Joy is a partner based in Chelmsford. She qualified in England and Wales in 2005 and was promoted to Kennedys’ partnership in 2016.
Her client base includes global insurers, retailers, construction companies, local authorities, transport and leisure companies. She has experience in dealing with general liability, employers’ and public liability. She undertakes every aspect of multi-track work ranging from brain injuries, chronic pain disorders and fatalities. Joy is joint EL/PL sector lead for Kennedys in the areas of Retail, Adult Social Care and Agricultural/Farming.
Joy’s day to day role is split between heading up the local casualty team with a specialist focus on large loss, catastrophic injuries relating to injuries sustained in the England and Wales. At the same time, Joy acts as an international channel for London market claims spread across the globe. Where she coordinates and acts as a central point of contact with Kennedys’ international offices, directing claims to local lawyers across the US, LatAm, APAC and Europe.
Joy is an avid contributor to in-house articles and has delivered a wide range of training sessions and seminars to insurers, self-insured and corporate bodies.
Joy is a member of the Forum of Insurance Lawyer (FOIL) and is an author of Kennedys’ Claims Handling Law and Practice Guide, the fourth edition of which was published in February 2021.
Qualifications
- Qualified in England and Wales in 1995
