Areas of Expertise

• Personal Injury

  Alex is regularly instructed by clients across all areas of personal injury matters. She has experience attending trials in Multi Track, Fast Track and Small Claims Track cases.  The majority of her court attendances relate to claims involving: public liability; employers’ liability; occupiers’ liability; defective premises; construction accidents; Highways Act claims; and road traffic collisions.

  Alex has a busy paperwork practice and is regularly instructed to draft pleadings and advise on issues of liability, quantum and strategy.  She is regularly instructed to advise both in writing and in conference.

• Inquests

  Alex has experience acting for interested persons at pre-inquest reviews and inquests, including those engaging Article 2. A recent example is an Article 2 inquest lasting several weeks which involved issues relating to suicide, clinical medical intervention, autism spectrum disorder and learning disability.

• Clinical Negligence

  Alex welcomes instructions in this area. She has a particular interest in cases involving delayed treatment and misdiagnosis.

• Counter Fraud

  Alex regularly acts in cases involving alleged fraudulent behaviour across a range of personal injury practice areas, such as employers’ liability and motor claims. She has successfully obtained findings of fundamental dishonesty whilst instructed by defendants, as well as also having avoided such findings on behalf of claimants.

  In the context of road traffic collisions, Alex frequently represents clients in cases involving allegations of fraud: for example, those arising from low velocity impacts, manufactured accidents and phantom passengers.

• Disease

  As to industrial diseases, Alex has developed experience of noise induced hearing loss claims in particular, including issues of medical causation, breach of duty and limitation.  She attends a range of interlocutory hearing through to trial.

  Alex also has experience in litigation involving work-related upper limb disorders, COSHH and dermatitis.

• Motor

  Alex is experienced in cases arising out of road traffic collisions, regularly attending trials on both liability and quantum.

  Alex frequently represents clients in cases involving allegations of fraud: in particular, low velocity impacts, manufactured accidents and phantom passengers.  Alex is often instructed in claims involving the Motor Insurers Bureau, including those engaging both the Uninsured and Untraced Drivers’ Agreements.

• Credit Hire

  Alex routinely acts in credit hire cases and is experienced in dealing with issues including: enforceability; need; period; impecuniosity; rate; loss of profit; illegality; and intervention offers.

• Sports

  As a member of LawInSport,  Alex has a keen interest in developing a sports practice.

  Alex has written several blogs is in the area:

  • Proposed Claim on behalf of Ex-Rugby Players with Early Onset Dementia
  • Footballer’s Death Attributed to Dementia Induced by Professional Football

• Animals & Equine

  Alex welcomes instructions in cases involving animals.  In particular, Alex has developed experience and a keen interest in Animals Act 1971 cases involving injury or damage caused by dogs. (As the owner of a 40kg Alaskan malamute, we suspect that we have identified the source of at least some of her personal motivation in this regard.)

About

• Qualifications

  • LLB, University of Leeds
  • BPTC, BPP Law School (London)