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

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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

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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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Jason and Anne

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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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Personal Injury

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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Kirsten Littlefair

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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Mohammed

Feed back on Zara’s injury claim

It has been a great pleasure working with you James and we are truly grateful for all your time and efforts in ensuring we receive the best outcome. Your professionalism, expertise and clear advice is invaluable hence it was a great relief our case was in good hands. We are deeply grateful for all the care and attention you have provided Zara throughout the long and lengthy process zYou have demonstrated that there are solicitors out there who look out for their client by ensuring they receive the best outcome, rather than focusing on their personal gains. Zara and I are immensely grateful for your transparency, dedication and kindness you have shown all throughout our time working together. We can’t thank you enough for your incredible support through this process and we look forward to working with you again if a need arises and will definitely be recommending you to people we know . Thank you once again and we wish you the very best for your future. Kindest regards Zarah and Mohammed

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

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Casey Dent

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Personal Injury Claim

Bridge McFarland have been an immense help to me through one of the toughest times of my life. I have been spoken through every step of the process of my claim. No matter how silly a question I have asked, Bridge's team have been patient and reassured me that no question is silly and have been happy to help. I have felt constantly supported and understood and cannot recommend a better team to of helped me through my personal injury claim. Bridge have not just assisted with the legal side of my claim but also my rehabilitation, therapy, money concerns and so many other things. They have done so much more for me than I could of imagined and I couldn't be more grateful! James and his team have helped me feel secure and confident in my future.

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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.

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