Mehtap qualified as a solicitor in 2006 having joined Levenes in 2003. She is a member of APIL (Association of Personal injury Lawyers).
Mehtap deals with a variety of personal injury claims, including; Road Traffic Accidents, Accidents at Work, Slipping and Tripping Accidents and Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority (CICA) claims. She also has some experience dealing with Clinical/Medical Negligence claims.
She is also fluent in Turkish and represents clients from the Turkish speaking community.
Her caseload includes clients who have sustained multiple fractures and brain injuries and some of the cases that she has successfully settled include:
- A Pedestrian who sustained multiple injuries and due to her age was disadvantaged in the open labour market – £100,000
- A Cyclist who sustained lower limb fractures and was unable to return to his pre-accident employment – £300,000
- A motorcyclist who suffered a serious fracture to his upper limb and was unable to work on a full-time basis – just under £200,000
- An employee who was involved in a slipping accident at work and sustained an injury to his back – £275,000
- An employee who fell from height at work and injured his back and ankle – £150,000
In addition to her own caseload, Mehtap assists Partners in cases that involve complex and serious brain injuries and spinal cord injuries.
Levenes Solicitors are in the Headway Solicitors Directory for Brain Injury Claims and The Spinal Injuries Association Solicitors Directory for Spinal Cord Injury claims.
KL v Cheshire Mouldings Ltd
Recovered multi-million pound settlement for life changing scalp injury
This is a remarkable story of an inspirational beautiful young woman who suffered the loss of her scalp, her ears and thumb when her hair was caught in a moving part of a machine which she had been instructed to clean even though part of the machine was still running. Please click here and here for media coverage in the BBC and Guardian. Please click here and here for other media coverage news.
ZJ v Valley Grown Nurseries
Claim for fractured skull, and an ankle injury in an accident at a farm settled for a 6 figure sum
This was a disturbing case of a worker suffering life-changing injuries as a result of working with defective equipment without appropriate safety measures. HSE guidelines to protect the safety of employees were not followed and employer was also subject to a criminal prosecution of the employer. Please click here and here for media coverage.
LO v Doncaster and Bassetlaw Hospitals NHS Trust
Levenes Solicitors are calling for a full investigation into how basic medical care of a vulnerable child was neglected with tragic consequences:-‘’..Typically, hospitals make statements that they will learn the lessons after these sorts of cases, but in this case they clearly did not. The management of the hospital trust has serious questions to answer”. Please click here for media coverage.
LH v Acar
Spinal cord and brain injury suffered by motorcyclist following collision with car that pulled in to his path
Motorcyclist was alleged to be speeding. Case won at trial on liability and later settled at joint settlement meeting. Settlement terms included the right to apply for further compensation if a serious deterioration in his condition occurs. Please click here for media coverage.
DE v MR Ltd
Spinal Cord Injury – Paraplegia
A worker at a rubbish recycling centre fell from height when a machine was switched on when he was undertaking maintenance on the machine. The Claimant suffered complete paraplegia as a result of a spinal cord injury. Please click here for media coverage.
Mr R
Brain injury in single vehicle collision
Claimant suffering head injury affecting vision in one eye when the car he was in crashed. Please click here for media coverage.
CR v Grosvenor Group Limited
Life changing injuries compensation
Settlement for life changing injuries after Claimant was struck by a tree. Levenes solicitors have secured a 7-figure settlement for a Claimant who was struck by a tree. The Claimant suffered multiple injuries including a head injury, psychological injuries and multiple fractures.The tree in question was in a park near to where the Claimant was working. He took a break from work and was standing near to the tree when it fell on him. Please click here for media coverage in Evening Standard.
VR v Skyfire Insurance Company Ltd
Tragedy strikes on M20 as lorry overturns due to Defendant’s Negligence
The Claimant and his wife worked together as lorry drivers. The husband suffered psychological and physical injuries and his wife was killed as a result of a tragic road traffic collision when the Defendant, driving a Mini Cooper vehicle on the M20, Ashford, lost control of her vehicle. She travelled across 2 lanes and collided with our client’s vehicle. This caused our client’s vehicle to overturn. Our client’s wife suffered catastrophic bodily injury and died at the scene. Our client suffered physical and psychological injuries and their three children lost their a mother. Please click here, here and here for media coverage in Kent News.
QR v J. Reddington Ltd
Brazilian circus troop horrific crash with two members killed at A11
Our clients were part of a Circus Troop of 15 members. They were travelling through Europe and stationed at the time in the town of Great Yarmouth where they had been performing for the last 8 months. The accident happened when they were leaving England in order to fulfil a new contract in Italy and while travelling on the A11, near Cambridge, when their caravan was hit by a Van driver who was not paying attention. Two members of the troop passed away as a result of the accident and all the others sustained physical and psychological injuries. This accident caused terrible grief and trauma and although some of the performers were able to perform again, they never again performed as one troop. Please click here for media coverage in Norwich Evening News and here for other media coverage.
