Ricky has specialised in personal injury since 2003 and is a member of APIL (Association of Personal Injury Lawyers). He is also the head of the costs department and as a Partner also deals with the day to day management of the firm, mainly supervising the firms teams of Solicitors, Legal Executives and Paralegals to help provide the best service to vulnerable clients who have suffered injury.
Ricky has 23 years experience in all aspects of personal injury to help clients recover the maximum compensation for their injuries and to obtain early access to rehabilitation and funds for treatment.
Ricky goes that extra mile for the firm’s clients, builds rapport very quickly and client care is at the very core of the service he and his team provides to clients, supporting and advising them in every step of their claims. Ricky has an exceptional eye for detail and one of his strengths is his ability to identify things and tactics others have not seen to win cases. He is a clever negotiator to help clients recover settlements higher than they were expecting and has a strong record of winning cases where liability is strongly denied and cases that other firms have rejected.
Examples of cases Ricky has worked on and supervised:
- Amputation of left lower limb due to injuries sustained in a road traffic accident – damages and costs award of £500,000
- Lis Franc Injury (a fracture dislocation of the midfoot) due to a workplace accident – damages of £300,000
- Fall at work resulting in significant knee injury – £220,300
- Head and spinal injury due to a forklift accident at work – damages of £215,000
- Depressed skull fracture caused by an accident at work – damages of £200,000
- Electrocuted groundworker – damages of £200,000
- Traumatic brain, chest and psychological injuries following a road traffic accident – £195,000
- Self-employed demolition worker falls from scaffold tower and suffers a head injury and a traumatic dislocation of his shoulder. Liability was denied throughout. The case settled shortly before trial – damages of £160,000
- Knee injury caused by an accident at work – damages of £150,000
- Amputated fingers caused by a defective skill saw – damages of £135,000
- Innocent passenger in the Defendant’s car. The Defendant alleged contributory negligence for allowing herself to be transported when she knew the Defendant driver to be intoxicated and unfit to drive. We proved that the Defendant’s alcohol reading was below the prescribed limit and recovered 100% compensation – damages of £85,000
- In a shopping mall, our client tripped over a raised edge of a stall and suffered fractured wrist and fractured foot. She is at risk of developing post-traumatic arthritis in her wrist – damages of £50,000
- Industrial disease claim for NIHL (Noise Induced Hearing Loss) and respiratory injury to nose settled shortly before 3 day multi-track trial – damages of £41,000
- Claimant successful after 2 day multi-track trial for crush injury to dominant hand due to Defendant’s dangerous system of work resulting in Part 36 benefits – 10% additional damages £46,770 and indemnity costs order
- Cyclist wins multi-track RTA liability only trial against Defendant motorcyclist who denied liability throughout – case settled at Joint Settlement Meeting for £200,000 gross damages
- Road traffic accident trial win resulting in Part 36 benefits for Claimant who sustained whiplash and tinnitus injuries – 10% additional damages £18,000 and indemnity costs order
Outside of work, Ricky enjoys travelling, walking, skiing, football, badminton, squash and cycling.
Ricky is a member of the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers who are dedicated to furthering the interests of accident victims.
Levenes Solicitors are in the Headway Solicitors Directory for Brain Injury Claims and The Spinal Injuries Association Solicitors Directory for Spinal Cord Injury claims.
- Ricky, you have provided an excellent service. If I need your help again (or anyone I know) I will recommend your services. Thanks for your help. Minara
- Dear Mr Baba, I have just checked my bank account and confirm receipt of the sum of £60,000. Thank you for taking this up with the after event insurers. I would like to take this opportunity to thank you and all the staff at Levenes for your support over the last few years. It means a lot and I am fully satisfied that I instructed Levenes to deal with my case. I couldn’t ask for a more favourable outcome and applaud the professionalism that Levenes have demonstrated. Mohan
- Dear Ricky, I just wanted to let you know that I received the cheque and cashed it. Thank you so much for your help and professionalism. I’ll be happy to recommend your company and/or ask your services from you in the future. Pierandrea
- The dream became a reality thanks to you – 5 ⭐️ Trustpilot review
Levenes Solicitors have done a very good job in which other law firms when contacted by me said that this case is a joke and will not succeed, it will not be successful so in a word, total abandonment and discouragement. I thank you from the bottom of my soul Levenes Solicitors for the effort to achieve from a case seen as unachievable by other lawyers into an achievable and successful dream. Cristian - The best legal team – 5 ⭐️ Trustpilot review – For me, Levenes has been a shining example of professionalism when it came to dealing with my workplace accident case. Not only have they offered me legal counsel through some of my most challenging life moments, but they have also helped me get in touch with the best medical experts. My case has been long and complicated, but the Levenes team has handled it with grace and expertise from beginning until the end. I would like to thank the whole Levenes team, and especially: Anamaria Nita, Daniel Bennett, Ricky Baba.
- Thorough and Transparent ( Great Team) – 5 ⭐️ Trustpilot review – Levenes solicitors has worked alongside with me for few years in dealing with my case, relating my workplace accident. It was a long ride for everyone and they stayed true in completing all the elements of professionalism with high standards until the very end.They have been very thorough with my case and have been supportive all this time, they were positive with me from the beginning and always reassured me with a postive understanding and outcome of my case, which was a success and i won with the help of Levenes . I’ll always be grateful for your help and support in resolving this case for me as well as being attentive to my wellbeing in general. Thank you once again Levenes solicitor and the team, especially : Luan De Rosa and Ricky Baba.
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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.
Ricky Baba
Partner, Personal Injury, Costsrbaba@levenes.co.uk020 8826 1382Also speaks: Punjabi
Related cases
- Levenes won a road traffic accident trial for a Hungarian client
- Fatal road accident compensation claim
- A compensation claim for falling down an opened manhole
- A first offer of £40,000 leads to a settlement of £165,500
- Serious knee injury claim for Pizza Delivery Driver
- Michele Richards & Ricky Baba Secure Settlement of £275,000 for Accident at Work Victim
- Ricky Baba & Eduardo Fontoura secure payout of £119,000 for accident at work victim
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