Andrea Crisp

Full Profile

Andrea is a Senior Associate in the Healthcare Department acting for a variety of NHS Trusts and GPs on instructions from NHS Resolution and other medical defence organisations in clinical negligence claims and claims under the Equality Act 2010. Andrea qualified as a Solicitor in 2013 and joined Clyde & Co LLP in 2020.

Prior to joining Clyde & Co LLP, Andrea spent 6 years at another leading defendant firm acting on behalf of NHS Trusts and NHS Resolution in clinical negligence claims.

Andrea manages a wide-ranging caseload across many medical specialities, including, obstetrics and gynaecology, neurosurgery, cardiology, orthopaedic surgery, psychiatry, general surgery and general practice. Andrea's practice includes high value and complex claims involving the most severe neurological injuries. She regularly represents her clients at contested hearings in both the High Court and County Court, mediations, conferences and settlement meetings.

Experience

• Secured discontinuance of a high value cardiology claim following service of robust factual and expert evidence.
• Achieved resolution to a sensitive case involving secondary victim claims at mediation where the parties had reached an impasse previously.
• Secured discontinuance of a complex and sensitive claim against a GP one month before Trial.
• Secured discontinuance of a high value complex claim concerning alleged inappropriate obstetric and anaesthetic management.
• Resolved liability in a high value complex obstetric claim following detailed investigations into liability.
• Achieved resolution to a sensitive, complex, and high value claim at mediation where Clyde & Co LLP represented multiple defendants.