Stephen qualified as a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives in 1995. Thereafter he qualified as a Solicitor in 2000, completing the Legal Practice Course at Anglia Ruskin University that year.
Immediately following qualification as a Solicitor he joined a well-known Personal Injury Practice, where he remained for 2 years, specialising in this area.
Stephen joined Pinney Talfourd in 2003 and gained his Solicitor-Advocate qualification that same year. Stephen was made a Partner in 2006.
Stephen is the Head of the Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence Department and works tirelessly to secure the best outcome for his clients, who are often vulnerable, and provides them with expert support and guidance.
EXPERTISE
Stephen has extensive experience of high value and complex personal injury and clinical negligence claims, acting predominantly for Claimants. His expertise covers:
Medical Negligence
- Spinal Injury Claims
- Orthopaedic Claims
- Ophthalmic Claims
- Nerve Injury Claims
- Hospital Negligence Claims
- Gynaecological Claims
- GP Negligence Claims
- Fatal Accidents Claims
- Cosmetic Surgery Claims
- Care Home Claims
- Cancer Claims
- Brain Injury Claims
Personal Injury
- Untraced Drivers
- Uninsured Drivers
- Tripping & Slipping Claims
- Road Traffic Accidents
- Motorcycle Accidents
- Mesothelioma Claims
- Industrial Disease Claims
- Fatal Accidents
- Accidents at Work
BADGES & AWARDS
Stephen is an Accredited Clinical Negligence Specialist of the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL) and a member of the Law Society’s Personal Injury Panel.
Stephen is also an accredited Mediator and Higher Courts Advocate.
Stephen holds a current RoSPA Gold Award in motorcycling and also a RoSPA Diploma in Advanced Motorcycling Training.
ON A PERSONAL NOTE
Stephen is a Trustee of the East of England Asbestos Patients Support Group and is active in acting for and supporting victims and families of asbestos related disease.
Stephen is a keen motorcyclist and cyclist, which gives him first-hand knowledge of the challenges facing two wheeled accident victims, including a good understanding of how such accidents occur.
Areas of expertise
- Clinical Negligence
- Cancer Claims
- Care Home Claims
- Cosmetic Surgery Claims
- Fatal Clinical Negligence Claims
- GP Negligence Claims
- Gynaecological Claims
- Hospital Negligence Claims
- Nerve Injury Claims
- Ophthalmic Claims
- Orthopaedic Claims
- Spinal Injury Claims
- Personal Injury
- Accidents at Work Claims
- Fatal Accident Claims
- Asbestos & Mesothelioma Claims
- Motorcycle Accidents
- Road Traffic Accidents
- Uninsured or Untraced Drivers
Noteable achievements
- Representing a pedestrian knocked down by a ‘hit and run’ driver, resulting in life-changing injuries, re-covering damages in six figures.
- Representing a driver involved in a 'head-on' collision, resulting in severe injuries, recovering damages in six figures.
- Representing a cyclist knocked down by a van on a roundabout, resulting in significant injuries, recovering damages in five figures.
- Securing a liability decision against the Motor Insurers Bureau, in respect of a lady motorcyclist, who suffered a very severe leg fracture following a loss of control on road surface diesel, under the MIB Untraced Drivers Agreement.
- Representing a pedestrian knocked down by a ‘hit and run’ driver, resulting in life-changing injuries, re-covering damages in six figures.
- Representing a young air conditioning engineer, who fell from height, sustaining life changing back injuries, securing an early interim payment and extensive rehabilitation treatment.
- Representing a food and beverage supervisor, who fell on a slippery kitchen floor, sustaining a deep wound to his dominant hand, recovering damages in five figures.
- Representing a claimant who was exposed to asbestos whilst working on steam trains in the 1950’s, diagnosed with mesothelioma many decades later, securing an early interim payment for him and thereafter recovering a six figure damages award for his estate.
- Representing a claimant who was exposed to asbestos whilst working in an animal feed testing centre in the early 1970’s, diagnosed with mesothelioma decades later, securing a compensation payment for him via the Diffuse Mesothelioma Payments Scheme in six figures, as no insurer could be found for his em-ployer.
- Representing the partner of an asbestos sprayers mate, exposed to asbestos in the 1960’s, who contracted mesothelioma and died many decades later, recovering damages in six figures, taking into account a significant loss of dependency in view of his successful business.









