Steve Robb > Weightmans LLP > Leicester, England > Lawyer Profile
Weightmans LLP Offices
Waterloo House
71 Princess Road West
LEICESTER
LE1 6TR
England
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Steve Robb
Work Department
Commercial insurance team.
Position
Steve re-joined Weightmans as a Partner in July 2012 having previously been an Associate at the firm eight years before. He now has over 30 years’ experience acting for a variety of insurers, loss adjusters, local authorities and self-insured companies.
Steve was until recently acting for an insolvent Insurer within the Building Guarantee sector. This involved daily interaction with the Joint Administrators, the Financial Services Compensation Scheme and Policyholders on matters of complexity and sensitivity.
Steve continues to defend employers’ and public liability cases, having spent the majority of his career acting in claims of all values across a variety of sectors, predominantly the Retail, energy distribution, Sport and Manufacturing sectors. More recently Steve has been asked to assist on behalf of one of the defendants and its insurers on the “concussion related litigation” being pursued against the national governing bodies by former professional and amateur rugby and football players.
He also has specialist expertise in handling product liability claims involving a wide range of products, including contamination in food.
Career
Trained Eking Manning Solicitors, qualified 1994. Rejoined Weightmans in 2012 from Shakespeares Solicitors (formerly Berryman Solicitors) where Steve was a partner for 8 years. During that time Steve was the training principal for the firm, responsible for the recruitment and training of trainee solicitors. Steve has worked exclusively in defendant personal injury since qualification. Assistant solicitor Eking Manning 1994-99; associate Weightmans 1999-2004; partner Berryman Shacklock LLP 2004-10; partner Shakespeares Legal LLP (Merger) 2010-12; partner Weightmans 2012 to date.
Memberships
FOIL.
Education
Teignmouth High School; Bournemouth University (BA Hons law and communication studies 2:1 1990); College of Law, Guildford (Law Society Finals 1992).
Leisure
Running, cycling, films, friends and family.
Lawyer Rankings
East Midlands > Insurance > Personal injury and clinical negligence: defendant
Situated in Leicester, Weightmans LLP specialises in personal injury claims, with its client roster mainly comprised of insurers and local authorities. Regional head Andrew Clarke primarily advises local authorities on liability, causation and quantum issues relating to highways claims. Jane Price heads up the casualty team, often acting on behalf of commercial organisations and public bodies through insurers. Leading the disease team, Mike Simpson specialises in catastrophic loss personal injury claims for insurers, with his recent caseload focusing on complex and high-profile traumatic brain injury claims; Norma O’ Donovan frequently assists Simpson on these matters. Part of the large loss and technical claims team, Sarah Ezzat acts on behalf of major insurer clients on high-value personal injury cases involving highway accidents. Asad Hadadi leads on matters relating to data breach claims, while Lisa Cain is skilled at handling catastrophic injury claims and liabilities in dispute for insurers. Paul Debney is also a key member of the disease team, and Steve Robb is part of the casualty group.