A local lawyer has been elected onto the national executive committee of an organisation which campaigns for justice for injured people.

Neil McKinley will join the executive committee of the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL) and help lead the 3,500-strong membership.

Neil said: “It’s an honour to have been elected as part of the executive committee having been a longstanding member of APIL for over twenty-five years and an executive committee member in the past from 1998 until 2001.”

“My aim as a member and Fellow of APIL has always been to lobby for the organisation and I will use the opportunities and knowledge open to me in this position to support my fellow lawyers and fight for claimants to ensure that they get the appropriate compensation.”

Neil McKinley is a leading personal injury solicitor at JMP Solicitors.

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Notes to editors:

• APIL (Association of Personal Injury Lawyers) is a not-for-profit organisation whose members are dedicated to campaigning for improvements in the law to help people who are injured or become ill through no fault of their own.
• For more information contact APIL's communications manager Jane Hartwell on t: 0115 943 5416, e: [email protected], or press and communications officer Lizzy Freeman t: 0115 943 5431, e: [email protected].
• Visit the association's website at www.apil.org.uk.
• Follow @APIL on Twitter: www.twitter.com/APIL.