Alice Nash > Hailsham Chambers > London, England > Barrister Profile

Alice Nash

020 7643 5000 alice.nash@hailshamchambers.com

Position

Alice’s practice is primarily focused on professional liability, medical law, costs and insurance disputes. Whether acting for the claimant or the defendant, she works hard to secure the most favourable outcome for the client by the swiftest means possible, whether by drafting robust pre-action correspondence and statements of case, advising in relation to settlement negotiations and Part 36 offers, acting in mediations, or by the shrewd use of interlocutory applications such as summary judgment, total or partial strike out and security for costs. Where settlement proves elusive, though, she is not afraid to advise fighting a meritorious case to trial.

Her professional negligence practice encompasses disputes in relation to most sorts of professionals, and she has particular experience in claims involving allegations of negligence against solicitors, valuers and financial services professionals. Alice also advises and acts for both institutional and individual claimants and defendants in a range of other commercial matters, including disputes relating to insurance coverage.

Her clinical negligence practice includes acting for claimants and defendants, both as sole counsel and as a junior, in high value cases arising from spinal injury, brain injury and obstetric negligence. She is comfortable with medical expert evidence and enjoys grappling with the difficult issues of causation that often arise in these cases. Understanding that litigation in this field can be particularly upsetting and stressful for both claimants and defendants, she aims to provide a thorough and rigorous analysis of the merits as early as possible so that the client receives an assessment of their prospects that is clear and realistic whilst being sensitive to the emotional nature of the case.

At the Bar Pro Bono Awards 2019, Alice received a special commendation for taking on the most cases for Advocate (formally the Bar Pro Bono Unit) in 2018.

Career

Called 2006; Inner Temple.

Languages

French.

Education

Hills Road Sixth Form College; Balliol College Oxford (2001 BA (Hons) Modern History).