Stewarts Law LLP

Medical Negligence

Partner

Nadia acts in complex, high-value medical negligence cases, mainly involving spinal cord injury and brain injury. She acts for claimants against private doctors, hospitals and the NHS. Nadia is recognised as a Leading Associate and ‘one to watch’ in the Legal 500.

Nadia has extensive experience representing clients who have sustained life changing injuries as a consequence of medical negligence.

Nadia has significant experience of High Court litigation and in particular, cases involving complex causation arguments. Nadia specialises in spinal cord injuries and brain injuries and has particular expertise in cases involving stroke and cauda equina.

Nadia regularly speaks on issues such as patient safety, documentation and compliance to NHS Trusts, charities and private rehabilitation providers. She works collaboratively with organisations to support providing the best levels of care

Nadia has settled a number of high value complex medical negligence cases including:

• Crossman v St George’s Healthcare NHS Trust [2016] EWHC 2878 (QB). Nadia acted for the claimant in this matter that was won at trial in the High Court. The claimant sustained nerve injury during spinal surgery and it was argued that but for the Claimant being put on the list for surgery in error, the injury would not have occurred.
• Acting for a claimant who was wrongly administered thrombolysis resulting in haemorrhagic stroke and brain damage.
• Acting for a claimant who sustained tetraplegia due to a failure to diagnose an unstable spinal cord injury.
• Acting for a claimant who had an ischemic stroke following a failure to diagnose and treat a Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA).
• Acting for a claimant who sustained a stroke following a delay in diagnosis of endocarditis, including complex arguments on causation where the judgment of Crossman v St George’s Healthcare NHS Trust was relied on.
• Acting for a claimants who suffered a delay in diagnosis of cauda equina syndrome, including the highest ever cauda equina settlement at Stewarts.

Nadia started her career at Stewarts over 16 years ago, as a paralegal in the medical negligence team. She started her training contract in 2010 and qualified as an NQ in 2012. Since then, Nadia been promoted to Associate and Senior Associate and has adopted senior roles in the department.

Nadia is married with two young children. Outside of work, she enjoys spending time with family and friends, long walks, playing tennis and cycling.