James Burrell

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James specialises in high value personal injury and complex industrial disease cases, often worth in excess of £1 million. His work includes cases involving brain injury, amputation, complex regional pain syndrome, paralysis, serious orthopaedic injury and significant psychological disorders such as post-traumatic stress disorder. He also has a particular interest in asbestos related disease such as mesothelioma, asbestosis, pleural thickening and asbestos related lung cancer. He has expertise in tracing historic employers and insurers even when the exposures were many decades ago. James is a member of the Hull Incorporated Law Society. James is Hull born and bred, and has worked in personal injury and industrial disease for over 17 years. He entered the legal profession after gaining his degree at the University of Hull and then secured a postgraduate diploma with distinction at the College of Law in York. In his spare time James enjoys spending time with his wife and young sons and has been a long suffering Hull City supporter since 1990. James has been personally recommended in the Yorkshire and Humber region for Claimant personal injury work within Legal 500 on a number of occasions.

  • Regulated by: The Solicitors Regulation Authority

  • Regulator ID: 374324

  • Based in Hull, North Humberside
  • Licensed for 18 years

Accepting new clients via ReviewSolicitors

James specialises in high value personal injury and complex industrial disease cases, often worth in excess of £1 million. His work includes cases involving brain injury, amputation, complex regional pain syndrome, paralysis, serious orthopaedic injury and significant psychological disorders such as post-traumatic stress disorder. He also has a particular interest in asbestos related disease such as mesothelioma, asbestosis, pleural thickening and asbestos related lung cancer. He has expertise in tracing historic employers and insurers even when the exposures were many decades ago. James is a member of the Hull Incorporated Law Society. James is Hull born and bred, and has worked in personal injury and industrial disease for over 17 years. He entered the legal profession after gaining his degree at the University of Hull and then secured a postgraduate diploma with distinction at the College of Law in York. In his spare time James enjoys spending time with his wife and young sons and has been a long suffering Hull City supporter since 1990. James has been personally recommended in the Yorkshire and Humber region for Claimant personal injury work within Legal 500 on a number of occasions.

  • Regulated by: The Solicitors Regulation Authority

  • Regulator ID: 374324

  • Based in Hull, North Humberside
  • Licensed for 18 years

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  • Bridge McFarland LLP

    SRA-approved manager - Partner

    Until October 2019

  • Bridge McFarland LLP

    SRA-approved manager - Member

    Until Present

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  • English

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Monday 09:00–17:00
Tuesday 09:00–17:00
Wednesday 09:00–17:00
Thursday 09:00–17:00
Friday 09:00–17:00
Saturday (Closed)
Sunday (Closed)

Marina Court, Castle Street, HU1 1TJ

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Dave and Sue

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Personal Injury

Exceptional

After an industrial accident we were in touch with Bridge McFarland, and James visited us a couple of days later, he was so professional, caring and friendly throughout the whole time he assisted us with the claim, James kept us updated at every step of the claim,Any questions we asked were dealt with quickly and nothing was too much trouble for him. The claim is now coming to and end and successful, thank you so much James.

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Thank you for taking the time to leave such positive feedback, we are delighted to hear about your experience with Bridge McFarland LLP. We aim to meet and exceed client’s expectations wherever we can. I will ensure that this is passed on to James who will be delighted to know that you were happy with his service.

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Stephen Adams

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Personal Injury

Outstanding from start to finish

Bridge McFarland were recommended to me by another solicitor as they knew of their expertise in cases like mine. From making the first phone call, I knew I was in safe hands. Detailed & knowledgeable frequent updates kept me in the picture of developments building complete trust. Calm, professional & understanding. I would recommend Karl & James to anyone & would be my first call if I needed legal advice again.

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Thank you for taking the time to leave such positive feedback, we are delighted to hear about your experience with Bridge McFarland LLP. We aim to meet and exceed client’s expectations wherever we can. I will ensure that this is passed on to Karl and James who will be delighted to know that you were happy with their service.

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Jason and Anne

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Personal Injury

Outstanding experience

Bridge Mcfarland looked after my mum following a road traffic incident with great care and attention. They kept us informed at all stages and we had a great outcome. They came to see us when needed, and arranged for all of the specialists to visit my mum or made appointments for us. Really could not recommend them highly enough. Special thanks to James and Karl who were wonderful.

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Thank you for making time to give us your feedback. I will ensure that this is passed on to James and Karl who will be delighted to know that you were happy with their service.

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H Gibson

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Excellent service

I can’t recommend Bridge McFarland enough. My brother had an injury whilst at work which was life changing for him as a person. Thankfully we went with Bridge McFarland and had absolutely no regrets . This was a very stressful time for us but they dealt with everything making it so much easier. They actually care and nothing was too much trouble . I can honestly say we don’t know what we would have done without them. We dealt with James Burrell and Karl Griffin. Such a credit to your firm.

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Thank you for making time to give us your feedback. I will ensure that this is passed on to James and Karl who will be delighted to know that you were happy with their service.

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Andrea

mesothelioma Claim

Thank you to Mr Burrell for his professionalism, dedication and person approach to my elderly mother, in what turned into a difficult case. I am sure without his help and assistance we would not have had a positive outcome.

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Thank you for taking the time to leave your feedback. We are pleased to hear that you found your experience with Bridge McFarland LLP to be a positive one.

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