Helen Bell

Practice Areas

Helen specialises in claims at the interface between personal injury and employment law, including claims for bullying and harassment, occupational stress and disability discrimination, acting primarily for Defendants/Respondents. She is an experienced and effective advocate and negotiator and is highly regarded for her ability to apply her first-class legal knowledge to high value cases involving complex issues of law, fact or expert evidence to achieve excellent results. She is adept at anticipating her clients’ requirements and at tailoring her approach to the demands of the individual case. Her hard working, personable approach and ability to give clear and pragmatic advice ensures she is consistently sought after.

Recent cases: (1) acting for Respondent sports governing body in respect of an appeal to the Court of Appeal regarding an exception to the applicability of qualified one way costs shifting rules when the personal injury element of a mixed claim was struck out (2) acting for Respondent EL insurer in EAT appeal against a tribunal’s judgment dismissing a high value claim for disability discrimination brought against it, exceptionally, under the Third Parties (Rights Against Insurers) Act 2010 (3) acting for defendant recruitment agency in relation to several substantial psychiatric injury claims brought by alleged victims of human trafficking and forced labour.

Career

MA Oxon, Jurisprudence, First Class, Wadham College Oxford. Awarded Major Scholarship by Middle Temple 2002. Called to the Bar 2002. Tenant at 2TG since 2003. Treasury Panel of Counsel 2008-14. Deputy District Judge 2020.

Professional Memberships

PIBA, ELBA, ELA