Elizabeth Murray

Call: 2005

Overview

Elizabeth is routinely instructed to act for both Claimants and Defendants in personal injury claims worth in the region of £500,000, and has acted in cases valued over £1.5 million.

She accepts instructions in all areas of civil litigation including road traffic accidents (being routinely instructed to act for Defendants in cases alleging fraud), occupiers’ liability, employers’ liability, product liability and highway claims.

She has particular enthusiasm for a unique field of litigation involving the Animals Act 1971, and specifically imports her personal knowledge and experience of all things equine into claims involving horses and riders.

Elizabeth has an approachable and down to earth manner with both her professional and lay clients. She appreciates that litigation can be extremely stressful and will endeavour to put clients at ease. Elizabeth invites instruction at an early stage and appreciates involvement as a case progresses, favouring the teamwork approach to cases which developed prior to her career at the Bar when working for HM Revenue and Customs as an instructing paralegal. At that time Elizabeth had responsibility for a caseload valued in excess of £100 million and accordingly remembers the pressures associated with the same and the management of client expectations.

When she is not in court, drafting pleadings, or conducting conferences, Elizabeth can be found at the stables with her horse. She is also a keen open water swimmer being a firm believer in its benefits for both physical and mental wellbeing.

Elizabeth is also Chair of the Nine Lives Committee, a charitable fund operated by Chambers.

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