Steven Akerman

Director @Brian Barr Solicitors

Manchester, GB

Negotiation, case and client management skills are the key, integral and essentially fundamental skills required to be successful in this area of law.Personal injury with an element of chronic pain is a highly contentious area of litigation where the medicine is equally contentious amongst medical experts meaning that almost all claims are \'all (if the Claimant succeeds) or nothing (if the Defendant succeeds)\' One must navigate the potential pitfalls of covert surveillance as symptoms are almost completely self-reporting. A failure to run the claim properly can result in a catastrophic failure with the disclosure of such evidence.One must instruct competently and regularly with medical experts in various disciplines and liaise with (Leading) Counsel.Claims can be valued from 5 to 7 figures and I currently hold the office record for settling a case for the highest value (mid 7 figures).