Rodney Nelson-Jones has specialised in personal injury compensation claims on behalf of
victims for over 30 years.
The Association of Personal Injury
Lawyers awarded him the APIL Award for Outstanding Achievement
in 2002. He was a member of the Solicitors Steering Committee
arising out of the M1 air crash and is a member of FOCIS (The Forum of Complex
Injury Solicitors), incorporating the Richard Grand Society for
leading personal injury solicitors.
In 2010 the Independent on Sunday
included him in its Happy List of 100 people who make Britain a
better and happier place to live.
Rodney has worked on many high
profile cases, some of which include:
- The successful House of Lords
appeals in the cases of Mrs Fox and Mr Matthews (mesothelioma
liability)
- Bryce v Swan Hunter
(mesothelioma liability)
- Phillips v Syndicate 992
(mesothelioma insurance)
- Recovering several million
pounds for a young Japanese woman who sustained serious brain and
spinal injuries in a road crash in England (personal
injury)
- Recovering damages for cabin
crew members and passengers arising out of the M1 air
crash
- Recovering compensation for
injured passengers in crashes in England, Guernsey, Zambia, Nepal
and Thailand
- Prendergast v Sam & Dee
(medical and pharmaceutical negligence)Industry sectors
- Recovering compensation on
behalf of hospices for the charitable care of mesothelioma
sufferers.
Rodney has written a number of books including: “Product
Liability – The New Law under the Consumer Protection Act 1987”
published by Fourmat; “Medical Negligence Case Law” published by
Butterworths; “Personal Injury Limitation Law” published by
Butterworths; “Computing Personal Injury Damages” published by
Butterworths; “Multipliers” published by Butterworths; “Personal
Injury Damages Statistics” published by Butterworths; “Tolleys
Accountancy Litigation Support” published by Tolley; “Personal
Injury Schedules – Calculating Damages” published by Tottel and
Butterworths and “Monthly Multiplier Tables”, published by
Tottel.