Katherine Awadalla

Barrister Profile

Katherine practices in all areas of personal injury law, including accidents at work, road traffic accidents, slipping and tripping, accidents abroad and fatal accident claims. She has a particular interest in occupational disease and stress claims.

A member of PIBA, she lectures on procedural and substantive issues arising in personal injury litigation.

Katherine also undertakes employment work and cases involving commercial agency disputes. She acts for both claimants and defendants and is happy to accept instructions on a CFA basis.

Katherine was awarded a Queen Mother Scholarship in 1997 and a Fox Scholarship in 1998 by the Middle Temple.

Qualifications

University of Durham, LLB
London School of Economics , LLM

Professional Membership

PIBA
LCLCBA
Combar

Publications

Author Stress Claims (Butterworths 2004)
Contributor to Oliver & Dingemans Employers’ Liability Cases (Butterworths 2003)
Contributor to Butterworths Personal Injury Litigation Service
Contributor to Butterworths Civil Court Precedents

Interesting Cases

Inez Brown v Robinson & Sentry Service [2004] UKPC 56 on appeal from the Court of Appeal of Jamaica, the issue in this case was vicarious liability for an intentional fatal shooting
Edmonds v Lloyds Bank [2004] EWCA Civ 1526 an appeal dealing with the issue of failure to mitigate loss by refusing to undergo recommended hydrocortisone injections