Stuart Hanley promoted to Director of Legal Practice
Stuart Hanley has been promoted to Director of Legal Practice at Minster Law. His new role is effectively immediately, and he will report to CEO Shirley Woolham.
Shirley said that his promotion comes after the successful conclusion to Minster Law’s transformation programme, with the business projecting a return to profit this year and ready to capitalise on a market sector that has emerged from a long period of reform.
“We are in exceptional shape to assist insurer partners achieve great outcomes for their injured customers and Stuart will play a pivotal role in helping them get to grips with the legislative and regulatory environment where together we operate.”
“His legal expertise will be a critical asset in giving our partners the insight they need to plan for the future, especially with further reform on the agenda and the increasing scrutiny around consumer duty. In bringing an additional dimension to assessing and interpreting the impact of regulatory and legislative changes on their businesses, he will help partners de-risk their regulatory exposure with the claims supply chain.”
She explained that Stuart will head up Minster Law’s collaboration with trade bodies, including ACSO and APIL, industry stakeholders such as the Ministry of Justice and the MIB, as well as playing an increased role in engagement with the media, business partners and other relevant parties.
“Minster Law strongly believes in a collaborative approach to resolving the challenges facing our civil justice system. All of us working in injury claims want to improve customer outcomes and the way to achieve this is through partnership and consensus-building. Stuart’s experience and skillset make him a standout leader in this respect.”
Commenting on his new role, Stuart said: “It’s an honour to be able to take up this expanded role for Minster Law. I’m tremendously proud of being a personal injury lawyer and of working for a business that is so dedicated to the work they do to help injured people and their families.”
“We really do have a privileged role, which can make a real difference in people’s lives. I’m looking forward to re-establishing and demonstrating the value of legal expertise in volume claims to the market.”
“I believe our ability to marry this legal expertise with an efficient and outcome-driven claims process marks Minster Law out from our competitors, and bringing this approach to the claims industry will be a key factor in achieving our longer-term strategic aims.”
Stuart has been a claimant personal injury and clinical negligence solicitor for over 30 years, dealing with a wide variety of claims. He was previously a member of the SRA / Law Society Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence Panels and the AvMA Clinical Negligence Panel. Stuart is also an SRA approved Training Principal, who is passionate about increasing access to and diversity within the legal sector to attract the next generation of personal injury lawyers.
He has been part of the Minster Law team since 2012.
