Fiona Ashworth

Practice:

Employer's liability.
Public liability.
Industrial disease (including deafness, asbestos related diseases, HAVS, Dermatitis).
Road traffic and sporting injuries.
Professional personal injury-related negligence.
Fibromyalgia.

Profile:  

Fiona's special interests include employer's and public liability, industrial disease (including deafness, HAVS and asbestos related diseases), road traffic and sporting injuries. She also practises in professional personal injury-related negligence

Fiona also sits on the Legal Services Commission Appeal tribunal and is an external examiner for the BVC.

Significant Reported Cases:

Bennett v Smith Royal Courts of Justice (28 February 2003)

Thorpe v Weightman (QBD) Queens Bench Division (3 December 1999) [2000] C.L.Y. 4184

Recommendations:

Chambers Guide to the Legal Profession 2001--2002:
"A fine junior who hates to lose."

Memberships:

Legal Services Commission Appeals Committee
Member of the Personal Injury Bar Association
Member of the Northern and North Eastern Circuits

Career & Education

 

University:
Degree:
Called:

Joined Chambers:



Leeds
Law
1988 (Lincoln's Inn)
Hardwicke Scholar
1989

Fiona Ashworth

Year of Call:  1988

Specialises In:
Personal Injury & Clinical Negligence

Clerked by:
 Stephen Loxton

 

 

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