Emily Kalwak

Emily is a partner and joint head of our Cheadle office. She has supported people after serious and catastrophic injuries to successfully claim compensation since 2005.

Due to her experience in dealing with life-changing injury claims, Emily knows how important it is to get to know her clients to understand how she can support them and their family. She regularly meets clients face to face to update them and to better understand what their goals are and how she can help to achieve them.

Emily always fights for the best outcome, making sure all areas of a claim have been explored fully but sensitively to get the best results. She will try every possible course of action in a case to make sure injured people receive the highest amount of compensation to support them now and into the future.

Areas of expertise

• Specialist in life-changing injuries since 2005.
• Expert in severe brain injuries, including those where the injured person can no longer make decisions on their own.
• Specialist in spinal cord injury work, securing support and settlements to enable those affected by SCI to live fulfilled lives.
• Successful in getting early payments from the defendant insurers when there a complex ongoing issues over who is at fault for an incident.

Record of Success

• £20+ million settlement in under 3 years in a case where fault was disputed throughout. Over £1.4 million secured in early interim payments to fund private inpatient rehabilitation, suitable accommodation, private community rehabilitation and care. 
• 8-figure settlement in under 2 years from incident for C6 spinal cord injury in a case where fault was denied throughout. Successful in securing over £3.6k of early interim payments to fund private rehabilitation, suitable accommodation, care and transport. 
• £2.4 million settlement for 67-year-old in a contested brain injury case.