Samantha Trutch

Samantha is an associate within our corporate claims team. She joined eversheds in 2013 having previously worked within a firm specialising in claimant clinical negligence, court of protection, and general litigation. Since joining eversheds samantha has acted for various large corporate/public bodies defending employers liability and public liability claims, covering diverse sectors such as local government, education, transport and healthcare. Samantha is currently assisting on a large scale high profile public inquiry, collating and assessing evidence and interviewing witnesses. A key aspect of samantha's role is protecting the reputation of her clients and minimising any potential damage to their brand. Samantha's recent experience includes: • acting for private and public bodies investigating and assisting in claims following allegations of child abuse; • assisting on public enquiry work; • assisting on complex and high value el and pl claims for a range of large corporate/public bodies; • investigating and handling numerous claims for serious injury for a national rail corporation; • investigating and handling numerous claims for serious injury for a global energy company; • assisting on investigations into vehicle safety mechanisms for a large corporation; • assisting in a growing number of international claims including advising on complex jurisdictional issues; • assisting on claims involving catastrophic injury following a gas explosion; • assisting in the investigation into industrial disease claims against a large corporation; • delivering training to large public bodies, Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP