Barrister, Kings Chambers
Fiona Ashworth has a nationwide reputation for acting in cases involving Chronic Pain Syndromes, Complex Regional Pain Syndromes, Chronic Fatigue Syndromes, Somatoform Pain Disorders, Somatic Symptom Disorders, Bodily Distress Disorders, Conversion Disorders, Functional Neurological Disorders, and Fibromyalgia. She is considered a leading expert on pain and functional disorders.
These conditions are often poorly understood and extremely challenging. Fiona has developed deep knowledge and expertise in this area through extensive work with medical experts across multiple specialisms. She has been involved in hundreds of cases, both at first instance and on appeal, acting for both Claimant and Defendant.
Fiona has lectured extensively nationwide, organised numerous Pain Seminars, and contributed published articles on the topic. She was a delegate at the Pain Summit at Westminster, a speaker at the medico-legal forum at Peterhouse College, Cambridge in 2015, and has been invited to speak in 2024. She was also a speaker at the British Pain Society’s 50th Annual Conference.
She has wide experience in personal injury-related professional negligence cases.
Fiona is the patron of Burning Nights CRPS charity and works alongside founder Victoria Abbot Fleming to raise awareness of CRPS.
Fiona has sat as a Recorder since 2009.