Mark Hollinghurst

Key Work:

Born in Liverpool, Mark was initially offered a place to study classics at Corpus Christi College, University of Cambridge, but after work experience in a solicitors' office switched to a law degree - following this with Law Society final examinations at Chester Law College.

From the start, as a trainee solicitor at Pannone and Partners in Manchester twenty years ago, Mark has been involved in serious personal injury and clinical negligence cases. Mark has headed up several teams in the north of the country dealing with these specialist services.

Work in the field of Serious Injury, with a particular interest in Brain Injury, has been a constant in Mark's professional life.

Since the mid 1990s Mark has built an excellent, reassuring and widely respected reputation acting for vulnerable adults who have been abused by health and social care professionals.

Since 2007 Mark has been a partner with and head of the Professional Abuse and Serious Injury/Brain Injury teams at Keeble Hawson.

Background:

Mark has for many years been a representative on the Headway Personal Injury Solicitors List. He is a former Chair of York Headway and is now Chair of the recently formed Headway Yorkshire East Coast, also maintaining links with Headway Doncaster. Mark is also on the committee of the Yorkshire Acquired Brain Injury Forum.

For many years Mark has also been a member of the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers and the Association of Child Abuse Lawyers. Mark is also a member of the UK Acquired Brain Injury Forum and the Brain Injury Social Work Group.

Mark's work is characterised by a high level of specialist expertise and commitment to his clients, complemented by a caring and concerned personality.