Contact Lisa:
lisa.gafarova@MiddletonLawLtd.co.uk
0345 034 2478
Direct: 07594 425843
Lisa specialises in childhood abuse and social care negligence and has worked on abuse claims for the last 11 years. She has extensive experience in relation to civil abuse litigation, CICA claim maximisation and Redress Scheme claims as well as Inquiry work. She offers a sympathetic and professional approach to her clients’ problems and is able to advise on claim funding options including the possibility of no win no fee funding.
Since 2018, she has travelled around the country to see clients who were failed by Lambeth Council during their childhood in order to collate evidence for submission to the Lambeth Children’s Home Compensation Scheme. Lisa’s style of working is tailored to provide emotional support whilst applying the specialised legal expertise required to ensure clients have the best evidence for making a successful claim.
With access to key psychiatric and social care experts Lisa can obtain evidence and therapy recommendations for clients. She can direct clients to treatment providers if required. Often such treatment costs can be claimed as part of the compensation process. This is a priority to ensure her clients have the best opportunity to make positive steps into the future. Lisa excels in applying questions to psychiatric experts to clarify and ensure they have a deeper understanding of the case issues where required. She is also experienced in negotiation to maximise outcome according to specific scheme terms.
Having represented 6 core participants in relation to the IICSA Lambeth investigation by the National Abuse inquiry means Lisa prepared core participant applications, section 40 funding applications, detailed consideration of social care record evidence, witness statements preparation, attending preliminary hearings for consideration on the extent of other key party involvement, detailed work on documentary disclosure evidence from the council, police and other core participants to identify deep seated failings within the past care and policing systems, cross referencing, and work with counsel on composing Rule 10 questioning of corporate and police witnesses giving evidence at the IICSA Lambeth hearing. Lisa also accompanied a key core participant giving evidence to the IICSA hearing providing support and understanding to ensure her client’s evidence was sensitively taken into account when the panel make recommendations to protect children in the future. Questions were raised on the effectiveness of the current Serious Case Review system and how this has been operating within police and council’s across the country, something which has also been identified whilst working on specific civil cases. The hope is that improvements in the child protection mechanisms can ensure the safety of children in future.
Areas of specialism:
-Church of England Redress Scheme
-Scottish Redress Scheme
-Lambeth Children’s Home Redress Scheme
-CICA claims
-Civil abuse claim litigation
-Social services negligence
-Foster care abuse claims
-School abuse claims
-Scouting abuse claims
-Church abuse claims
-Jesus Fellowship Scheme
-Vulnerable adult or children abuse and neglect claims
-Domestic abuse claims
-Inquiry work
-Clinical negligence claims
-Personal injury trust work
-> Specialist in CICA claims, an area of work which has increased significantly following the lifting of the pre 1979 same home abuse rule which facilitated many victims being able to finally achieve justice relating to serious childhood abuse.
-> Extensive particular experience in running civil claims relating to foster carer abuse, abuse in private/public/approved school institutions, church abuse, and abuse linked to gymnastics.
-> Experienced in advising and setting up bare personal injury trusts where required.
-> Over 20 years’ experience of dealing with Personal Injury matters ranging from road traffic accidents to workplace injury and liability. She is also experienced in clinical negligence claims.
Lisa is also fluent in German and Persian. She also has experience in Civil Litigation regarding Debt Recovery and Breach of Contract.
