Richard Foyster
Solicitor
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Partner & Head of Personal Injury
SRA ID: 22260
Richard is Head of Personal Injury at Ashtons Legal and specialises in complex injury claims.
Richard has a reputation for taking on and winning complex cases, whether arising from accidents at work, on the road, through public liability or otherwise.
Richard’s varied caseload includes acting for clients who have suffered the broadest range of injuries, including spinal injury, limb fractures, or brain injury. His practice also includes cases which other solicitors have turned away or failed to properly progress, leading the clients to seek alternative legal representation.
Richard is passionate about the importance and benefit of clients having access to early rehabilitation, care and support following serious injury and recognises the positive effects this can have not only upon the life of the injured victim but also upon those closest to them.
Richard is highly experienced and has settled many high-value claims (those with values in excess of £1 million), both through negotiation and the Courts, a recent one involving a vulnerable client whose award for damages in excess of £4 million was approved in the High Court and Richard was commended by the Judge.
Richard leads the Ashtons Legal Tier 1 (Legal 500) Personal Injury team, who say that Richard is “always on hand to provide representation to the underdog, providing clients with excellent service.” He is also ranked in Band 1 by Chambers and Partners for Claimant personal injury work.
Richard is recognised by the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers as a Fellow and is a member of the Law Society’s Personal Injury Panel.
Richard is a member of the Forum of Complex Injury Solicitors and is a trustee of Headway Suffolk and Felixstowe Citizens Advice.
Outside of work, Richard enjoys spending time with his family. He also enjoys trail running, following Watford FC and coaching cricket and rugby.
Portman House, 120 Princes Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP1 1RS
Licensed for 28 years
Practice Areas
Personal Injury
Personal Injury claim from cycling accident
From the start of my claim, Richard has always been calm, approachable and reassuring. He has shown understanding for my difficulties and has sought to take time to explain the processes of the claim to me and helped to ensure that I felt supported through it. I have had great confidence in Richard's professional experience and knowledge of brain injury claims and felt reassured that I was in safe hands. I have known that he was committed to representing me honestly and fairly with the end goal of helping me to improve the quality of my life and ensuring I had access to the rehabilitation treatment that I was in need of. Thank you.
Lawyer named in this review: Richard Foyster
A representative from Ashtons Legal LLP responded to this review on 16 January, 2024
Thank you for your review. We will pass your feedback on to Richard.
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A professional team that turned into friends :) brilliant company :)
My court case was an exceptionally hard case,with car crashes,broken spines and primary progressive Ms!! It started off with a year with a terrible car insurance company who had no interest in helping me and made feel as if it was a terrible thing for me to contact them when I hadn't heard anything from them for months :( dealing with the stress of all of this nearly broke me mentally.so a friend suggested Ashton's and I'm so glad they did,.my court case went on for 4 more years and they helped me through every letter,every appointment,every everything ! Even their amazing secretary julie(bless her) helped me understand parts of letters and explained the process of how the courts worked and totally put me and my family at ease,I really couldnt recommend Ashton's any higher and thank them all from the bottom of my heart x total diamonds :) x
Lawyer named in this review: Richard Foyster
A representative from Ashtons Legal LLP responded to this review on 26 October, 2020
Thank you for your fantastic review of Richard. We appreciate the positive feedback you have given us and look forward to working with you in the future.
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