Joined Irwin Mitchell in November 1995 from Thompsons.
Alison has a national reputation as one of the leading solicitors in both clinical negligence and neurotrauma litigation.
Cases Alison has successfully concluded and recovered compensation for clients in recent months include:
- A claim for a child who suffered brain injury and cerebral palsy as a result of failings in obstetric care at the time of his birth in an NHS hospital.
- A claim for a young man who suffered incomplete tetraplegia as a result of failings in the management of schizophrenia at an NHS hospital resulting in him absconding.
- A claim for a woman whose life expectancy has been significantly reduced as a result of a 12 month delay in diagnosis of breast cancer at an NHS hospital.
- A claim for a woman who suffered paraplegia as a result of failings in privately funded spinal surgery for long standing back pain.
- A claim for a man who suffered severe brain damage as a result of failings and the management of a small stroke at an NHS hospital.
- A claim for a young man who suffered a serious head injury when he was struck by a car whilst walking across a dual carriageway.
- A claim for a young man who suffered a severe brain injury when riding as a pillion passenger on a motorcycle which collided with a parked car resulting in the death of the motorcycle driver.
- A claim for a child who suffers spastic quadriplegic cerebral palsy as a result of a road traffic accident whilst in utero.
- A claim for a young man who suffered moderate brain injury as a result of a road traffic accident which occurred in France, when he was a passenger in a car where the driver lost control
Alison lectures regularly to other lawyers and health care professionals on clinical negligence litigation and personal injury related topics. She has contributed a number of articles to journals dealing particularly with consent issues and is contributing author to "A MedicoLegal Handbook for Doctors".
Legal 500 2007 comments:
Alison Eddy heads a strong team at Irwin Mitchell, bulked out recently with the arrival of Muiris Lyons and Auriana Griffiths in April 2006 following the firm's merger with Alexander Harris. The firm wins plaudits for its commitment to handling claims of all sizes, irrespective of quantum, and the team's technical expertise remains of a high order. From a broad range of cases, standout matters in terms of quantum include a £1.2m wrongful birth settlement.
Chambers 2006 said of the London Clinical Negligence Team:
The national reach of this group impresses peers, who have deemed it "a leader in the field". It is staffed with practitioners who "take its cases and client service seriously, know what they are doing and get on with it". Obstetric cases are a key source of instructions, as are failure to diagnose cancer matters and neurological claims.
Practice head Alison Eddy is "so hardworking and dedicated to her cases." She has charmed Counsel and peers alike with her organisational abilities. Obstetrics, oncology and neurosurgery are her specialist areas, which also compliment her personal injury expertise. She has been particularly involved in claims brought on behalf of brain damaged babies and women physically and psychologically damaged by birth trauma.
Chambers 2006 said of the London Personal Injury Team:
Partners Colin Ettinger and Alison Eddy have established "a first-rate practice". Both handle high value maximum severity claims, with Alison Eddy specialising in neurotrauma cases in addition to her clinical negligence workload.