Emily Bonass

Call: 2019

Personal Injury, Insurance Fraud, Clinical Negligence

Overview

Emily has a very busy court practice and is frequently instructed to provide advice on liability and quantum, in addition to drafting pleadings. Her practice includes road traffic accidents, employers and public liability, assault, highways act claims and credit hire.

Her court diary covers a broad spectrum of cases from interim applications through to full trial, and she accepts instructions on behalf of both claimants and defendants.

Prior to the Bar Emily worked as a paralegal in a leading law firm where she managed a large caseload of Fast Track claims. Accordingly she understands the difficulties that can be faced on a daily basis by her instructing solicitors, and welcomes instructions at an early stage so that the best advice can be given.

Emily previously volunteered with the Greater Manchester Law Centre to assist vulnerable clients with their appeals, having developed a warm and supportive manner with lay clients.

She joined Chambers as a pupil in 2023 and successfully completed her pupillage under the supervision of Chris Taft and Elizabeth Murray.

Personal Injury

Emily acts for both claimants in defendants within her busy court practice, which spans multi track, intermediate track, fast track claims. Emily frequently appears in all manner of hearings from allocation and case management hearings to interim applications and trials. Emily is regularly instructed from an early stage in proceedings to advise on liability and quantum, and to draft pleadings.

Her practice includes road traffic accidents, employers and public liability, assault, highways act claims and credit hire. Emily has recently advised upon quantum in a case of traumatic brain injury in a child. She has also been successful in securing the dismissal of a claim for credit hire on the basis of failure to prove need, and in securing a finding of fundamental dishonesty in a low-velocity impact personal injury claim.

Emily regularly acts in claims where issues of LVI and fundamental dishonesty have been raised.

Inquests and Public Inquiries

During pupillage Emily attended multiple inquests, gaining an insight into the different styles of advocacy required in coroner’s court, and she seeks to develop this area of her practice as a tenant.

Prior to her undergraduate studies Emily was a member of the jury in a two week inquest involving restraint by police and Article 2 ECHR. This sparked her interest in the Bar and this area of practice.

Clinical Negligence

Emily is developing her practice in clinical negligence and welcomes instructions in this area. She is interested in acting for both claimants and defendants across a range of clinical negligence matters, bringing the same thorough approach to preparation and advocacy that characterises her personal injury practice.