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Michael Imperato, Partner

Expertise: Accidents and Injury , Education law Print this Print this

''Benefiting from the resources of the firm’s UK –wide network of offices, the Cardiff team handles work for major union clients including Community and the Police Federation. Environmental claims and accidents abroad are other notable sources of work. Michael Imperato has caught the attention of observers as one of Wales’ top practitioners for major high-value litigation. He recently settled significant claims for two workers injured in the 2001 Port Talbot steel works explosion.'' Chambers and Partners 2009

Michael has been recommended in Chambers and Partners legal directory 2009 as a Leader in his Field for Education and Personal Injury. 

Expertise

Michael is recognised as one of the countries leading experts in education law, acting for parents, children and teachers' unions. He is the Wales & West convenor of the Education Law Association; a former teacher, and Deputy Chair of Governors of a local school. He has lectured and written on this emerging area of law and acted in high profile cases challenging Cardiff City Councils Welsh medium education policy, challenging rural school closures in Wales, pursuing large educational negligence claims, and acting for children with special needs.

Experience

In Personal Injury law, Michael has been involved in similarly high profile cases. He is currently coordinating the claims of steel workers killed or seriously injured in the terrible Port Talbot steelworks explosion of Nov 2001. Michael has lectured and written on specialist aspects of Personal Injury law such as travel law and sports injuries. He is secretary of APIL Wales, a member of the Law Society Personal Injury panel, ATLA, PEOPIL and the Travel & Tourism Lawyers Association. Michael is a member of the LSC Funding appeals committee and its National Education Law forum.

Career

Michael Imperato is managing partner of the Cardiff office of RJW which he opened in 1998. Since then the office has quadrupled in size. Michael qualified as a solicitor in 1990.

Education

Michael graduated from Reading University with a History degree.

Publications

Legal 500 2008 edition comments:

"Michael Imperato at Russell Jones & Walker has considerable expertise in educational law relating to children. In December 2007 he obtained a win for the claimants, in the Court of Appeal, in Jones & Others v Ceredigion County Council, arguing for the right of students to attend a Welsh-speaking school across the county border."

Interests and hobbies

He lives in Cardiff and when not trying to keep up with his 2 young daughters enjoys sports and is active in local politics.

 

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