London

Job title: Partner

Telephone number: 020 7865 3306

Email Address: orla.scanlan@blm-law.com

Practice Areas: Police/Emergency services

Experience: Has acquired a wealth of police law experience having been involved in a number of reported and leading cases, including the Court of Appeal case of Cruickshank Limited v Chief Constable of Kent Police. In Chambers Guide to the Legal Profession (2007) Orla was ranked as a leading practitioner in police law nationally and described as the "driving force of the team" with a "solid working knowledge of the practicalities."   Practice includes security services, acting on behalf of the leisure/retail industries. Has presented many seminars but most recently on the issue of vicarious liability following the CA judgments of Hawley v Luminar Leisure and Viasystems (Tyneside) Limited v Thermal Transfer (Northern) Limited. Joined BLM's professional indemnity department in 2000, becoming a partner in 2003. Read law at Liverpool University before qualifying in 1994. Practiced in the North West for six years, specialising in defending public and employers’ liability claims on behalf of police forces.

Memberships/Appointments: Secretary and Treasurer of Police Defence Lawyers' Forum Chair of BLM's Fee-earners' Forum Secretary of BLM's social committee FOIL (Forum of Insurance Lawyers)