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Victoria Lebrec

Lay EC member

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Role	Name
President	Kim Harrison
Vice Presidents	Guy Forster Matthew Tuff
Treasurer	Gordon Dalyell
Secretary	Brett Dixon
Immediate Past President	Jonathan Scarsbrook
Committee members	Richard Baker KC Erin Darling-Finan Daniel Easton Stephen Glynn Oonagh McClure John McQuater Pauline Roberts Suzanne White Leticia Williams
Lay EC members	Musa Garba Victoria Lebrec
Past Officers and EC members

Victoria was involved in an extremely serious crash in 2014 when a lorry driver knocked her off her bike and crushed her pelvis. She received innovative and life-saving treatment at the roadside by London’s Air Ambulance, but amongst many other injuries, lost her left leg in the crash. Despite a thorough police investigation, and a charge against the driver for Causing Serious Injury by Dangerous Driving (subsequent conviction of Careless Driving), what followed was years of litigation to access compensation.

Victoria became involved in campaigning on road danger reduction. Initially for the road on which her crash happened and then subsequently, having met the Chair of RoadPeace at a protest, she was employed by the charity in 2018 where she was Head of Policy, Campaigns and Communications until 2021.

It is her firm belief that PI lawyers do so much for victims, and civil compensation is an area that needs a strong voice representing the issues that affect claimants. She finds it shocking that some of the insurance industry is allowed to behave as it does, and that it is not more commonly known about. Victoria says “I had a fantastic lawyer for my claim who I am eternally grateful to. The insurance company I was claiming from treated me appallingly. I know from speaking to others that this is common, and despite initiatives like the ‘Serious Injury Guide’, some in the insurance industry continue to treat victims shockingly. Somehow the press narrative is still around ‘ambulance chasers’ and ‘crash for cash’, and not how the insurance industry receives money from every motorist and yet many do everything in their power to resist paying out when the worst has happened - delaying much needed rehabilitation for victims, or causing unnecessary stress to those bereaved.”

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Four EC meetings
(optional) APIL’s annual general meeting and where appropriate, other annual conferences
(optional) EC meeting with SIG/regional group coordinators and secretaries (Members of the EC should use their best endeavours to achieve a 75% attendance rate at Executive Committee meetings throughout the year)
(optional) Attend and actively contribute to the work of EC sub-committees and policy working groups, which meet at various times of the year

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Collision Investigation Campaign Coordinator for Action Vision Zero. Unpaid https://actionvisionzero.org/about-us/

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.

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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:

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