About Anne Sanders
Anne is a highly experienced personal injury practitioner, she concentrates on complex injury cases, dealing with a wide range of matters including accidents at work, road traffic accidents, and public liability cases.
She is a partner in the Personal Injury team. She has been a member of The Law Society’s Personal Injury Panel since 2007. She is a recommended lawyer in Legal 500, 2020. She is actively involved in the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL) of which she has been a member since 2003.
Anne has extensive knowledge of the Motor Insurers Bureau (MIB) Agreements and was formerly the Secretary of the APIL Transport Special Interest Group for four years.
Anne has developed her practice to specialise in neuropathic pain cases and her practice areas also include amputees, fatal accidents and acquired brain injury cases.
"superb in all respects" Legal 500, 2020
Anne puts the client at the heart of everything she does and her primary focus is early rehabilitation for those who have suffered catastrophic injuries.
Anne is committed to assisting clients in obtaining early rehabilitation and is an advocate of the Rehabilitation Code, jointly running “A Client’s journey through Rehabilitation” at the Neuro-convention in June 2018 with Ms Riffat Yaqub her fellow partner.
Notable Cases
- Anne acted for a pedestrian who was involved in an RTC. The injured person was a high earning professional. Due to the injuries sustained, he had a mild traumatic brain injury which affected his ability to function at a high level. Anne liaised with her opponents to arrange an early rehabilitation report in the form of an Immediate Needs Assessment (INA) to support the injured person in his journey of brain rehabilitation. She also sought evidence from a neurologist, neuropsychiatrist and neuropsychologist. Her opponents made an early offer of settlement, to avoid a large legal costs bill. The offer was a seven-figure sum, to reflect the individual’s potential loss of earnings.
After discussion and careful consideration with a barrister, this offer was accepted.
- Anne acted for an injured person who was a high earning medical professional. Due to the injuries sustained, they were forced to take a break in their career which meant a reduction in earnings but also a loss of opportunity to join a fellow medic in their private practice. The individual was crushed between two cars and suffered severe deformities to their lower limb, plus a psychiatric reaction. In the future, further operations and plastic surgery would be needed. The settlement was a six figure settlement sum to reflect the level of the injuries, five operations to date and future operations, plus and the loss of earnings to date and potential future loss of earnings.
- Anne acted for an individual who was involved in an RTC. The individual was involved in an RTC with a Ford Transit type van and suffered a traumatic brain injury. Medical evidence was obtained from a neuropsychiatrist, neurologist and neuropsychologist. The individual did not have capacity to deal with the claim herself and therefore, her adult son was made her litigation friend. The driver was charged with a criminal offence but the charges were dropped. Regardless, this did not affect the civil claim and a settlement was agreed. A level of contributory negligence was factored into the settlement. The settlement was for a seven figure sum. This settlement needed to be approved in the High Court due to the individual’s lack of capacity.
- Anne acted for the family of an individual who was killed in an RTC. The claim was for loss of that individual’s financial support to their remaining spouse. The remaining spouse had a medical condition which meant that their partner would have supported them but was no longer around to do so. A loss of services report was obtained to detail the past loss of services and future loss of services (to replace those on a commercial basis that the deceased could no longer provide). Legal proceedings were issued. A settlement was achieved without any reduction in liability, and the settlement was a six figure sum.
- Anne acted for the family of a father who was killed whilst undertaking his work at the side of the road. The driver of the vehicle and his passenger left the scene. The police were unable to identify who was driving the vehicle. The vehicle was insured. Anne, using her years of experience, managed to negotiate a settlement with the insurers which reflected loss of services and loss of financial support. This settled for a six figure sum.
- Anne’s client was knocked down on a pedestrian crossing and suffered a severe fracture of her ankle. She suffered a complication while in hospital. The insurers assisted under the rehabilitation code with cleaning and support at home. They also funded a further operation and ongoing treatment. There was a claim for past and future loss of earnings and future treatment costs and the claim concluded at £130,000.
