Casualty

Rhona is a partner and joined BLM in September 2012 from Aviva insurance Europe SE where she managed the in-house legal team for 12 years. While there, she acquired extensive experience in procedural and strategic defence of personal injuries litigation. In addition to management of a diverse portfolio of litigation files, she provided support to the pre-litigation teams in both guidance as to claim value and tactical approaches towards claims settlement. In her role with Aviva she developed a keen understanding of the priorities and commercial drivers of an insurances business. Prior to Aviva, she spent 10 varied years practising in defence litigation in Sydney, Australia. As well as personal injuries litigation, she advised on a wide range of subjects including policy indemnity, product liability, medical negligence, construction law, fidelity guarantee and recovery,

Rhona has a Masters degree in commercial law and is an accredited mediator