• Serious Personal Injury and Medical Negligence

Ian Johnson

Partner and Head of Clinical Negligence
Ian Johnson

Ian leads the Personal Injury & Clinical Negligence department in Leicestershire having worked there for over 26 years, as a Partner for over 23 of those years. He specialises in a wide range of high value serious injury claims. He’s based in our Leicester city centre office.

  • Catastrophic Brain Injury Cases for Children and Adults
  • Spinal Injury claims for children and adults
  • Other cases Involving High Value Injuries of the Utmost Severity
  • Fatal Accident Claims – Including Inquests
  • Cases Involving Complex Special Damages, Future Loss and Loss of Dependency Calculations
  • Accidents in Foreign Jurisdictions e.g. whilst on holiday
  • Amputation Claims

Ian has acted for the victims of accidents in thousands of claims since 1997.

Ian’s practice covers a wide range of serious injury claims but his particular specialist areas are high value catastrophic injury claims arising from brain and/or spinal injuries, amputation cases and multiple injury claims suffered by both adults and children.  Where accidents result in death Ian deals with the inquest and claims on behalf of the family and dependants.

He has been involved in a number of high profile cases including acting for a victim suffering serious injury in the M1 accident involving Army vehicles returning from Iraq which fell from their transporter causing multiple accidents and many fatalities and a racially motivated running down case in revenge for terrorist attacks abroad.

  • Articled Clerk Ironsides Ray & Vials Friar Lane Leicester 1995
  • Solicitor Ironsides Ray & Vials in Personal Injury Department until 1997
  • Joined Bray & Bray 1997
  • Recovered over £400,000 for a victim of an accident at work resulting in a below knee amputation who with private prosthetics and excellent rehabilitation secured in the claim was able to return to full time manual work
  • Acted for a severely brain injured child involved in a car accident where Court approval was given to settlement at £2.4 million
  • Serious RTA claim involving multiple injuries recovering over £500,000 damages
  • CICA claim where a serious assault caused head injuries. Award made of £271,000
  • Below knee amputation claim settled at £1.04 million

Experience

Qualifications

  • Studied Law at Leicester University LLB with First Class Honours in 1992
  • Law Society Finals at Leicester Polytechnic (now De Montfort University) 1993

Positions held

  • Partner

Memberships and accreditations

Member of the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL)
Former Trustee of Headway Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland branch

APIL Accredited Personal Injury Practice logo

Ian Johnson Reviews

October 9, 2025
I have used Mr Johnson on a few occasions and I will always use him on any other occasion. I have found him to be excellent in his working conduct and to be very thorough in the way he acts during all of his cases.
- Mr Barratt
October 9, 2025
The best thing about Ian was that he was realistic all the way through my case and I really appreciated him not sugar coating any of his answers. I’ve chosen to stay in touch with him and would like to show him how well I’ve developed since I last saw him, because it’s down to him and the other specialists he put me in touch with, that I’ve gotten this far already.
- Mr Mistry
October 9, 2025
Ian not only explained everything in really simple terms, but when required was able to explain the more complex parts of the process. Because Ian had suffered his own head injury, I really got the sense that he knew exactly what I was going through and that he was fighting my corner.
- Mr Dewar
October 9, 2025
All the way through my case Ian was very informative and I really liked that I stayed with the same solicitor, without having to speak to anyone else and explain things again.
- Jane Hood
October 30, 2024
I would like to thank Rothera and Bray Solicitors for all their hard work in representing me in my successful Personal Injury Claim. Their communication and advice was excellent and filled me with confidence throughout my case. On a more personal level I would like to give special thanks to Mr. Ian Johnson and Ms. Swati Kotecha with whom I had most contact with who both were very friendly and professional and made the whole experience as simple as possible. Thank you again.
- Ron Foster
July 9, 2024
Ian Johnson was absolutely brilliant. Very professional and dedicated. They are a 1st class solicitors and I would recommend them. I would like to thank Ian Johnson for all his hard work over the years.
- Martin
June 10, 2024
From the very outset of engaging with Rothera Bray, I immediately felt confident I had made the right decision to instruct them to work on my claim and it was!! Ian Johnson and his excellent team provided all the necessary support in a most caring and efficient way. Full and detailed explanations with readily available communication was available throughout. All their much appreciated efforts were rewarded with a successful outcome. I am very grateful. I highly recommend Rothera Bray for their extensive knowledge and the manner in which they do their job.
- Dorothy Shipston
April 30, 2024
I have been very impressed with the work carried out by Ian Johnson and cannot think of anything I was dissatisfied with.
- Public Liability case