Henry Kirkup

Experience

• A partner at BLM, I am also head of office for Leeds.
• I am the lead lawyer in BLM’s Catastrophic Injury Group and contact partner for a number of insurers, managing agents and companies.
• My experience involves advising clients in high value claims and representing clients in Corporate Manslaughter and HSE prosecutions.
• I regularly speaker at seminars on all aspects of health and safety law.
• I have been ranked several times in the legal directories as quoted below:
  • “First class solicitor” - Legal 500 2013
  • “The team is led by the ‘approachable and capable technician” - Legal 500 2015
  • “BLM’s ‘strong’ team … is headed by the ‘excellent’ Henry Kirkup.” - Legal 500 2016
  • “Good at cutting to the issues… a hard negotiator and extremely passionate about what he does” - Legal 500 2017

Membership/appointments

• Member of BLM's SHE (safety, health and environment) group, 2015-2018
• Member of BLM’s Catastrophic Injury Group, 2016-2018