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Practice overview

Lydia joined chambers in 2026 as a civil practitioner, having completed a specialist personal injury and clinical negligence pupillage in 2022. Since pupillage, Lydia has continued to develop her civil practice nationally, accepting instructions in personal injury, clinical negligence and some housing disrepair matters.

Between 2022 and 2025, Lydia also undertook work in the Isle of Man where she was called to the Manx Bar. Lydia’s work in the Isle of Man saw her develop her skillset across a broader range of practice areas including land, trust and employment disputes and professional negligence and commercial matters. Notably, Lydia was instrumental in a complex, high-value multi-jurisdictional space tourism dispute, specifically, conducting multiple disclosure exercises and (successfully) opposing a security for costs application.

Before coming to the Bar, Lydia also gained valuable experience as a local authority prosecutor, providing legal advice to various council departments. She prepared and undertook hearings across a broad range of matters including waste disposal disputes, noise complaints, taxi appeals and licensing matters.

Lydia frequently accepts instructions across small claims and fast track matters and is keen to further develop a broad civil practice. She is direct-access qualified.

Lydia was recently instructed to draft various statements of case in a high-value, multi-defendant matter and also welcomes paper-based instructions.