-
I am a partner in BLM's London catastrophic injury team.
-
I deal with a wide range of defendant personal injury claims and have over 20 years' experience dealing with large and complex claims, to include spinal, brain injury and amputation cases. I have a specific interest in subtle brain injury claims. I have a strong technical background with many years’ experience dealing with high value, high profile personal injury claims for many leading insurers who advocate my appointment with their policyholders.
-
I successfully highlight risks to opponents through my close attention to the finer details and cases include obtaining knowledge of a proposed and unwanted arranged marriage, investigations of medical records into undeclared pre-accident psychological histories and events breaking causation, all of which resulted in substantial savings for clients. I am acknowledged for my confidence in negotiations and in RMH v SWA (2018) I successfully achieved a 55% deduction on damages in a matter involving a claimant crossing at a road crossing and persuaded the claimant to accept an award for loss of chance in respect of a substantial claim for future loss of earnings.
-
I acted in the widely reported decision of Mustard v Flower (2019) in which the claimant’s conduct in covertly recording medico-legal examinations, whilst not unlawful, was deemed reprehensible and I was successful in applying to have the disproportionate Part 35 Questions to the defendant’s experts disallowed.
-
I also acted in the follow-up case of MacDonald v Burton (2020) dealing with the importance of a level playing field for medico-legal recordings and the refusal of permission for a neuropsychological examination to be recorded.
-
I have mentored individual claims controllers at various insurers in their personal, technical and professional development.
-
I have been named as a “Leading Individual” in Legal 500 2018, 2019 and 2020 and a “Next Generation Lawyer” in Legal 500 2017.
Involvement in the first hybrid trial in the RCJ during the pandemic, where I successfully secured a trial win in a claim pleaded in excess of £2million (S v M - 2020)
