Carol Hopwood
Partner
Department: Personal Injury
Contact Tel: 0151 257 6000
Email: claims@goodmanslaw.co.uk
Carol is a Personal Injury Lawyer and Partner at Goodmans.
A Senior Litigator Member of the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers and the representative Member of the Practice for MASS.
Carol graduated in Law with a 2:1 honours degree and qualified as a solicitor in 1993. She progressed to Head of Personal Injury at her previous firm before being approached by the partners of Goodmans to join the partnership in 2000. Carol accepted full equity partnership in 2001.
Somewhat unusually, both Carol and our family equity partner Liza Watson gained their LLB(Hons) degrees together in Liverpool before they both moved on to complete their Law Society Finals Examinations at the Chester College of Law, in the same class for four years!
Carol specialises in serious and fatal injury cases arising from any type of accident.
The person behind the title!
As a child what did you want to be when you grew up?
A Police woman! Hence the Law Degree. A torn anterior cruciate ligament in the first year of my degree required me to have a quick re think!
What's your guiltiest pleasure?
Christian Dior lipsticks.
Favourite book or film?
The Quiet Man.
Who or what inspires you?
My parents for their love, guidance and unwavering support.
What would improve the quality of your life?
A lottery win!
What's your secret?
I want to write a novel..