Katy is a Senior Partner in the Casualty team, based in our Manchester office. She specialises in defence catastrophic personal injury claims including motor, employer's liability and public liability claims.
She comes from a background of Claimant personal injury with over 20 years' experience, the last 11 years' of which have been spent in the Defendant insurance work. Katy has a particular interest in chronic pain, brain injury and severe spinal injury claims. She deals with claims with a value ranging from GBP 100,000 to claims in excess of GBP 1m. She has recently assisted a partner in the settlement of a child brain injury case that settled for circa £13m.
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Regularly instructed by insurers in relation to all aspects of chronic pain claims.
Advising insurers in complex high value personal injury claims in relation to legal liability and quantum.
Assisted on Armstrong v Hoylake Cottage HT [2014]; Lady with a congenitally deformed hand injured the other hand in a liability admitted accident and claimed a substantial 6 figure sum for loss of earnings, care, aids, and equipment. ADR, in various guises, failed and Neil Southern ran the case to a 3-day trial in Liverpool, resulting in a finding of conscious exaggeration and an indemnity costs order.
Settled a case pleaded at £1.5million having served surveillance for £50k inclusive of damages and costs.
Successfully got a claim discontinued at Trial against the Insured, who had the Claimant been successful would have resulted in a six-figure sum.
Recently settled a case that was pleaded at £1.5m with costs of around £350k, following service of surveillance for circa £182k inc of costs.
Recently settled a case pleaded at circa £400k for £25k, following service of medical evidence and surveillance.