Shilpa Shah
UK Bar Guide 2024
Band 4 : Costs Litigation
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Band 4
About
Provided by Shilpa Shah
Practice Areas
Shilpa attended BPP Bar School where she won First Prize for Advocacy and gained a final overall mark which put her within the top ten highest achievers of that year.
Prior to that she had completed a Masters’ Degree in Law, in which she achieved a Distinction (equivalent to First Class). She won the Gluckstein Prize for Advocacy from Lincoln’s Inn and won a Major Scholarship.
During her early years she worked with the Free Representation Unit and for the Citizens Advice Bureau.
Shilpa specialises in costs and personal injury-related cases.
At the request of the solicitor, Shilpa is happy to consider working under a suitable conditional fee agreement. She is also licenced to undertake direct access work.
She has considerable experience of resolving claims during the course of joint settlement meetings. She regularly attends court and is often complimented on her attention to detail and the thoroughness of her preparation and presentation at trial.
Career
Shilpa was called to the Bar in 1998.
Professional Memberships
Affiliate member of the Association of Costs Lawyers, Personal Injuries Bar Association, Nottinghamshire Medico-Legal Society.
Publications
https://ropewalk.co.uk/blog/