About Melanie
Melanie Burden is a Partner in the Major Trauma Serious Injury Team at HCC Solicitors, specialising in complex, high-value personal injury claims. She represents individuals who have suffered life-changing injuries, providing expert legal advice with a focus on achieving the best possible outcomes to support long-term recovery and financial security.
With extensive experience in serious injury litigation, Melanie is known for her meticulous approach, strong client relationships, and commitment to delivering compassionate, client-focused legal services.
How Melanie Works
Melanie prides herself on combining technical excellence with a compassionate, client-first approach. She understands that serious injuries can have profound physical, emotional, and financial consequences, and she works closely with clients to provide reassurance and clarity at every stage of their claim.
She is committed to ensuring that her clients receive access to early rehabilitation and the support they need to rebuild their lives following serious injury.
Melanie adopts a proactive and forensic approach from the outset, working closely with experts and her team to secure and preserve crucial evidence at an early stage.
She is dedicated to:
- Providing clear and practical legal advice
- Accessing early rehabilitation for her clients
- Building strong, trusting relationships with clients
- Ensuring clients feel supported throughout the process
- Delivering results that make a meaningful difference to clients’ lives
In line with HCC Solicitors’ core values, she and her team are committed to being accessible and supportive throughout the legal process.
She offers:
- Home visits to clients and their families
- Hospital visits
- Ongoing, clear communication and practical guidance
Melanie understands that legal proceedings can be daunting, and she works to guide clients with empathy, clarity, and reassurance at every stage.
She is also a strong advocate of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), including mediation, and actively promotes early and constructive engagement with defendants to achieve fair outcomes. Wherever appropriate, Melanie seeks to resolve claims through less adversarial and less stressful pathways, while remaining focused on securing the maximum compensation her clients deserve.
Melanie’s Expertise
Melanie has a wide range of serious injury expertise, including:
- Brain injuries
- Spinal cord injuries
- Serious orthopaedic injuries
- Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) and chronic pain conditions
- Eye injuries and cases involving visual impairment
- Road traffic claims – particularly claims involving vulnerable road users
- Workplace accidents – in particular electrocution and construction site incidents
- Claims involving vulnerable road users
- Complex multi-defendant litigation
Commitment Beyond the Case
Melanie is committed to supporting clients and their families beyond the legal process. She works closely with a range of charities whose work aligns with both her personal values and the injuries she specialises in, including organisations supporting those affected by brain injury, spinal cord injury, chronic pain conditions such as Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS), and families who have lost loved ones as a result of fatal collisions.
Through these relationships, Melanie actively helps to raise vital funds, supports awareness campaigns, and contributes to initiatives designed to give a voice to injured individuals, bereaved families, and the wider communities impacted by serious injury. She is passionate about ensuring that those affected feel supported, understood, and represented, not only within the legal system but also within society more broadly.
Professional Memberships
- Solicitor of England and Wales
- Barrister-at-law (non-practising)
- APIL
