Rebecca Scott

Full Profile

Rebecca is a Partner in the Casualty & Healthcare team. She is based in our Manchester office and has over 14 years' experience in dealing with personal injury claims. She currently handles cases with a value ranging from £100,000 to £5,000,000. She advises in relation to policy, liability and quantum.  

Rebecca has expertise in a variety of injury types including brain injuries, amputations and chronic pain. She also advises in relation to fatal accidents.

She regularly acts in multi-party actions, with an expertise in construction site accidents.

Experience

• Recent successfully defended claims include a dismissal a following a 3 day Trial in the Royal Courts of Justice for a public liability claim where the Claimant suffered Complex Regional Pain Syndrome. The claim was pleaded in excess of £1,000,000. Rebecca also secured dismissal of an employers' liability claim following a fall at work.
• Regularly instructed by insurers in relation to all aspects of chronic pain including CRPS.
• Successfully achieved discontinuances in both an employers' liability claim where the Claimant suffered a brain injury claim following a fall from height and common law negligence claim where a section of plant fell impacting upon the Claimant's head and causing him to suffer a brain injury as a result.
• Acting on behalf of two major insurers in relation to a complex brain injury claim for a female in her early 20s arising from a road traffic accident.
• Expertise in amputee claims. Rebecca is currently dealing with both lower and upper limb amputation claims.