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Kirsten Almond

+44 1473 284 451 kirstenalmond@eversheds.com

Work Department

Kirsten is a Senior Associate within our Corporate Claims team. She joined Eversheds in 2008 having previously carried out Claimant PI and general litigation work at a local firm. Since this date Kirsten has acted for various large corporate/public bodies defending EL, PL, product liability, and clinical negligence claims.

Kirsten's experience includes:

• Acting for a credit provider in a number of claims arising from faulty PIP breast implants, to include advising the board on strategy and valuation;
• Dealt with claims against the police for wrongful arrest, false imprisonment and damage to property, as well as a high value RTA fatality arising from a police pursuit;
• Managing claims against prisons by both staff and prisoners including false imprisonment and general PI claims;
• Acting for a research council in claims arising from staff working on ships around the world and advising on the shipping laws covering such claims;
• Assisting in a clinical negligence claim arising from an injury following bariatric surgery;
• Advising on a complicated claim involving 6 parties arising from an accident on a race track during testing at a proving ground;
• Dealing with claims relating to hair treatment and damage arising from the same;
• Assisting in a claim arising from an accident concerning the rail industry with complicated contractual issues; and
• Assisting in a US case to obtain a deposition from a UK resident and co-ordinating the same

Position

Senior Associate