News

12 May 2008

Nominations Open for New Personal Injury Awards

Nominations have opened for a brand new awards scheme aimed at raising standards and recognising excellence within the personal injury sector. The Eclipse Proclaim Personal Injury Awards are open to individuals and companies working in the field including solicitors, barristers, insurers, rehabilitation providers, claims management companies and other associated services. The awards will culminate in a prestigious ceremony and dinner at the Café Royal, London, on Tuesday 4th November.

The awards have been launched by Barker Brooks Media, the company behind the popular Legal & Medical and Claims Management magazines as well as a host of conferences designed for the PI sector. "The industry has not only grown hugely over the last five years, but has also succeeded in significantly raising standards of professionalism. As the leading players continue to strive to further improve quality of service, we felt that these achievements should be recognised and rewarded," explained Barker Brooks director Jackie Boole. "The launch of this new awards scheme has been greeted with great enthusiasm. We look forward to welcoming over 300 industry professionals to the awards ceremony in November, which will provide an excellent opportunity to network, socialise and celebrate."

Nominees are invited to enter any of the 13 categories: Personal Injury Lawyer of the Year (claimant); Personal Injury Lawyer of the Year (defendant); Personal Injury Team of the Year; Claims Management Company of the Year; Insurance Claims Handler of the Year (minor claims); Insurance Claims Handler of the Year (serious claims); ATE Insurance Broker of the Year; Medical Agency of the Year; Rehab Provider of the Year; Barrister of the Year; Barristers' Chambers of the Year; Outstanding Case of the Year; and Innovation Award. In addition, an award for Outstanding Achievement will be presented to either an individual or an organisation.

The deadline for entries is 29th August 2008. Nomination forms are available on-line from www.legal-medical.co.uk/piawards/ for all nomination enquiries, please contact Julia Todd on (01423) 851157 or julia.todd@barkerbrooks.co.uk.

The headline sponsor of the awards is Eclipse Legal Systems. Other sponsors include Kindertons Accident Management; Mobile Doctors; Nuffield Diagnostics; TICCS; and ISO. Further opportunities are available to sponsor some of the individual awards. For further information, contact Kate McKittrick at Barker Brooks (01423) 851150 or kate.mckittrick@barkerbrooks.co.uk .

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Notes to Editors
Categories still available for sponsorship include:

Personal Injury Lawyer of the Year (defendant)
Personal Injury Team of the Year
Claims Management Company of the Year
Insurance Claims Handler of the Year (minor claims)
Insurance Claims Handler of the Year (serious claims)
Medical Agency of the Year
Barrister of the Year
Barristers' Chambers of the Year
Innovation Award

For further press information, please contact: Susan Reid or Jane Burgess Barker Brooks PR (01423) 851150, susan.reid@barkerbrooks.co.uk or jane.burgess@barkerbrooks.co.uk