blast in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. Whilst the defendant, Ministry of Defence, maintained it had a complete defence to the civil breach of duty and human rights claims presented, settlement was favourably negotiated and approved by the high court.

Rachel has also represented a number of clients with incomplete spinal cord injury and traumatic brain injury and she was part of the team who recovered a multi-million pound settlement plus provisional damages for marine X who became T4 complete ASIA A paraplegic during adventurous training overseas.

“Being a lawyer combines problem-solving, strategic thinking and advocacy, and I enjoy using the law to make a real difference and achieve tangible results”.