Louisa Denning practises exclusively in the field of personal injury. She has 25 years’ experience of litigation arising from:
Louisa’s practice encompasses both advisory and adversarial elements. As well as being a highly skilled advocate, who thrives in court, Louisa is frequently instructed to draft pleadings and tp provide advice in conference and on paper. Louisa is diligent and prides herself on her ability to turnaround paperwork promptly. She is an advocate of paperless working and will happily accept instructions to attend remote hearings and to conduct conferences via video link in appropriate cases.
Louisa takes instructions from Claimants and Defendants alike. She has a keen interest and expertise in the defence of fraudulent personal injury claims, especially claims arising out of alleged road traffic accidents and fraudulent employers’ liability claims. Louisa is a panel barrister for several major insurers and is regularly instructed by specialist Defendant firms of solicitors.
Louisa’s claimant work encompasses cases spanning the range of the new intermediate track and the multi- track and includes fatal accident claims and cases involving brain injury, amputation and complex multiple injuries. Louisa’s approach to such cases combines compassion and attention to detail. In very high value cases, Louisa works well with Leading Counsel and serves as an effective interface between her instructing solicitor and King’s Counsel.
Louisa practises exclusively in the field of personal injury acting for both Claimants and Defendants. Much of Louisa’s work is of a complex nature and involves claims of substantial value.
In recent years Louisa has acted in cases involving:
Louisa’s attention to detail is well suited to cases involving: – Substantial loss of earnings
Louisa’s practice encompasses both advisory and adversarial elements. She is well suited to client-facing work (i.e. conferences and joint settlement meetings) and takes particular care to explain her advice in a clear and straightforward manner to her lay and insurer clients.
In very high value cases, Louisa works well with Leading Counsel and serves as an effective interface between her instructing solicitor and King’s Counsel.
Louisa is diligent and prides herself on her ability to respond to her instructions in a timely manner. She is an advocate of paperless working wherever possible.
Louisa is often instructed to defend claims involving substantial credit hire charges allocated to either the fast track or the multi track.
In addition to the usual arguments pertaining to need, impecuniosity, rate and period, Louisa is regularly instructed in high value cases involving:
Louisa’s practice encompasses a substantial volume of fraudulent insurance litigation. She is a panel barrister for several major insurers and is regularly instructed by specialist Defendant firms of solicitors.
Louisa is involved in these cases from the early stages and has particular expertise in assessing the quality of the available evidence relating to possible fraud, drafting the defence setting out allegations of dishonesty, amending previously drafted defences to plead fraud in light of new evidence and testing witness evidence in conference.
Louisa understands the importance of a robust, clear, fully pleaded defence where fraud or fundamental dishonesty is alleged or where the claimant’s credibility is called into question. Louisa is diligent and prides herself on her ability to turnaround paperwork promptly.
(i) Fraudulent Road Traffic Claims
Louisa has substantial experience in the defence of fraudulent insurance claims arising from alleged road traffic accidents. Louisa is regularly instructed to cross-examine claimants at trial in cases involving staged accidents, deliberately induced accidents, bogus occupant claims and where causation is in issue, for example in circumstances where the Defendant contends that a collision occurred at low velocity.
(ii) Fraudulent Employers’ Liability and Public Liability Claims
In recent years, Louisa has seen increasing instruction by specialist solicitors and insurers concerned with fraudulent employers’ liability and public liability claims. Louisa is adept at identifying inconsistencies in evidence that can be used to challenge a claimant’s credibility.
Alongside her court work, Louisa is frequently asked to advise on strategy and evidential issues and to draft robust pleadings.
(iii) Exaggerated Claims
Louisa has particular expertise in interrogating medical experts, both by means of Part 35 questions and in cross-examination at trial. She is meticulous in her review of medical records and other documentary evidence and clinical in her cross-examination of claimants.
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Alexander Mellis, Louisa Denning and Matthew Brunning consider the issue of dishonest defendants in the context of Fundamental Dishonesty in personal injury litigation. There are…
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CPR 45.29C sets out the amount of fixed costs payable in Fast Track claims where a claim no longer continues under the RTA Protocol. Where…
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Alexander Mellis, Louisa Denning and Matthew Brunning consider the issue of dishonest defendants in the context of Fundamental Dishonesty in personal injury litigation. There are…
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CPR 45.29C sets out the amount of fixed costs payable in Fast Track claims where a claim no longer continues under the RTA Protocol. Where…
