Tyla Skates

Solicitor

Tyla is a Trainee Solicitor at the firm and joined in January 2018, initially as a Paralegal. Tyla works tirelessly to obtain the best settlements for her clients. She is experienced in dealing with portal work, including road traffic accidents and in the workplace. Many of Tyla’s cases involve claims against construction firms, where there are often multiple sub-contractors involved and establishing liability against the most culpable contractor. Tyla has also developed a speciality in finger amputation cases, often caused by work related accidents. Many of Tyla’s cases involve scarring injuries, where she works closely with one of the UK’s leading plastic surgeons to obtain the best reports to support her clients claims for the scarring or amputation injury that they have sustained. A substantial number of cases that Tyla works with are cases involving children, often injured at school or nurseries. Some of Tyla’s most recent settlements involved complex circumstances when the claimant, being transported to hospital for a routine appointment, fell out of the ambulance. This resulted in the claimant suffering a seizure amongst other injuries. Challenges arose on the case as to whether this fell to be a road traffic accident or a public liability case and whether or not the seizures were as a direct cause of the fall. Tyla worked hard to counter all arguments raised by the defendants and went on to negotiate an excellent settlement for the claimant. She is also a member of the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers.