Nia is a very experienced solicitor accredited by the Law Society Personal Injury Panel. This means that her skills, knowledge and experience of personal injury law have been thoroughly tested and certified.

Nia has an outstanding record of success. She has years of battle-hardened experience in representing individuals against insurance companies and government organisations. During her career, Nia has recovered millions of pounds of compensation for her clients.

Nia’s interests are choral music, sailing, her family and watching rugby. She has sung with the BBC Wales Chorus and is an accomplished pianist and cellist.

Katerina Hale was admitted to the Roll as a Solicitor in September 1993 and has a long track record of successfully assessing prospects of success in personal injury cases. She deals with all types of personal injury cases including accidents at work, accidents in public places as well as road traffic accidents, Criminal Injury Compensation Authority (CICA) claims. Katerina has been successful in representing hundreds of clients in a range of legal disputes.

With over 20 years of experience, she is a skilled and experienced litigator.

Elaine is an experienced litigator with a specialised interest in employment and occupiers liability claims. She has a passion for fair play and seeing that justice is achieved.  

She has over 35 years of experience, in both leading a non-motor claims team dealing with claims such as accidents at work, accidents in shops, animal cases, supervising solicitors and legal staff as well as running her own complex caseload. She currently leads a small team advising on claims for beauty treatments that have gone wrong.  

She always goes the extra mile and is known for being a "safe pair of hands".  

In her spare time, she contributes to the community by preparing meals for those who are struggling emotionally and financially, which as well as helping those in need also allow her creative passion for cooking. She enjoys playing a variety of musical instruments and sings in a number of local choirs.

Mike Smalley, Senior Litigation Executive is a former Senior Collision Investigator who worked within Avon and Somerset Constabulary for over 30 years investigating hundreds of serious and fatal incidents. He prepares detailed, accurate witness statements for our clients, often after visiting clients at their home or after meeting at the scene of the accident so that photographs and plans can be prepared, as well as a witness statement, if required.

He is an experienced Consultant Forensic Collision Investigator with an extensive range of specialist knowledge. He qualified to an advanced level as a police car driver and motorcyclist and was asked to oversee fatal collision investigations in neighbouring police force areas. He had responsibility for the overseeing of investigations into road death and files submitted for prosecution, civil or inquest proceedings. He has regularly given evidence as an expert in court.

After leaving the Police in 2010 he worked as an Accident investigator and Road Safety Officer for Somerset County Council, developing casualty reduction initiatives for road users and conducting scene examinations for the highways authority. For many years he also acted as a ROSPA (Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents) Driver and Rider fleet solutions trainer, examiner and diploma holder, conducting advanced driver and rider tests. He has advised the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) on collision reconstruction and has been called upon to investigate the death of British Nationals in road traffic collisions abroad.

He is patient, empathetic, employs great attention to detail and is always prepared to go the extra mile in the service he provides.