Dominique Parker

Associate

Specialisms and expertise

Since qualifying Dominique has specialised in Personal Injury Litigation. She has experience in claims arising from road traffic accidents, employers' liability, occupiers liability, product liability and public liability claims. Dominique is a member of the Law Society Personal Injury Accreditation Scheme. She is also accredited by the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (“APIL”).

Notable cases

• Dominique has recently finished a claim for a cyclist who was knocked off his bike by a drunk driver. He shattered his knee-cap and had 4 operations in the following 3 years. One of these operations was paid for privately with an interim payment Dominique obtained from the Defendant's insurers. Mr A will require further operations. His injuries are likely to cause him difficulty working in the future. Dominique recovered nearly £250,000 for Mr A to take account of the severe injury he suffered, his loss of income together with his future needs, including the cost of further private surgery.
• Dominique has recently concluded a case for a gentleman who was knocked over by a forklift truck, he sustained soft tissue injuries and suffered with chronic pain. The claim settled for almost £120,000 to reflect the fact that this gentleman would be unable to return to work.
• Dominique represented a man who was injured at a go-karting race track. His kart broke down and he moved his kart off the track. The marshals failed to stop the other karts on the track. Unfortunately another kart came off the track and collided with Dominique's client. He sustained a severe fracture of his thigh bone. He had numerous operations but would be unable to return to manual work which is all that he had experience in prior to this accident. The claim was pursued against the owners and occupiers of the track who initially denied any liability for the incident. The claim settled for over £250,000.

Profile

Dominique joined Thomson Snell and Passmore as a trainee solicitor in September 2003. She completed her degree in Law with Management Science at Keele University and her Legal Practice Course (“LPC”) at The College of Law, London. She completed her LPC with Distinction and qualified in September 2005.

Dominique was instrumental in setting up a Legal Advice Scheme in a local Citizens Advice Bureau which now operates once a month to offer guidance to members of the public on all areas of the law. Dominique is joint editor of the Personal Injury team's newsletter PILaw.

Dominique is a keen netballer and plays for a team in the first division of her local league. She is also a qualified umpire.