JS v H E Payne Transport Limited
Three-lorry M5 crash leaves driver dead
Levenes Solicitors act for a driver involved in this horrific collision involving 3 lorries on the M5 in which one lorry driver died. Our client managed to help one driver to safety but was powerless to help the other driver. Please click here for media coverage in the BBC. Please click here and here for other media coverage news.
- Thank you so much… – 5 ⭐️ TrustPilot review – Thank you so much to you Levenes and specifically to Mehtap for the incredible way in which my case was handled. The whole way through I felt I couldn’t be in better hands, Mehtap was kind, compassionate, and excellent at what she did, with a result that exceeded my expectations. I will be forever grateful:)
- I found Levenes very helpful… – 5 ⭐️ TrustPilot review – I found Levenes as a very helpful guide. All the information were updated time to time. I think they are specialist in their services.
- She kept on at the insurers relentlessly… – 5 ⭐️ TrustPilot review – Mehtap made the whole process of claiming painless (unlike my accident!) and simple. Her kindness and complete professionalism were a tonic, and she kept on at the insurers relentlessly until the case finished well. I recommend her and Levenes whole-heartedly.
- Levenes Solicitors are the best… – 5 ⭐️ TrustPilot review – Hello everyone, I am writing this review mainly for those Spanish speaking people or any other language other than English who are not yet fluent in English and need a good law firm to represent them. This firm is so big that they not only have Spanish speaking lawyers, but also many other languages. At the beginning I had my doubts and the truth is that I didn’t know what to do because it is not very common and even less so when it comes to lawyers and lawsuits and sometimes it is hard to believe. This great company, first made a feasibility study of my case and estimated the amount to be able to claim and confirmed me that they could win the case and so it was and not only won it but through one of his star lawyers called Mehtap could claim with a strategic move 33.33% more than the initial estimated value and as if that were not enough in the middle of the negotiation the owner of the company Mr. David had to make a turn in the case, satisfying my interests, before those of his company, in order to provide excellent and honest customer service. I am honest with you. Nowadays few companies show this integrity, loyalty and courage when defending someone, I recommend that no matter how small or insignificant your case may be, write to them and tell them about it, I am sure they will attend to you as they have done with me. I can only say, Thank you Levenes Solicitors are the best.
- I recommend levenes solicitors to everyone… – 5 ⭐️ TrustPilot review – I recommend levenes solicitors to everyone. Amazing service and good communication! Huge thanks to Mehtap Arslan.Thank you very much for everything you have done for me!
- I’m so grateful and happy I choose this firm… – 5 ⭐️ TrustPilot review – I’m so grateful and happy I choose this firm to deal with my case, they made sure everything ran as smoothly as possible for me. Best choice 😊
- Motorcycle RTA… – 5 ⭐️ TrustPilot review – Very professional. Been very responsive and always chased up on things throughout the whole process. I would recommend 100%.
- Recommend Levenes for complex, multi-jurisdictional cases… – 5 ⭐️ TrustPilot review – A serious non-fault collision in France left me unsure what my legal rights were. I found Levenes solicitors online and they had the skills and experience to explain the process so that I was able to confidently bring a case in the UK. Tim Beasley was professional and understanding, particularly when the diagnosis of PTSD was confirmed. Even though I often felt overwhelmed by the accident, the legal case and subsequent treatment, he was able to help me complete all the necessary elements with compassion, patience and an unfailing ability to make a complex process easy to manage.Communication was second to none (with a particular acknowledgement to Mehtap Arslan) and I highly rated the secure system for the sharing of documents and sensitive information.I was more than satisfied by the resolution, I felt that everybody did their best to represent my case properly and a fair result was reached. I would confidently recommend Levenes for complex, multi jurisdictional cases.
- Without Levenes everything would be harder for us… – 5 ⭐️ TrustPilot review – Huge thanks to Tim Beasley and Mehtap Arslan.My husband had a work accident which has left him with multiple injuries including spinal cord and severe brain trauma in 2016.It was devastating and our life was completely ruined.Through all these bad times Levenes Solicitors has always been beside us and provided all the support we needed.We are especially thankful to Tim Beasley and Mehtap Arslan who worked with us on our case.We are awarded with a decent amount of compensation and without Levenes everything would be harder for us. We are very pleased to work with Levenes Solicitors.Thank you for everything you had done for us.
- Levenes Solicitors were top class in… – 5 ⭐️ TrustPilot review – Levenes Solicitors were top class in every aspect. Brilliant approach and always kept you in the loop. Strongly recommend using them for any issues you may be having.
Mehtap Arslan
Associate Solicitormarslan@levenes.co.uk020 8826 1322Also speaks: Turkish
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