FOIL CEO to chair judging panel for 2015 Personal Injury Awards

Laurence Besemer, the CEO of the Forum of Insurance Lawyers (FOIL), is to chair the judging panel for this year’s Eclipse Proclaim Personal Injury awards, which will be held on 26 November at the Grange St. Paul’s hotel in London.

Nominations are now being accepted for the awards, which provide a unique opportunity to highlight and celebrate the excellence of individuals and organisations across the personal injury claims sector.

There are two ways to enter the awards. The first option is to submit a written nomination of 250-1000 words and the second is to create a video which should play for no longer than three minutes. The closing date for nominations is 11 September 2015.

Besemer will be joined this year by Adrian Furness (claims director at Covéa Insurance); Donna Scully (a partner at Carpenters and winner of the Outstanding Achievement award at last year’s event); Andrew Pemberton (chair of the UK Rehabilitation Council); Gordon Exall (a barrister with Zenith Chambers); Amanda Stevens (a partner at Irwin Mitchell); Dominic Regan (Professor of Law and City University); Deborah Evans (chief executive of the of the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL)); and Mark Stobbs, the current director of legal policy at the Law Society.

For more information about the awards, click here.

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Mark Dugdale