Adam Horner

Director, Head of Sports and Serious Injury

Adam Horner, is a director and senior leader within the McHale Group. He oversees all 5 offices and has been a key figure in driving growth in the group of companies and in maintaining, nurturing existing and seeking out quality strategic relationships.

With Managerial expertise in:

Strategy development, vision creation, and value enhancement

Crafting and implementing growth strategies

Maintaining, recruiting and building high-performing people and teams

Adams leadership and strategic acumen have consistently driven business success and value creation. His deep understanding of market dynamics and his ability to execute complex business strategies make him a highly respected figure in the profession. He has been nominated as young legal professional of the year in 2024 (under 40s category).

Adam previously led an award winning personal injury and clinical negligence team before handing over the reigns to an established figure in the industry Nimish Patel. Adam ran a complex caseload working with some of the best Kings Counsel in the country and secured tens of millions of pounds for his clients. He is proud that several of these clients and their families have then sought out to appoint him as a Professional Court of Protection Deputy following conclusion of their cases.

Adam also has extensive experience in dealing with residential and commercial property matters, private client; wills, probate and Court of Protection.

Adam also heads up our hugely respected Sports Division. He acts for Premier League and EFL football players and managers, professional fighters (boxing and MMA) and is also a well regarded sports injury lawyer.

Adam is a governor at a local school, season ticket holder at Manchester United but also loves supporting Altrincham Fc. Adam supports several charities regularly and set up our Cycle of Life Project where we are delighted to have donated over 250 bikes in less than 4 years to local charities and vulnerable people. He’s an also a proud dad of two daughters.

Adam seeks to bring his best version everyday and to help clients and team members achieve their desired futures.

Hope this helps you all a tiny bit to consider reflecting and ‘kick on’ should you so desire.

Malcolm Horner

Head of Personal Injury

Malcolm undertook his articles with a leading Manchester firm before moving to Rowlands in 1987 and shortly after he was made a Partner appointed as the Head of Personal Injury Department.

Malcolm is a fellow of APIL (Association of Personal Injury Solicitors) of which there are less than 200 nationally. Malcolm was on the subcommittee of APIL which helped bring about the changes to ‘no win no fee’ agreements 15 years ago.

Malcolm is an original Law Society Personal Injury Panel Member and he was a founder member of Injury Lawyers for you (IL4u).

Malcolm is instructed on a range of multi-track cases and is a leading practitioner is his field. He has acted for many brain injured clients and has particular expertise in this field.

Malcolm has a keen interest in sports law and injuries resulting from incidents in sport. He has acted for several Rugby and Football players and is considered to be one of the leading Solicitors in this area of litigation.

He has been described as a ‘caring Rotweiler’ by a leading QC. Caring and emphatic towards the client but aggressive towards the defendant insurers.

Rowlands merged with another large City Centre practice in 2011 and after 3 years Malcolm decided to move on to the ambitious growing firm of McHale and Co in Altrincham where he lives.

Malcolm has been involved in several high profile cases during his career some of which have gone to the Court of Appeal and made legal textbooks. Examples of Malcolm’s successes are listed below:

Malcolm is a keen follower of Manchester United, attending games at home and all around Europe. He plays golf regularly and he enjoys watching most other sports having played most of them himself in younger days! He has been married for 30 years and has two sons.

Malcolm has been involved in several high profile cases during his career some of which have gone to the Court of Appeal and made legal textbooks. Examples of Malcolm’s successes are listed below:

Hadfield v Knowles – Malcolm was instructed on behalf of the Claimant. The Claim reached the Court of Appeal and it was decided that the current English legislation was not compatible with European Legislation. The Claimant was awarded in excess of £500,000 back in 1996.

EV Haslingdon BC – Malcolm was instructed by the Claimant who fell from her Council accommodation due to a defective window frame. Malcolm secured a settlement in excess of £3.2 million.

G V Holiday Company – Malcolm’s client in this case suffered severe burns whilst on holiday in Tenerife when the apartment he was in set alight due to a gas problem. Malcolm secured a settlement in excess of £500,000 for his client.

G V Stoke on Trent – Malcolm’s client was deliberately ran over by an individual. Malcolm secured a settlement in excess of £4 million for his client.

AG v Insurer – Malcolm acted for a man from Pontefract in Yorkshire, who was awarded what is believed to be one of the biggest compensation payouts for a motorbike accident which has left him mostly homebound for the rest of his life. Malcolm obtained in excess of £1.3M for the client.

Alastair Chiswell

Litigator

Alastair began his legal career in 2011 when he started his study of law with the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives.

He began working within the criminal law before finally moving on to personal injury matters in 2014. He joined McHale & Co in 2016 and now represents clients in a wide range of personal injury matters, from road traffic accidents, medical negligence and will take matters through the litigation and the Court process.

Outside of the law, Alastair is an electronic music producer and synthesizer enthusiast. He draws his influences from Detroit and European techno music.  Conversely, he enjoys the work of composers such as Beethoven and is a keen and hopeful pianist.