Victoria Stewart

How long have you been working in costs?

I have been working in costs for over 25 years.

When did you join PIC?

I joined PIC, then known as Northern Costings, in the summer of 2000 and have been here ever since.

What work do you do?

I am a Costs Lawyer with extensive experience in Claimant costs work. I prepare Claimant Costs Budgets, Bills of Costs and everything in between, supporting cases from the budgeting stage through to detailed costs recovery.

I specialise in high-value, complex clinical negligence, personal injury and catastrophic injury matters. I am highly organised, with a strong focus on delivering exceptional results for clients. I am committed to maintaining high standards of client satisfaction through attention to detail, efficiency and building strong client relationships.

Interesting cases

Victoria has worked on a range of high-value, complex clinical negligence, personal injury and catastrophic injury matters, including:

• Q Fever liability case.
• £825k case following blood transfusion involving a Solicitor with complex loss of earnings and lasting approximately 7 years.
• Multi-million-pound damages case with complex limitation issues involving a 30-year-old woman with Cerebral Palsy.
• £5.65 million damages case for a child with Cerebral Palsy. The case lasted 8 years.
• £275k Cauda Equina Syndrome case. The case lasted 9 years.
• £291k plus £25k every 5 years damages case. One triplet had a leg amputated due to a blood clot shortly after birth. The case lasted 12 years.
• £5.3 million damages case involving a child developing brain injury after contracting Herpes Simplex Virus. The case lasted 13 years.
• £6.6 million damages case involving a young child bringing a claim against her GP for brain damage and upper limb weakness following a hypoglycaemic attack. Following admission to hospital, there was a further claim relating to chicken pox and an infection which caused spinal abscesses leading to paralysis. The case lasted 13 years.
• £600k damages case reduced for litigation risks. The case involved a fatal diving accident in Scotland involving a promising Doctor with complex liability, causation and quantum issues, including loss of earnings. The case lasted 6 years.
• £1 million damages case involving a London Barrister with a complex future loss of earnings claim. The case lasted 4 years.
• Potash group action cases.

Additional personal details:

Outside of work, I am an avid reader, getting through a couple of books every week, and I love a trip to the cinema.