Andrew Harding

Andrew Harding ColourPosition

Partner, Head of Neurolaw Team

 

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Profile

Andrew is a Partner and head of the neurolaw team at Hugh James. He leads a multidisciplinary team representing only claimants and their families following traumatic brain and spinal cord injury, providing help and support with a heavy emphasis on rehabilitation. The Hugh James neurolaw team includes a unique specialist Court of Protection unit, providing professional deputy input to those who lack the necessary capacity to manage and administer their own finances.

Andrew joined Hugh James in 1982 and established the firm’s first brain injury unit in 1998. He is a member of the Court of Protection Court Users Group, chairman of Headway Cardiff and a board member of Headway nationally and was appointed recorder sitting on the Wales and Chester circuit in 2002. He is listed as a leader in the field of personal injury in the Legal 500 and is top ranked in Wales in Chambers Guide To The Legal Profession.

 

Professional career

Trained: Hugh James                            

Qualified: 1984

Partner at Hugh James since 1987

 

Education

St Illtyd's College Cardiff

University College Cardiff (1981) LLB

Guildford College of Law (1982) Solicitors Finals


 

Personal Interests

Sports including: football and rugby (now only as spectator), running, skiing, swimming etc. Member of Cardiff RFC, Cardiff Academicals FC and David Lloyd Club Cardiff. Family take up great deal of time as does involvement in charities working in the field of brain injury, serving on boards and attending events.

 

 

 

Andrew Harding ColourAndrew Harding

Partner, Head of Neurolaw Team

E andrew.harding@hughjames.com

T 029 2022 4871

 

Contact

Andrew Harding ColourAndrew Harding

Partner, Head of Neurolaw Team

 

E andrew.harding@hughjames.com

T 029 2022 4871

Testimonials

His colleague Andrew Harding is a head injury specialist and leading partner in the firm's comprehensive Neurolaw unit. He also acts as a Court of Protection Deputy for numerous individuals with brain injuries. 

Chambers 2012

 

Andrew Harding specialises in brain injury and Court of Protection work, and is available to act as a deputy to those with traumatic brain injuries. Sources praise his "extensive knowledge of the field."

Chambers 2011

 

The 'outstanding' Andrew Harding leads on neurological cases, and settled a million-pound spinal cord and brain injury case in 2009.

Legal 500 2010

Memberships and directorships

  • Association of Personal Injury Lawyers
  • American Association for Justice
  • Australian Lawyers Alliance
  • British Association of Brain Injury Case Managers
  • Office of the Public Guardian Professional Deputy Panel
  • Court of Protection Court Users Group
  • Director Headway UK, Headway Cardiff (Chairman)

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