Andrea Ward

Andrea Ward is the Head of the national Specialist Liability Team at DAC Beachcroft and joined the firm from DWF in May 2016. She has worked in the legal profession for over 30 years.

Andrea specialises in defending claims by adults and children against the public and private sector and their insurers (including social services, healthcare providers, religious organisations and leisure providers).

Andrea handles claims of physical, sexual and emotional abuse, failure to protect and failure to nurture. She has been acting for defendants in complex and sensitive claims since 1994. She also advises on data protection, human rights issues and risk management.

Relevant experience includes:

• Multi-party institutional abuse claims with complex limitation issues.
• A high-value failure to remove claim with HRA and negligence issues.
• Multi-party DPA claims against social services requiring complex quantum assessments.
• Abuse claims against health care and leisure providers involving difficult vicarious liability arguments.

The 2020 Legal 500 describes Andrea as a leading individual who is “very experienced and knowledgeable [and] always up to date with legal developments and… able to provide a very detailed and sensitive service”.