Lydia undertook a traditional mixed common-law Pupillage at 39 Park Square under the guidance of both Robert Skyner and Richard Canning, during which she was assessed as one of the four top performing Pupils in Advocacy on the North Eastern Circuit, and was subsequently selected to represent Chambers in the ‘Louise Godfrey Memorial Moot’.
After successful completion of her Pupillage, Lydia joins Chambers with significant experience already in Personal Injury claims and hearings and looks forward to expanding her growing Practice as a Tenant at 39 in areas of Crime and Immigration in additional to her Civil Practice.
Lydia is public access qualified and accepts work on this basis in the fields of crime civil and family.
Civil
Lydia is familiar with all aspects of Civil Practice and has significant experience in Personal Injury work at both the pre-litigation stage and with litigated claims and is an accredited member of PIBA.
Lydia’s background is in Public Sector work, having previously advised a number of Local Authorities and National Police Forces, having been granted the appropriate Security clearance to do so. She undertakes both Claimant and Defendant work in all aspects of drafting, advocacy and advice, with detailed knowledge in areas of:
Costs,
Credit hire and Motor claims,
Product Liability
Public Liability
Employer’s Liability, and
Road Traffic Claims.
Lydia is regularly instructed across a broad range of matters, including Small Claims, Disposal Hearings, Fast and Multi Track matters and Interlocutory Hearings; and is also happy to provide training and seminars to clients on a wide range of topics.
Crime
Lydia is regularly instructed as a prosecutor in Magistrates Courts across the North Eastern Circuit, and also frequently undertakes private prosecution work in both the Magistrates and Crown Court.
Lydia has also appeared as a defence advocate on regular occasion in both the Magistrates and Crown Court, most notably on a complex fraud matter listed for a 5-day trial in the Crown Court.
Immigration
Lydia is happy to be instructed in all areas of Immigration, Asylum, EU and Nationality matters including Judicial Review proceedings and drafting grounds of appeal and has appeared before both the First Tier and Upper Tribunal in a number of matters.
