Rachael Stibbe

Rachael Stibbe is a Senior Associate in the Personal Injury team. Rachael is recognised as Senior Litigator by the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL) and a Chartered Legal Executive Litigator (Civil Litigation). Rachael has practised in both Claimant and Defendant personal injury law since she qualified nearly 20 years ago. She first worked for a national law firm whilst working in house for a national household insurer, defending litigated personal injury motor claims and built up road traffic claims experience as well as significant wider knowledge of the motor insurance industry including insurance and credit hire knowledge. Rachael moved to a large Kent law firm in 2012 advising on a wide range of mainly claimant personal injury work, as well as continuing defendant work. During that time she become a Fellow of The Chartered Institute of Legal Executives. Given the recent Mazur case, Rachael has now obtained, by examination, her independent practice rights. Rachael has a reputation as a formidable opponent; her experience from her defendant years means she can tackle defendants' insurers and achieve the best results for her clients. Rachael joined Furley Page in February 2020 and handles mainly claimant personal injury work, as well as defendant work where required. Rachael has extensive experience in personal injury claims including motor claims, trips and slips, accidents at work, accidents on the highway, trips and slips, hypermobility claims, burns injuries, head injuries, criminal injury claims, product liability claims and professional negligence claims arising from poorly dealt with personal injury claims. Rachael also handles injury claims arising from equine accidents as well as claims involving dog attacks and accidents involving dogs. Rachael has a particular understanding of hypermobility claims being hypermobile herself, which as a condition is often misunderstood to the detriment of the claimant who can then end up with a poor choice of medical experts and an under-valued claim settlement. Rachael is experienced in advising clients on the prospects of their claim as well as the value of their damages and negotiating a good settlement figure. Rachael tends to handle the higher value claims and more serious injuries. Rachael is aware of the importance of early rehabilitation for injured clients and where possible will arrange this with the at fault insurers as soon as permitted under the Rehabilitation Code. She appreciates that injured clients may require an early interim payment from the at fault insurers if they are unable to work and will arrange this where possible. Rachael focuses on her client’s recovery and treatment needs to achieve the best outcome possible for her client.