Spencer is a Partner and Head of our Medical Negligence and Serious Injury team and is based in Carlisle. He is recognised by Legal 500 as a Leading Partner and by Chambers and Partners as a Notable Practitioner.
Spencer has represented clients in serious injury cases for over 25 years. He joined us in 2017, after 14 years with Thompsons in Manchester.
Spencer has first-hand experience of nationally-significant cases. A case he took to the Court of Appeal in 2000 is still used as a legal precedent today and he represented one of four Claimants in a national test litigation, which reached the House of Lords in 2007.
The 2023/24 Legal 500 ranks Spencer as a ‘Leading Individual’. Chambers & Partners rank him in Band 1 and describe him as a ‘Notable Practitioner’. Spencer is an APIL Senior Litigator and is accredited by both the Spinal Injuries Association and the UK’s leading brain injury charity Headway. He is passionate about providing rehabilitation and support for seriously injured clients.
Spencer studied law at Newcastle.
