Andrea specialises in personal injury, medical negligence and healthcare advisory work and has extensive experience in the field of health and medical law.

At Welsh Health Legal Services she specialised in defending personal injury and medical negligence claims against NHS Trusts and Health Authorities within Wales. She also advised on a wide range of healthcare issues including mental health law.

At Bevan Ashford Andrea continued to specialise in defendant personal injury and medical negligence claims, acting for NHS bodies within Wales and England and also the NHS Litigation Authority. She also continued to be involved in healthcare advisory work.

She continues to specialise in her core practice areas of defendant personal injury and medical negligence and has been involved in many complex and high value claims. Additionally, she has developed an increasing claimant personal injury practice. Her workload has included all manner of personal injury cases on behalf of both defendants and claimants. She has particular expertise in the whole spectrum of employer's liability claims, including stress and occupational disease claims. She also oversees the department's Miners' Compensation Unit, which deals with compensation claims by former miners for respiratory disease and vibration white finger.

Andrea is married with two children and lives in Cardiff.

Professional and Academic Details:

• Cardiff University, 1993 (Law and Sociology).
• Trainee Solicitor, Welsh Office 1994.
• Welsh Health Legal Services.
• Qualified 1996.
• Solicitor, Bevan Ashford 1999.
• Associate, MLM 2001.
• Partner, MLM 2003.