Marie Atkinson

Catastrophic injury, Policy Indemnity

Marie is a partner in the catastrophic injury team and specialises in conducting the defence of high value motor and casualty claims with a varied caseload of public liability, employers’ liability and motor cases, representing several leading insurance companies. Her caseload contains both litigated and non-litigated matters arising from fatal accidents and those involving multiple defendants and brain injured claimants. It also encompasses cases involving provisional damages, PPOs, issues of mental capacity and deputyship costs.

She also advises in cases involving policy issues, particularly the cross-over between employers’ liability and public liability policies and cases involving dual insurance issues.

Marie is a member of BLM’s Court of Protection Subject Matter Group.

Marie is also assistant head of BLM’s Policy Indemnity Unit and a member of the specialist sub-group covering claims where there are multiple policies in place.