Injury lawyer details for Louise Jukes

About Louise Jukes

Louise is a recommended key lawyer in Legal 500.  She is an outstanding solicitor and her diligent and dedicated methods of work has led to a strong track record of successful settlements and delighted clients. Louise has over 20 years’ experience dealing with personal injury claims and was voted winner in the category of ‘best Fee Earner’ in the 2019 HJA staff awards. Often taking over ‘tricky’ cases from other solicitors Louise is passionate about her work and works tirelessly to ensure that her clients receive their required outcomes. Louise has a genial nature and has a good rapport with clients. She is an avid proponent of securing early rehabilitation for clients and ensures that their needs in terms of health and wellbeing are at the heart of the claim and that the client feels supported throughout. Louise’s specialist areas are complex claims – catastrophic injuries, including brachial plexus, amputations, chronic pain, brain injuries and spinal injuries. 

Recent cases/ settlements

Whilst each case is decided on the basis of its own unique circumstances, some examples of Louise’s cases are:

• Louise represented a man involved in a motorway accident who suffered both physical and psychological injuries. He was subsequently diagnosed with chronic pain. The defendant insurer refused to negotiate or engage in a meaningful settlement meeting. Through her representation and advice her client was awarded almost £200,000 at court. Louise was able to secure an extra £20,000 in interest for him.

• Another client sustained a nasty wrist injury and after a number of failed operations, expert medical opinion recommended a total wrist replacement. The claim settled in the region of £200,000.
• Louise’s client sustained a severe back injury as a result of a motorcycle accident. He received £70,000 together with his financial losses.
• Louise assisted a young girl who sustained a head injury as a result of a road traffic accident.
• Louise’s  client sustained a peripheral nerve injury following a nasty motor accident. His claim was valued up to £1,000,000. Louise liaised with a Case Manager and her client to ensure that he was happy with his rehabilitation. She obtained a number of interim payments from the insurers to help alleviate her client’s financial hardship caused whilst he was unable to work.
• Louise successfully recovered damages of over £200,000 for a man injured following a slipping accident.
• Louise assisted an amputee, with the instruction of specialists, to help treat her client’s phantom pain. She subsequently arranged for him to be seen by a prosthetic expert to help explain the types available and the likely rehabilitation outcome. Appropriate specialists and experts were instructed in relation to necessary care needs.

Louise is part of team of strong personal injury lawyers at Hodge Jones & Allen Solicitors.  One of Louise's client's recently commented: 

Client Comments

• “Brilliant service. I was very very happy. High level professionals working there. Many thanks to them.”