Alicia is developing a broad practice across chambers’ core practice areas.
She enjoys working as sole counsel and as part of a team. As sole counsel, she has appeared in the High Court, the London Circuit Commercial Court, and the County Court. As part of a team, she has appeared in the Court of Appeal, and has advocacy experience in the Chancery Division and the TCC.
Notably, she has acted in several cases relating to the Fundão Dam collapse, including in Município de Mariana and others v BHP Group (UK) and BHP Group, one of The Lawyer Magazine’s “Top 10 Appeals for 2026”.
Prior to joining chambers and alongside her legal studies, Alicia worked in the legal team at the Good Law Project, and as a legal researcher for the AIRE Centre, contributing to a series of papers on multinational liability for human rights and environmental harms. Alicia is committed to pro bono work in this area. She recently contributed to a draft Bill as part of a Report on the UK’s Forced Labour and Human Rights Legislative Framework, published by the UK Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner.
Before coming to the Bar, Alicia had a successful career in business. In 2016 she was listed as one of Forbes Magazine’s “30 under 30” social entrepreneurs.
Alicia has a double first-class degree in Classics, from Wadham College, Oxford, where she was awarded several academic scholarships and prizes. She completed her GDL with distinction at City University, London.
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Jurisdictions, conflicts and enforcement
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Município de Mariana and others v BHP Group (UK) and BHP Group: part of the Fundão Dam litigation. Acted for the Claimants resisting an appeal by BHP against a refusal to strike out a criminal contempt application (instructed by Pogust Goodhead).
- BHP Group (UK) Ltd v Pogust Goodhead [2025] EWHC 3153 (TCC): a satellite case in the Fundão Dam litigation. Acted for Pogust Goodhead successfully resisting a claim for an anti-suit injunction sought to restrain §1782 US Code proceedings in Arkansas (instructed by Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe).
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Municipio de Mariana v IBRAM: a satellite case in the Fundão Dam litigation. Acted as sole counsel on behalf of the Claimants in a successful application for collateral use of evidence in Contempt proceedings (instructed by Pogust Goodhead).
Technology, media and telecoms
- Acting for an exam board to renew a newcomer injunction against persons unknown in relation to attempts to obtain unauthorised access to examination material: AQA v Persons Unknown (BL-2023-001318) (led by Matthew McGhee).
- Acting for two exam boards to obtain an interim injunction, and later, a newcomer injunction against persons unknown selling or purporting to sell examination material online Pearson & OCR v Persons Unknown (BL-2025-000614) (led by Matthew McGhee).
Arbitration
- Drafted a Response to an LCIA Notice of Arbitration commodities claim for US$27m, in which performance had been prevented by force majeure.
- Drafted submissions to an LMAA tribunal seeking refusal of jurisdiction on the grounds of breach of the parties’ arbitration agreement.
- Assisted (as a pupil) with the drafting of submissions on partial determination of key issues in ICC arbitration proceedings relating to the project financing of an oil field.
- Assisted (as a pupil) with the drafting of a skeleton for dismissal without a hearing of a s.68 arbitration challenge, in a dispute over a yacht construction contract.
Commodities and international trade
- Drafted a Response to an LCIA Notice of Arbitration commodities claim for US$27m, relating to prevention of performance by force majeure.
- Assisted (as a pupil) with the preparation of an application for relief from sanctions in a commodities dispute involving an international sale of diesel.
- Assisted (as a pupil) with the drafting of written closings in a commodities trial involving sale of goods.
Shipping
- Appeared (as sole counsel) in the London Circuit Commercial Court on behalf of a claimant seeking permission to extend time and serve out the jurisdiction (instructed by Tatham & Co LLP)
- Drafted submissions to an LMAA tribunal seeking refusal of jurisdiction on the grounds of breach of the parties’ arbitration agreement.
- Assisted (as a pupil) with the drafting of a defence and opinion on the merits of a claim for damages caused by fuel contamination.
- Assisted (as a pupil) with the drafting of claim submissions and reply in an LMAA arbitration claim relating to bunker redelivery.
Civil fraud and asset tracing
- Instructed and appeared in the County Court to recover a vehicle belonging to the victim of identity fraud, whose vehicle had been wrongfully seized in debt enforcement action (instructed pro bono by Advocate)
- Assisted (as a pupil) with the drafting of an opinion on potential causes of action following an “authorised push payment” between a German and English bank.
Insolvency and restructuring
- Appeared in the Chancery Division (led by Joshua Folkard) resisting an application to impose a post-judgment proprietary freezing injunction (pro bono for Chancery Litigants in Person Scheme)
- Assisted (as a pupil) with research to resist objections to disclosure due to potential breaches of (quasi) foreign law, in insolvency proceedings.
- Assisted (as a pupil) with drafting a skeleton resisting an application for a time extension for disclosure, in a merger attempt.
Company law
- Assisted (as a pupil) with drafting a skeleton on the validity of a loan agreement which had been entered in breach of a shareholders’ agreement.
Energy and infrastructure
- Assisted (as a pupil) with the drafting of an opinion on whether a sanctions clause entitled termination of a contract for energy supply.
(Re)insurance
- Assisted (as a pupil) with the drafting of an opinion on the application of business interruption insurance to government enforced business closures during COVID-19.
Public and administrative law
- Contributed pro bono, together with Gordon Nardell KC and Brendan Plant, to a draft Bill included in a Report by the UK Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner, together with Unseen UK and Forward Global (instructed by Omnia Strategy LLP)
- The following cases are from Alicia’s time working with the Good Law Project before joining Twenty Essex.
- The Manchester Ship Canal Company Ltd v United Utilities Water Ltd No 2 [2024] UKSC 22.
- Friends of the Earth, ClientEarth and Good Law Project v Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero [2024] EWHC 995 (Admin).
- R (on the application of the Good Law Project) v The Prime Minister & Ors [2022] EWCA Civ 1580.