About Bruce Turner

I was admitted as a solicitor in 1992. I have always specialised in litigation, mainly as a claimant personal injury solicitor, but also caseloads with mixed civil litigation cases or with clinical negligence.

I’ve mainly worked in small to medium firms, or specialist PI departments in large multi-disciplinary practices.

I first got into locum, interim, working during a recession, and returned it after times in employed positions. I’ve worked for more than 20 years now as a locum, contracted temp, or self-employed Solicitor Consultant within a firm.

I enjoy the thought process of litigation: understanding clients’ explanations, working out what other evidence supports them, or contradicts. I enjoy understanding new caselaw interpreting the Civil Procedure Rules and considering how uncommon provisions may steer the resolve of a thorny issue.

Working as a Locum

Working as a locum disciplined me in taking responsibility for cases and coping independently with managing and progressing them.

People engage you as a safe pair of hands. Colleagues are usually willing to guide me on the firm’s procedures, but otherwise, I’m there to get on with the responsibilities of the role.

Since covid changed office working , mainly worked remotely or hybrid. It works well, and often saves time and energy for the client work. This is my preference now, though I’m amenable to office-based roles, if location, travel and finance makes feasible.

Beyond Personal Injury

In addition to injury compensation work, my civil dispute experience includes contract, property, boundary litigation, Non-PI Defendant insurance disputes, drafting contentious probate letters of claim.

I am particularly interested now in developing further experience in property litigation and dispute resolution, including landlord and tenant, boundary disputes, service charges and dilapidations. I see this as a natural development of a career spent dealing with disputed facts, civil procedure, and the resolution civil disputes

A habit of learning

I have always been a self-directed learner. I’m curious about less familiar areas of law I need to understand for an aspect of a claim. If there are concepts, caselaw, an unfamiliar procedure I need, or want to understand, I find it out.

My continuing professional development includes reading current legal and procedure guidance, watching webinars, reading barrister’s chambers’ caselaw discussion and CPR updates, and buying specialist handbooks.

Office skills, Case Management Systems, and AI

  • I touch type, and can type my own letters, detailed emails to clients documents and court forms.
  • I am familiar with the common Case Management Systems but equally with simple Windows file and Google Drive storage and filing.
  • I’ve an interest in the developing application of AI to legal work. I use it for legal research and quick answers to CPR uncertainties.
  • I’m interested in AI’s ability to analyse and summarise evidence how it might streamline lengthy drafting in fixed recoverable costs cases, whilst lawyers retain professional judgment for accuracy, and human voice narration.

Outside of Law

Outside of legal work, I enjoy travelling. I’m currently learning Mandarin, partly in preparation for further travels in China.

I am interested in theoretical psychology; particularly now Jungian psychology. I listen to classical music and like to visit art galleries when travelling.

I keep active now through walking and fitness.

I’ve ambitions to learn the piano and watercolour painting. Both remain works in progress

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