Hamida Khatun

Head of Professional Negligence/Large Loss

Hamida is the Head of the Professional Negligence and Large Loss department at Been Let Down and is based at the firm’s new Bolton Office.

Hamida qualified as a Solicitor in 2003 and has worked at highly regarded firms in Manchester and Bolton. She has held positions as Team Leader and Associate and brings over 15 years of legal experience. Throughout her legal career, Hamida has handled complex, high value and high-profile cases. She has represented both claimants and defendants in the Court of Appeal and the High Court. A number of these cases have been reported in the legal press and Lawtel and been used as case studies and precedents by Law Students and Professionals alike.

After qualification, Hamida specialised in large loss personal injury with a particular specialism in complex brain and spinal injuries. Thereafter, Hamida specialised in complex fraud and strategic litigation for over 10 years. Hamida is recognised throughout the legal field as a formidable advocate, a fine legal mind with a highly client focused and down to earth approach.

Hamida’s friendly, client focused department successfully deal with a hybrid caseload of large loss and professional negligence matters. Hamida deals with cases against Solicitors,  Doctors ,  Surveyors, Architects where underlying claims arise from personal injury, disputed wills, probate, property and financial negligence as well as divorce settlements. Hamida deals with complex injury cases of the utmost severity and high value including a number of multimillion-pound claims.

Hamida’s motivated and friendly team is dedicated to achieving optimum results for clients.

In her spare time, Hamida enjoys spending time with her family, travelling, gardening, DIY and keeping abreast of legal developments as well as current affairs. She has also attended as guest speaker at the local University.