Rebecca Livesey

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Rebecca has been instructed in clinical negligence matters since joining chambers, she accepts instructions for both Claimants and Defendants.
Rebecca regularly drafts advice and pleadings in clinical negligence matters including:
• Abuse by medical staff
• Bile duct injury
• Cataract surgery
• Colorectal surgery
• Dementia and cognition
• Dental negligence
• Endocrine surgery
• Foetal death
• Gynaecological issues
• Late diagnosis of fracture
• Negligent nursing care
• Psychiatric injury
• Secondary victims
• Stroke
She has experience in care claims and claims for psychiatric injury.
Rebecca has also appeared at a number of inquests which have included the questioning of experts. She regularly appears in costs and case management hearings and applications of all kinds.
Recommendations
“Rebecca gets to the core issues in the case quickly. She is good with clients and takes charge of conferences. She is an excellent and impressive junior.”
Legal 500 2023
Appointments
Inner Temple Junior Bar Association Committee
Awards
Exhibition Award – the Honourable Society of the Inner Temple
Memberships
The Honorable Society of the Inner Temple
PIBA
Qualifications
LLM in Litigation and Dispute Resolution, University College London, Distinction
BPTC, City University London, Outstanding
GDL, City University London
BA (Hons) Classics, Durham University

Latest News & Publications

In this vlog Rebecca Livesey discusses an ongoing case of Esther Gamble’s with her. Permission to appeal has been given in Esther’s case; the parties are waiting to find out if the Court of Appeal will give permission in Paul v Wolverhampton before proceeding further. There is more discussion of Paul v Wolverhampton in our previous vlog....

Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2020
Rebecca Livesey, Neil Shastri-Hurst, Oliver May and Louisa Sherlock discuss the recent clinical negligence case of Paul v Wolverhampton NHS Trust and its potential implications for future secondary victim claims....

Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2020
Courts across the jurisdiction have struggled for years to run small claim and fast track lists efficiently...

Date: Mon, 01 Jun 2020