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Victoria Haughey

Victoria Haughey

Victoria is a senior associate in the cost department. She has many years experience in cost field and now specialises predominantly in high value clinical negligence costs claims.
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Victoria has worked in all areas of cost law and has experience of both recovery and adverse costs. Victoria deals with high value clinical negligence cost disputes and regularly progresses the same to same to detailed assessment hearings..

Victoria predominantly undertakes costs work within the Health Sector but does also have experience in other cost areas. Victoria has worked in-house for both large Defendant and Claimant firms giving her extensive experience of  high-value costs litigation.  Victoria regularly deals with technical issues in cost disputes and has progressed Appeals on matters of wider technical importance.

Victoria obtained her law degree from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne.

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  • Experience

    • High Court Appeal Judgment - concerning the extent to which a CFA could survive the administration of a firm of solicitors absent express assignment or novation of that retainer
    • High Court Appeal Judgment - The judgment provides confirmation that that the Part 36 cost consequences can be awarded severally, are subject to judicial discretion, are subject to a test of injustice and not an automatic entitlement.

Victoria Haughey's Expertise