Poppy accepts instructions across all of Chambers’ core areas of practice, with a particular interest in insurance and reinsurance, professional negligence, personal injury, property damage, and construction.
Poppy is regularly instructed in the County Court on road traffic accident and credit hire trials. During her second six, Poppy has also successfully made applications for strike out, directions and witness measures, and to set aside default judgment.
Poppy is developing a paperwork practice across all of Chambers’ practice areas. She has been instructed to provide advice on a personal injury claim, and to draft a response to a letter of claim.
Prior to Pupillage, Poppy read Classics at the University of Cambridge, graduating in 2020 and receiving the John Killen Scholarship for her subsequent MPhil studies. She went on to complete the Law Conversion and the Bar Course at City University of London, receiving a Sir Thomas More scholarship. During this period she also gained experience as an advocate through volunteer work for both the Free Representation Unit and a Citizen’s Advice unit.
Insurance & Reinsurance
Poppy gained exposure to a spectrum of insurance work during pupillage, including:
- Advising on the applicable indemnity limits in an insurance coverage dispute, arising out of a fire in a wind turbine.
- Drafting a Mediation Position Statement on behalf of the insurers in a claim arising out of firestopping defects in a residential building.
Personal Injury
Poppy is developing a paperwork practice in this area and has drafted an advice on the merits of a claim pleaded at £35,000.
During pupillage Poppy assisted in a broad range of personal injury work, including:
- Advising on apportionment and drafting defences in road traffic accident claims involving children.
- Drafting a Defence in respect of a CRPS claim for an injury sustained at work where statutory requirements and regulations applied.
- Drafting a Counter Schedule and advising on Quantum in a Fatal Accidents claim involving where the deceased suffered from epilepsy.
- Advising on quantum and settlement in respect of a living mesothelioma claim.
- Drafting a Defence in a claim for damages for PTSD and psychological symptoms.
- Assisting with preparation for and observing CCMCs.
Property Damage
During Pupillage Poppy gained experience in a variety of property damage work, including:
- Drafting a Particulars of Claim on behalf of a Defendant whose Fork Lift Truck caught fire and caused significant property damage
- Drafting a Defence in a claim made against multiple defendants when the electrical components of a pump drainage system failed.
Professional Liability
During pupillage, Poppy was exposed to a variety of Professional Liability claims. Examples include:
- Advising on the scope of contractual liability under limitation of liability clauses.
- Advising on the sanctions imposed on a psychotherapist by his regulatory body.
- Drafting Part 18 questions in a negligence claim against the auditor of a charity.
Construction & Engineering
Poppy gained experience of a breadth of construction and engineering work during pupillage. Examples include:
- Drafting a Skeleton Argument arguing that a contractor did not owe a duty of care co-existent with its contractual obligations.
- Advising on the construction of express and implied contractual terms in a claim under the Contract (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999.
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Qualifications
- GDL and BPTC from City, University of London
- Sir Thomas More Scholarship, Lincoln’s Inn
- MA and MPhil in Classics from University of Cambridge, Jesus College
- John Killen Studentship, for MPhil in Classics at University of Cambridge
