Asema Natha

Asema is a Principal Associate in the Local Government team based in our Leicester office. Since qualifying as a solicitor 19 years ago, Asema has focused on delivering support to local authority clients. She joined Weightmans 17 years ago. Asema is regularly instructed in relation to flooding, subsidence and highway winter maintenance claims. She is also regularly instructed in relation to data loss and information management claims. Asema is also vastly experienced in advising clients in claims concerning public liability. This specialist support often includes complex, high value, multi-party litigation and Asema has significant experience of defending public liability claims on behalf of local authorities, education establishments and housing providers in relation to a wide range of issues. Her vast experience includes multi-party litigation arising out of newly designed shared space schemes, multi-party complex litigation arising out of a flooding incident affecting 33 properties. Reported cases include: Asema represented the Defendants in McDonald v Leicester City Council [2007], a highway winter maintenance claim. Asema assisted in defending the claim brought against the local authority in Ali v Luton Borough Council [2022} EWHC 132, a vicarious liability case related to unlawful accessing of information. · Weightmans LLP

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Principal Associate in the Local Government team at Weightmans LLP's Leicester office with 19 years' qualification and 17 years at the firm. She advises local authority clients on flooding, subsidence, highway winter maintenance, data loss/information management and public liability matters, including complex, high-value multi-party litigation (reported matters include McDonald v Leicester City Council [2007] and assisting in Ali v Luton Borough Council [2022] EWHC 132).

Practice areas

Local GovernmentLitigationPublic LiabilityData Protection & Information ManagementHighways & Transport

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England

Weightmans LLP · Asema is a Principal Associate in the Local Government team based in our Leicester office. Since qualifying as a solicitor 19 years ago, Asema has focused on delivering support to local authority clients. She joined Weightmans 17 years ago. Asema is regularly instructed in relation to flooding, subsidence and highway winter maintenance claims. She is also regularly instructed in relation to data loss and information management claims. Asema is also vastly experienced in advising clients in claims concerning public liability. This specialist support often includes complex, high value, multi-party litigation and Asema has significant experience of defending public liability claims on behalf of local authorities, education establishments and housing providers in relation to a wide range of issues. Her vast experience includes multi-party litigation arising out of newly designed shared space schemes, multi-party complex litigation arising out of a flooding incident affecting 33 properties. Reported cases include: Asema represented the Defendants in McDonald v Leicester City Council [2007], a highway winter maintenance claim. Asema assisted in defending the claim brought against the local authority in Ali v Luton Borough Council [2022} EWHC 132, a vicarious liability case related to unlawful accessing of information.

England

Expertise

Local authoritiesEducation establishmentsHousing providersFlooding and subsidence claimsHighway winter maintenance claimsMulti‑party complex litigationVicarious liabilityInformation management and data loss

Admissions

Qualified as a solicitor (19 years' experience)