Kate Edwards

Call date: 2006
Email: Kate Edwards Clerk: Graham Woods
Areas of Law: Clinical Negligence, Personal Injury, Disciplinary & Regulation, Health & Safety
Practice summary

Kate undertakes a broad spectrum of work within medical and regulatory fields including clinical negligence, personal Injury, NMC / regulatory hearings and inquests.

She also has a growing financial services and commercial practice including PPI / mis-selling claims, professional negligence in a financial services context and VAT tribunal work.   She was a contributing author to the Lexis Nexis publications "Financial Services Law and Regulation" (2010) and "Lissack and Horlick on Bribery" (2010).   She appeared as junior counsel in Westone v HM Revenue & Customs, 24/08/09 (a large VAT carousel fraud) and in Chargot & ors v HSE [2008] UKHL 73 (prosecution under the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974).

She has a creative legal brain and good rapport with clients.  She has been described by one instructing solicitor as "one to watch"!  Notable recent instructions include junior briefs in a significant brain injury claim, a catastrophic leg injury claim and a high value professional negligence claim against trustees.  She is a member of the Financial Services Lawyers Association, PIBA and AVMA."
 

Publications

Contributing author to Lissack & Horlick on Bribery, Lexis Nexis, 2011

Contributing author to Financial Services Law & Regulation, Lexis Nexis, 2010

Kate Edwards