- Anne’s client was a pedestrian who was knocked down by a car on a pedestrian crossing. He suffered a serious head injury with Post Concussional Syndrome. He was unable to work after the accident. Her opponent’s raised arguments that her client was at fault for not using the pedestrian crossing correctly. Expert evidence was obtained in the format of an accident reconstruction report and a video expert who analysed the partial CCTV of the incident. The matter was concluded after court proceedings were issued in the High Court. No concession were made on liability.
- Anne’s client was a Samaritan who went to the aid of a driver of a car that had broken down. While assisting to push the car out of the road another car collided with the broken down car crushing him between the two. This resulted in serious lower leg injuries with one below knee amputation and one through knee amputation. A technical argument arose with respect to the insurance position of the broken down vehicle. This was resolved by issuing court proceedings. Rehabilitation was arranged for the injured person who suffered past losses and future losses of: earnings, transport costs (automatic car), equipment costs, gardening costs, DIY and household expenses plus prosthetic costs. In addition a sum was recovered to purchase a more suitable property. The case was settled following a round table meeting in the sum of £2.75 million.
Client Comments
- “I just want to take this opportunity again to thank you so much for your help with our case. You have been consistently very responsive, thorough and most importantly of all compassionate. We felt very well cared for throughout the process. My mum, sister, brother in law and I are all incredibly pleased with this outcome. It does not bring our father back, but it will help secure my mum’s future.”
- “Thank you very much from the bottom of my heart for all your help on this matter in these long years of waiting for a closure. You are a wonderful team(all of you) ,I will consider you friends who helped me and my son in our sorrow and pain for all my life. I wish you all the best in life. Thank you.”
- “I decided to start my personal injury claim for compensation following the initial conversation I had with Hodge Jones & Allen. They have been very understanding and flexible throughout the whole claim process by meeting me in person as well as being readily available to talk on the phone and by email. My solicitor and her team have been of invaluable help. They have kept me up to date and always well informed. I would like to thank them for being so supportive throughout a very difficult time of my life to reach a positive outcome.”
- “From day one when I walked into the office everyone was very nice and helpful, I can say that Anne and her team are amazing. They have always had the time to speak to me or explain what is happening and always kept me up to date, she has been working on my case for nearly 3 years even with Covid they all still worked so hard to support me and just showed that extra care. I want to say a massive thank you to everyone that supported me over the years with my case and anyone looking for a great team to represent them Hodge Jones& Allen are the team for you.”
..."She [Anne] was professional and highly knowledgeable, which made me feel at ease. I am very happy with the outcome of the case, and recommend HJA."
- “I was unfortunately hit by a car door whilst cycling, resulting in severe injuries to my hand. After phoning HJA, Anne Sanders assisted me with my case. She was professional and highly knowledgeable, which made me feel at ease. I am very happy with the outcome of the case, and recommend HJA.”
- “Dear Anne, just a small gesture of gratitude for all of your help, support and patience over the last 2 years. Thank you for fighting for us, and for changing our lives. We will be forever grateful. All the best for the future.”
- “I know that Anne will always give me her best advice and support and I have complete faith in her advice and guidance.”
- “Thank you so much you have been wonderful and so supportive. It has been very difficult but I was confident that you had my best interest at heart.”
- “Once again, thank you for your excellent work, I am really happy with the outcome of the case and I have really appreciated the way you have been assisting me throughout this time.”
- “Very professional company, easy to talk to a solicitor, would highly recommend them.”
Memberships & Appointments
- Association of Personal Injury Lawyers since 2003: Senior Litigator
- Law Society Personal Injury Panel since 2007
Career & Personal Interests
Career
- Joined Hodge Jones & Allen, 2012
- McKeowns, 2003 – 2012
- Thompsons, 2001 – 2003
- Admitted as a Solicitor, 1999
Education
- Manchester Metropolitan University – Legal Practice Course
- Staffordshire University Law School – CPE
- University of Manchester – BSc Hons Metallurgy
Personal Interests
Football
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