Casualty
Sophia is a Legal Director in the Manchester office specialising in catastrophic and large loss claims for major insurers, including road traffic, employer and public liability claims.
Direct Lines
+44 161 240 2896 +44 7710 032 613 Sophia.Murphy@clydeco.comMain Office
Manchester, 2 New Bailey
+44 161 236 2002 +44 161 832 7956Regional experience
Full Profile
Sophia is a Legal Director in the Casualty & Healthcare team. She is based in our Manchester office and has over 8 years' experience in dealing with personal injury claims. She currently handles cases with a value ranging from £100,000 to £500,000 and assists on the most significant multi-million-pound claims. She advises in relation to policy, liability and quantum.
Sophia has expertise in a variety of injury types including brain injuries, spinal injuries, amputations and chronic pain. She also advises in relation to fatal accidents.
She also regularly acts in multi-party complex actions and uses a collaborative approach to secure excellent outcomes for her clients.
Experience
- Secured an excellent settlement on behalf of a major Insurer in relation to a complex 95% burns claim for a female in her early 20s where the Schedule of Loss was in excess of £7,500,000 and there were over 20 experts involved.
- Successfully achieved discontinuance in a public liability claim where the Claimant allegedly suffered a brain injury following a fall from height.
- Acted on behalf of a major Insurer in relation to a claim involving a female in her early 30’s who was rendered quadriplegic, securing a settlement of £16,250,000 against a Schedule of Loss of £27,000,000.