Emily Kalwak

Emily is a partner and joint head of our Cheadle office. She has supported people after serious and catastrophic injuries to successfully claim compensation since 2005.

Due to her experience in dealing with life-changing injury claims, Emily knows how important it is to get to know her clients to understand how she can support them and their family. She regularly meets clients face to face to update them and to better understand what their goals are and how she can help to achieve them.

Emily always fights for the best outcome, making sure all areas of a claim have been explored fully but sensitively to get the best results. She will try every possible course of action in a case to make sure injured people receive the highest amount of compensation to support them now and into the future.

Areas of expertise

• Specialist in life-changing injuries since 2005.
• Expert in severe brain injuries, including those where the injured person can no longer make decisions on their own.
• Specialist in spinal cord injury work, securing support and settlements to enable those affected by SCI to live fulfilled lives.
• Successful in getting early payments from the defendant insurers when there a complex ongoing issues over who is at fault for an incident.

Record of Success

• £1.9 million settlement for client with complex multiple injuries after client was a passenger involved in a road traffic collision.
• Lead fee earner in contested brain injury claim which settled for £2.4 million.
• Success in contested interim payment applications for significant sums in case where liability and indemnity are not resolved for an eight-figure claim.