Atlantic Chambers

Civil Litigation, Clinical Negligence, Mediation, Personal Injury

Year of Call 2014

Melanie is regularly instructed to appear at interlocutory hearings, stage 3 hearings, small claims and trials in both Claimant and Defendant work across extensive areas of civil litigation.

Melanie’s has developed her practice in the following areas: Personal Injury claims arising out of road traffic collisions, Claims involving credit hire, Occupiers’ and Employers’ liability claims and Clinical Negligence.

Melanie also accepts instructions to draft pleadings and advise on quantum, liability and procedure both in conference and on paper.

Having qualified as a Costs Lawyer in 2018, Melanie has a particular interest in costs. Prior to commencing work at the Bar, Melanie worked for numerous leading national law firms appearing for both receiving and paying parties in a range of costs matters including; interlocutory costs applications, Costs and Case Management Hearings and Detailed Assessments. She has a technical working knowledge of the whole costs process from start to finish owing to her experience in drafting Costs budgets, Precedent Rs, bills of costs and Points of Dispute and Reply.

Melanie accepts instructions to appear at CCMCs as well as application and assessment hearings and can provide realisitic and pragmatic advice to both paying and receiving parties in costs matters arising following the conclusion of civil disputes.

Personal Injury Bar Association

Northern Circuit

2:1, Law (LLB Hons), Liverpool University (2012)

'Very Competent', Bar Professional Training Course, Manchester Metropolitan University (2014)

Costs Lawyer, Association of Costs Lawyers (2018)