Beyond the Case: Serious Injury, Rehabilitation & the Human Story | Warren Collins

Warren Collins is an award-winning catastrophic injury lawyer and Solicitor-Advocate at Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP. He has specialised in catastrophic injury cases arising from accidents, medical malpractice, assaults and product liability for more than 30 years.His practice has a particular focus on serious brain injury and spinal cord injury, and he has personally recovered more than £100 million in damages for seriously injured clients. He has acted on complex cases both in the UK and internationally across Europe, Asia, Australia, the Caribbean and the United States.Warren is a Fellow of the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL) and is involved with APIL's specialist brain and spinal injury work. He is also involved with BABICM – the British Association of Brain Injury and Complex Case Management, where he sits on its Council and Magazine Advisory Group.His interest in brain injury is not purely professional. Warren has personal experience of brain injury affecting someone close to him and previously served for approximately 13 years as a trustee and Chair of Trustees of Brain Injury is BIG, a charity supporting families affected by brain injury.He has received numerous awards for his work, including Catastrophic Injury Lawyer of the Year, Claimant Injury Lawyer of the Year, the UKABIF Award for Inspiration in Brain Injury, and the Spinal Injuries Association Rebuilding Lives Award in Legal Excellence. He was most recently named Catastrophic Injury Lawyer of the Year again in 2025.A major theme throughout Warren's work is that excellent personal injury representation is about far more than understanding law and medicine. His approach focuses on understanding the individual, their family and their life story so that their needs and experiences are properly represented.Useful linksPenningtons Manches Cooper profile:https://www.penningtonslaw.com/people/warren-collins/BABICM profile / Council:https://www.babicm.org/babicm-council/Penningtons Manches Cooper:https://www.penningtonslaw.com/Penningtons Manches Cooper LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/company/penningtons-solicitors-llp/New Law Journal author profile:https://www.newlawjournal.co.uk/biographies/warren-collinsLinkedIn – Warren Collins:https://www.linkedin.com/in/warren-a-collins-0944a14/ Potential organisations/accounts to tag where appropriate - I am checking with Warren - please wait until I confirm:Penningtons Manches CooperBABICMAPIL – Association of Personal Injury LawyersUKABIF – United Kingdom Acquired Brain Injury ForumSpinal Injuries Association