Lee Speakman

Call 2009

speakman@exchangechambers.co.uk

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  • Education

    • BA (Hons) Philosophy, Politics & Economics, Grey College, University of Durham (2:1, 2006)

    • Graduate Diploma in Law, BPP Law School (Commendation, 2008)

    • Bar Vocational Course, Manchester Metropolitan University, (Outstanding, 2009)

    • Sir Jules Thorne scholarship, Middle Temple (2008)

    • Certificate of Honour, Middle Temple (2009)

    • Finalist in the Middle Temple Rosamund Smith Mooting Competition (2009)

    • Winner of the National Bar Schools Mock Trial Competition (2009)

  • Memberships

    • Northern Circuit

    • Personal Injury Bar Association

Personal Injury

Lee has a busy personal injury practice. He regularly acts for both claimants and defendants in fast track and multi-track cases, and accepts instructions both privately and on a conditional fee basis. He is regularly instructed in cases in excess of £100,000.

Areas of expertise include:

  • Employers’ liability
  • Public liability
  • Road traffic accidents (including fraud & LVI)
  • Credit hire
  • Industrial disease
  • Clinical negligence

Lee is able to offer a fast turnaround of papers (including advices on quantum and liability and pleadings). He adopts a personable approach with his clients, and is renowned for his meticulous level of preparation and attention to detail.

After finishing the bar course, Lee worked as a paralegal for a busy claimant personal injury firm, where he gained first-hand experience of fast and multi-track personal injury cases.