John Kilmister

John Kilmister is a Solicitor in Pattinson & Brewer’s Personal Injury Team. He was admitted as a Solicitor in 1994 and although he now specialises in Claimant personal injury work he has previously undertaken a wide range of other civil litigation and criminal law. John has been with the firm's Bristol office since 2000 where he specialises in accident and occupational disease claims. 

John handles all types of personal injury and occupational disease cases. His particular areas of interest are asbestos-related illnesses and conditions, psychiatric injury, workplace injury, and holiday/leisure accidents.  John also runs Pattinson & Brewer’s Hungarian Unit (magyar kárigénylõk) specialising in claims for clients whose first language is Hungarian. John has extensive experience of employer liability cases in the transport industry. His highest settlement is £707,500.

John is a member of the Law Society’s Personal Injury Panel, the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL), the Bristol Law Society and the Bristol Medico-Legal Society. He has a Masters degree in Law (dissertation on psychiatric injury) and is currently studying part-time at Bristol University for a PhD (thesis on asbestos litigation).

John is married to Aniko and frequently visits her native Hungary. His interests are languages (Hungarian and Spanish),golf and chess.