Kirsten Almond

Kirsten is a senior associate within our corporate claims team. She joined eversheds in 2008 having previously carried out claimant pi and general litigation work at a local firm. Since this date kirsten has acted for various large corporate/public bodies defending el, pl, product liability, and clinical negligence claims. Kirsten's experience includes: acting for a credit provider in a number of claims arising from faulty pip breast implants, to include advising the board on strategy and valuation; dealt with claims against the police for wrongful arrest, false imprisonment and damage to property, as well as a high value rta fatality arising from a police pursuit; managing claims against prisons by both staff and prisoners including false imprisonment and general pi claims; acting for a research council in claims arising from staff working on ships around the world and advising on the shipping laws covering such claims; assisting in a clinical negligence claim arising from an injury following bariatric surgery; advising on a complicated claim involving 6 parties arising from an accident on a race track during testing at a proving ground; dealing with claims relating to hair treatment and damage arising from the same; assisting in a claim arising from an accident concerning the rail industry with complicated contractual issues; and assisting in a us case to obtain a deposition from a uk resident and co-ordinating the same , Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP