Joy Middleton
Joy.Middleton@kennedyslaw.com
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Joy is a partner in our liability division, her client base includes global insurers, retailers, construction companies, local authorities, transport and leisure companies. She specialises in employers’ and public liability. Joy is joint sector lead in the areas of retail, adult social care and agricultural/farming.
Joy’s day to day role is split between heading up the local casualty team with a specialist focus on large loss, catastrophic injuries relating to injuries sustained in the England and Wales. At the same time, Joy acts as an international channel for London market claims spread across the globe. Here she coordinates and acts as a central point of contact with Kennedys’ international offices, directing claims to local lawyers across the US, LatAm, APAC and Europe.
Joy is an avid contributor to in-house articles and has delivered a wide range of training sessions and seminars to insurers, self-insured and corporate bodies.
Joy is an author of Kennedys’ Claims Handling Law and Practice Guide, the fourth edition of which was published in February 2021.
Qualifications
- Qualified in England and Wales in 1995
"Joy Middleton is another important port of call within the group for multi-track claims."
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Market recognition
- Recommended lawyer for 'Personal injury and clinical negligence: defendant (South East)' "Joy Middleton is another important port of call within the group for multi-track claims." The Legal 500 UK 2024
- Recommended lawyer for 'Personal injury and clinical negligence: defendant (South East)' "Joy Middleton handles multi-track work ranging from tetraplegia, amputation, brain injuries and fatalities". The Legal 500 UK 2023
- Recommended lawyer for 'Personal injury and clinical negligence: defendant (South East)'
"Joy Middleton is praised for her combination of technical ability and personability, which 'make her a force to be reckoned with'."
The Legal 500 UK 2022 - Recommended lawyer for 'Personal injury: defendant (South East)'
“Joy Middleton is a star. She take a calm, no-nonsense approach to cases and seems never to be flustered even in the most unexpected and difficult situations.”
The Legal 500 UK 2021 - Recommended Lawyer for 'Personal injury: defendant (South East)'
"Joy Middleton is 'a joy to work with' and handles cases in a 'calm and expertly' manner."
The Legal 500 UK 2019/20 - Recommended Lawyer for 'Personal injury: defendant (South East)'
"Joy Middleton 'is in touch with the realities of litigation'."
The Legal 500 UK 2018/19 - “She is friendly and explains cases very well. She knows her stuff; she takes a pragmatic approach to cases.”
Gracechurch London Market Insurance Law Report, 2016
Awards
Work highlights
- Successfully defended a construction company that was wrongly sued by the claimant, who had fallen into an excavation pit. The claim was redirected to the claimant's employer and full recovery of costs were secured.
- Advised a bus company upon the settlement of a high value claim brought by a pedestrian who was struck by a bus after it mounted the pavement, resulting in a life changing brain and orthopaedic injuries.
- Advised a motor insurer on the settlement of a low velocity collision which resulted in a significant shoulder injury to a professional golfer in which a claim for £2.1 million was made.
- Advised an insurer on both liability and quantum of a road traffic accident which left the claimant with severe brain injuries that require lifelong 24-hour double-up care. The claim was valued at £10 million.
Insurance and reinsurance
Public sector
Transport and logistics