Our Management Committee
The operation of MASS is overseen by our Management Committee, elected by the Membership, and is made up of a Chairman, Vice Chair, Treasurer, 12 Regional Co-ordinators and our Executive Director. Previous Chairs remain on the Management Committee for 2 years as Honorary Members.
The Management Committee meet four times a year.
Our current Management Committee is made up of the following people:
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MASS Chair – Paul Nicholls
Paul is Senior Partner at Nicholls Brimble Bhol in Birmingham
He is also an Accredited Commercial Mediator and a non-practicing Barrister with call at Lincoln’s Inn
MASS Vice Chair – Simon Stanfield
Simon is Partner and Head of Road Traffic Accidents – Technical at Simpson Millar, Manchester
He specialises in complex and high value personal injury claims
Treasurer – Janet Tilley
Janet is a former Director and Partner of Simpson Millar LLP and is a current consultant to the firm. From January 2018 she has run her own consultancy company specialising in Legal Practice Management with a particular interest in RTA case management
Honorary Member – Andy Shaw
Andy is Partner, Head of Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence at Higgs & Sons, Stourbridge
He is also a member of the Birmingham Medico-Legal Society and Birmingham Law Society Personal Injury Group
Past MASS Chair and Honorary Member –
Sue Brown
Sue is a Director of Claims Portal Limited and Director of MedCo Registration Solutions Limited
She is also a Mediator registered with the Civil Mediation Council
Our Regional Co-ordinators:
Brian Castle
Regional Co-ordinator – Scotland
Brian is a Partner at Digby Brown Solicitors
His specialisms include motorcycle accident, accidents at work and road traffic accidents.
Adam Thorpe
Regional Co-ordinator – North East
Adam is a Solicitor and Manager of the Litigation Team at Winn Solicitors in Byker
His region includes Northumberland, County Durham and Tyne Wear
Paul Drabble
Regional Co-ordinator – Yorkshire
Paul is a Partner and Personal Injury Solicitor (Road Traffic Accidents) for True Solicitors LLP in Leeds
Kate Sweeney
Regional Co-ordinator – Manchester
Kate is a Partner and Head of Personal Injury for Stephensons Solicitors LLP, Leigh
Her region covers Lancashire and Cheshire
Peter Adlard
Regional Co-ordinator – Merseyside and The Wirral
Peter is Head of Legal Operations at Hebble Law in Liverpool
His region covers Merseyside and parts of Cheshire
Matt Currie
Regional Co-ordinator – Central East
Matt is Managing Partner for Motor Road Traffic Accident Claims at Irwin Mitchell and is based in Sheffield
His region covers Lincolnshire, Derbyshire, and Nottinghamshire
Angela Fitzpatrick
Regional Co-ordinator – Central West
Angela is a Consultant Solicitor for Nicholls Brimble in Birmingham
Her region covers Gloucestershire, West Midlands and Warwickshire
Shelyna Mariscal
Regional Co-ordinator – East Anglia
Shelyna is a Partner, Personal Injury, at Hansells in Norwich
Her region covers covers Essex, Norfolk, Suffolk and Northamptonshire
Craig Butler
Regional Co-ordinator – South West
Craig is an Associate at Wolferstans Solicitors in Plymouth and a Solicitor in their Serious Injury Team
His region includes Bristol, Devon, Gloucester and South Wales
Paul Lewis
Regional Co-ordinator – South Central
Paul is Partner, Personal Injury, Landlord & Tenant, Marketing and Business Development – Accident Management at George Ide LLP in Chichester
His region covers Berkshire, Dorset, West Sussex, Hampshire and Oxfordshire
F
iona Scurlock
Regional Co-ordinator – South East
Fiona is a PI Solicitor at Gray Hooper Holt LLP, Redhill
Her region covers Kent, East Sussex, Surrey and London
Diarmuid McKeown
Regional Co-ordinator – Northern Ireland
Diarmuid is Principal Solicitor at McKeowns Solicitors based in Belfast