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Rebecca Smith

Rebecca Smith

Work Department

Aviation

Position

Senior Associate

Rebecca is a highly experienced aviation lawyer, specialising in complex high-value, catastrophic personal injury and fatal accident claims from both a domestic and international perspective, including the application of the Montreal Convention. She has been involved in a number of large group action claims in the USA and Nigeria, which include the recent Boeing tragedy. She brings a pragmatic approach borne of dealing with complex cases involving jurisdictional and applicable law issues.

Experience

  • Key roles leading complex aviation claims in the high-profile Shoreham Air Show, Germanwings and Boeing tragedies, resulting in significant awards of damages
  • Leading multi-jurisdictional actions involving working with co-counsel in Europe, Africa and the USA
  • Experience in the application of different laws for the purposes of determining damages, including French, Spanish, Maltese, Afghan, Nigerian and US law
  • Development of case law interpreting the Montreal Convention, see Labbadia v Alitalia (2019)

Career

Prior to joining Stewarts in January 2020, Rebecca worked at Irwin Mitchell as a senior associate heading up their London office aviation team. Rebecca’s previous roles were with Leigh Day as a senior solicitor in their catastrophic brain/spinal injury team, and prior to that she was a partner at Amery Parkes working in the same field.

Memberships

Rebecca is a member of:

PEOPIL APIL American Association of Justice (AAJ)

Personal

Rebecca’s interests include water and snow skiing. She enjoys travel, with adventure very much on her agenda.

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