Had an Accident

Road Traffic Accidents

Tripping

Paralysis

the personal injury
web site

About Had an Accident

Richard Smithies LLB

Had an Accident was founded by solicitor, Richard Smithies, in March 2003.

Richard is a partner of Bearders, a firm of Solicitors which has served Halifax and West Yorkshire for over a hundred years. Richard has specialised in family legal work and, in addition to his local practice, has pioneered a national Will-writing service with The Guardian newspaper.

He is author of the Garden Law web site: www.gardenlaw.co.uk which is number one on seven search engines and the only web site of its kind in the world. Through Garden Law Richard has helped thousands of people with problems related to their home and garden. He hopes that his practical experience of dealing with personal injury cases in his law practice at Bearders Solicitors will also help others through this web site.

He is a founder member of Solicitors for the Elderly and is a committee member of the Probate Section of the Law Society. Richard is currently Chairman of Age Concern Calderdale and a trustee of the Bearder Charity, established to help the people of Calderdale.