Clare Campbell

Clare specialises in acting for clients involved in accidents abroad including road traffic accidents with complex jurisdiction and applicable law issues, claims under the Package Travel Regulations, workplace accidents abroad, maritime and aviation cases, sexual assaults, accidents in America and mass tort claims litigation.

In 2025, Clare was named Personal Injury Lawyer of the Year by the Pan-European Organisation of Personal Injury Lawyers (PEOPIL), recognising her work to secure justice for Liverpool FC fans affected by chaos that unfolded at the 2022 Champions League Final at the Stade de France in Paris.  

Clare joined Leigh Day as a partner in 2014 and was elected as deputy managing partner in October 2026.

Legal expertise

Over the past 20 years Clare has successfully represented groups and individuals, securing millions of pounds worth of compensation, including:

• Acting for a motorcyclist who sustained an above-knee amputation following an accident in Belgium.

• Acting for a client who sustained a severe brain injury as a result of a road traffic accident in France 

• Acting for a pedestrian who suffered a severe brain injury when they were knocked over in Italy.

• Acting for clients who have sustained life changing injuries as a result of accidents in England and Wales

• Acting for a pedestrian who sustained life changing injuries as a result of a road traffic accident in Spain 

• Acting on behalf of the family of a man who was killed as a result of an accident at work including representation at the inquest process 

• Acting on behalf of a family whose daughter was killed as a result of a go-karting accident in London including representation at the jury inquest 

• Cycling accidents in France, Spain, Portugal and Germany.   

• Acting for a number of clients who have sustained physical and psychological injuries as a result of sexual assaults abroad 

• Acting for a client involved in a serious road traffic accident in Russia.

• Acting for passengers on board coach crashes in France, Croatia and America. 

• Acting for a teenage girl who sustained life-changing spinal injuries after falling through a glass balcony on a school trip to Spain.

• Acting for a client who suffered a serious accident at work in India. 

• Acting on behalf of a widow whose husband had been killed during the course of a cruise applying the Athens Convention

• Acting on behalf of a man who sustained serious spinal injuries as a result of falling from a balcony in Spain

• Successfully obtaining damages for claimants injured in ski accidents in Italy, France and America.

• Acting in aviation accidents involving application of the Montreal Convention 

Clare in the news

• Lawyers ready to fight UEFA over venue for cup final claims LSG 17.1.24

• Law firms push ahead with legal case against UEFA after damning Paris final report Liverpool Echo 14.2.23

• Lawyers of traumatised Liverpool fans say report blaming UEFA boosts case Guardian 14.2.23

• Family welcome report after girl fatally choked by hijab on go-kart BBC 27.10.22

• 'Sweet' girl, 15, strangled by headscarf in tragic go-karting accident The Standard 27.10.22

• Champions League: Nearly 2,000 Liverpool fans set to sue Uefa BBC News 24.9.22

• Law firm investigating group legal action for LFC fans over Paris chaos Liverpool Echo 3.8.22

• Liverpool fans could take legal action to sue UEFA over Champions League final fiasco Mirror 3.8.22

• Parents to sue hotel after son suffers life-changing injury from 'exploding patio door' Express 16.2.16

• Pictured: The horrific six-inch gashes suffered by five-year-old schoolboy who's now 'scarred for life' after falling through a glass balcony door on holiday Daily Mail 16.2.16

• Leeds boy suffers injury horror in hotel glass ‘explosion’ Yorkshire Evening Post 16.2.16

• Size 10 holidaymaker broke her ankle when poolside drain gave way – and Egyptian hotel manager told her it was her own fault because she was too FAT Daily Mail 16.2.16

• Having a holiday from hell? Here's what to do if you end up stuck on a nightmare getaway Daily Mirror 27.4.1

Memberships

Professional Memberships: Law Society, The American Association for Justice –Chair of The International Practice Section in 2025, The Pan European Organisation of Personal Injury Lawyers, the Travel and Tourism Lawyer’s Association.