Overview

Annabel is a senior associate in the dispute resolution team. She advises clients on public inquiries as well as commercially significant and complex civil disputes and investigations.

Annabel acts for a wide range of corporate and government clients across different industry sectors. She has particular experience in providing advice to those conducting high profile public inquiries and large-scale disputes relating to the healthcare and pharmaceutical industries.

Annabel is supported by our extensive dispute resolution practice which includes civil litigators with a regulatory specialism, as well as experienced criminal practitioners, making the team a “one-stop shop” for clients’ civil and criminal dispute and investigations.

Annabel is recognised as a ‘Key Lawyer’ for Commercial Litigation in the London Edition of Legal 500 and is described as “detail-oriented and responsive" and "meticulous and very level headed".

Experience
  • Senior member of the Solicitor to the Inquiry teams on the UK Covid-19 Inquiry and the Thirlwall Inquiry.
  • Advising a core participant on a corporate manslaughter investigation following a high-profile public inquiry.
  • Defending a non-departmental government body on a multi-million pound procurement challenge in the nuclear sector which resulted in a public inquiry.
  • Representing the National Crime Agency in defence of a £250 million compensation claim, being the first major section 283 POCA claim to be brought before the courts.
  • Representing a shareholder in defence of a high value s994 unfair prejudice petition concerning a pharmaceutical joint venture.
  • Advising a high-net-worth entrepreneur in relation a complex dispute with the former CEO of his industry-leading private healthcare business.

What others say...

Annabel has been described as 'detail-oriented and responsive' and 'meticulous and very level headed'.

Legal 500 2023