Old Square Chambers

Personal injury and professional discipline, clinical negligence.

Bella specialises in all aspects of clinical negligence and personal injury law. She represents both Claimants and Defendants (through the medical defence unions) and has a practice spanning the county courts, high court and appeal courts.  In the clinical negligence field, she has a particular interest in and reputation for delayed cancer diagnosis claims as well as  cauda equina/spinal compression litigation, plastic surgery claims and birth defects. Her personal injury practise spans all areas, and includes catastrophic injuries, road traffic accidents, workplace and public liability claims, industrial/occupational disease, fatal accidents and CICA applications. Bella also undertakes medical regulatory work and represents practitioners and professional bodies in conduct and capability proceedings before the GMC, HCPC and NMC, in respect of which her early background in employment law has proved valuable.

St Catherine's College, Oxford (MA, Jurisprudence); Inns of Court School of Law (called to the Bar 2000 - Queen Mother's scholar / Middle Temple)  Bella has also taught on the Bar Vocational Course (personal injury module) in Cardiff. Bella is currently writing a book on delayed cancer claims, which is due to be published at the end of 2018.

AVMA, PIBA

King David High School, Liverpool; St Catherine’s College, Oxford (BA jurisprudence).