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Suzanne Trask

Officer

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Role	Name
President	Matthew Tuff
Vice President	Guy Forster Pauline Roberts
Treasurer	Gordon Dalyell
Secretary	Brett Dixon
Immediate Past President	Kim Harrison
Committee members	James Byrne Erin Darling-Finan Nikki Ealey Daniel Easton Sabrina Lawlor John McQuater Jonathan Scarsbrook Rachel Strange Suzanne Trask Suzanne White
Lay EC members	Musa Garba Victoria Lebrec
Past Officers and EC members

Suzanne is a Fellow of APIL, with over 20 years of experience in clinical negligence and serious injury litigation.

Having formerly been a partner and head of the Adult Brain Injury group at Bolt Burdon Kemp LLP, she is now an independent consultant solicitor acting for seriously injured claimants at both Setfords and Legal Studio Solicitors, and provides training for firms.

Suzanne has experience in a wide range of both clinical negligence and injury claims, and has a particular interest in brain injury, and those caused by a delay in diagnosis.

Suzanne was a member of the Executive Committee from 2018 to 2022 and acted as Vice President 2022 to 2024. She has been involved in responding to many government consultations on behalf of APIL, and was a member of the Civil Justice Council’s core working group for lower value clinical negligence claims.

She was previously Secretary to the APIL Clinical Negligence special interest group.

Suzanne is accredited by APIL as a Clinical Negligence and Brain Injury specialist, and is an assessor for both schemes. She has chaired sessions, and spoken at many conferences, including the APIL Brain & Spinal Cord Injury Conference and the APIL Clinical Negligence Conference.

Suzanne is a long-standing trustee of The Silverlinings brain injury charity.

She has been a regular commentator to the mainstream and legal press on issues relating to medical negligence and safety.

attend the following meetings each year
- seven EC meetings which usually last a full day
- APIL’s annual general meeting and where necessary, other annual conferences
- EC meeting with SIG/regional group co-ordinators and secretaries (a full day)
(Members of the EC are asked to achieve a 75% attendance rate throughout the year)
attend and actively support EC sub-committees and policy working groups, which meet at various times of the year
act as an EC liaison with a specified APIL special interest group and attend meetings, whenever possible
contribute to the preparation of APIL responses to consultation papers
attend regional group meetings.

Shareholdings/directorships/partners or otherwise engaged in the management or control of claims management services, medical agencies and other organisations related to providing a service to the injured person, or in the field of personal injury.

I’m the sole director of Trask Legal Limited, a service company through which I provide my legal services as a solicitor to clients via both of my platform firms. I am a long-standing trustee of The Silverlinings brain injury charity.

Consultancies related to providing a service to the injured person, or in the field of personal injury.

As above, I provide legal advice as a consultant solicitor to injured people.

Political organisations/societies/pressure groups/charities/trade unions.

As above, I’m a trustee of The Silverlinings brain injury charity.

• Please provide details below of all interests that you have which may conflict with your role. This will include whether you or your employer have, or may in the future, receive any financial payment or other benefit from the areas covered in the activities above. In addition, you should also indicate whether any spouse, partner, colleague or family member may benefit from your involvement.

I am self-employed.

I am a former equity partner of Bolt Burdon Kemp LLP (retired Feb 2024). Whilst I retain some financial interest, I am no longer part of the firm and have no decision-making role.

I may provide training on APIL’s behalf, for which I would receive payment, though that is separate to this role.

I am individually accredited by APIL in Brain Injury and Clinical Negligence, and receive occasional referrals of potential clients for this reason, though I include this for completeness, as again this is separate to the EC role.

I don’t receive any financial benefit of being a charity trustee for The Silverlinings, and they wouldn’t receive a benefit of my holding this role.

My fiancé is Director of Clerking and an employee of Serjeants’ Inn Chambers, a barristers’ chambers which incorporates personal injury work. Though I cannot foresee any financial benefit to him of my holding this role.

How to become an EC member

APIL elections take place on an annually basis and members who are elected to APIL’s Executive Committee volunteer to work as Directors of the Board.

The board and an experienced staff team work on a range of issues affecting our sector. Board members attend four meetings a year with the option of face to face or virtual attendance. The meetings usually last around 5 hours and cover a range of issues including legal reform, finance, and campaigns. It is an opportunity to be at the forefront of what is happening in the personal injury sector.

Election process:

APIL members may stand for election for the following:

Executive Committee (officers and additional officers)
Special Interest Group Co-ordinators
Regional Group Co-ordinators

Annual elections commence in early January for Officer and Additional Officer seats, notification of the election and the nomination process will be sent to members by e-mail.

An APIL member becomes a candidate as soon as they have completed the nomination pack and the nomination is supported by the proposer and seconder. The proposer and seconder will need to confirm their details online for the nomination to be valid. Candidates will be asked to complete four set questions in support of their candidature (APIL's chief executive shall have the power to edit or refuse to accept unlawful or factually incorrect details).

Each APIL member (fully paid up and eligible to vote) may nominate – one candidate and/or second one candidate, in each election. APIL’s secretary will not nominate or second candidates, but will remain eligible to vote.

The details of all candidates will be circulated together, by the APIL office, to either the full membership (for EC elections) or to the relevant membership sections (for SIG and Regional Group elections).

No additional written material, or electronic communications may be circulated and/or distributed by, and/or in support of, a candidate in any election.

Canvassing of any nature is not permitted. If additional material is found to be in circulation or, direct or indirect canvassing identified, APIL's Executive Committee reserves the right to withdraw the candidate from the elections.

* Members who are eligible to vote:

Legal Practitioner Members, Honorary Life Members or Academic Associates as defined in APIL's Articles of Association, article 30.1.1 and clause 4.5 of the APIL Membership Policy

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