Park Square Barristers

Civil

Personal Injury -

Klaudia has an extensive civil personal injury practice undertaking work at all stages for both claimants and defendants. She is instructed in a wide range of personal injury claims, including road traffic accidents, employers’ liability, public liability, and occupiers’ liability matters. Her cases often involve complex medical evidence, including chronic pain conditions, psychological injury, and issues relating to causation and prognosis. She is experienced in dealing with expert evidence across multiple disciplines and is skilled at probing evidential weaknesses and clarifying key factual disputes.

Her court work encompasses trials, disposal hearings, CCMCs, case management conferences, interim applications, and infant settlement hearings. She is respected for her ability to tailor submissions to the needs and expectations of the judiciary in different courts. She is also regularly instructed in procedural disputes, including costs, relief from sanctions applications, and issues concerning disclosure and expert evidence.

Klaudia has extensive experience in MOJ Stage 3 hearings and OIC Protocol litigation, acting for both claimants and defendants in disputed quantum, liability, and mixed-injury cases. She is regularly instructed to deal with arguments on valuation, prognosis, tariff and non-tariff injuries, and the appropriate application of the mixed-injury guidance following Hassam v Rabot. She is adept at navigating the procedural nuances of the OIC portal, including disputes over liability admissions, uplift challenges, and evidential sufficiency. Her careful preparation and clear, focused submissions ensure that she is able to address judicial concerns efficiently, leading to consistent results in fast-moving Stage 3 lists. She provides pragmatic, early advice to solicitors and insurers on settlement prospects, evidential gaps, and strategy, and has an ability to identify the key issues that will shape the court’s assessment of damages. Her experience enables her to appreciate the commercial and procedural pressures and to deliver concise, effective advocacy in these high-volume but often technically demanding hearings.

Beyond litigation, she brings a pragmatic approach to settlement discussions, recognising the importance of early and effective negotiation in achieving proportionate outcomes. Klaudia is also available for conferences with witnesses and advice on liability and quantum.

Casualty Fraud -

Klaudia has a developing and well-rounded practice in casualty fraud acting for insurers in cases where credibility, evidence analysis, and tactical insight are crucial. She is regularly instructed by insurers in claims where dishonesty is alleged or suspected and is skilled at navigating the nuanced and often sensitive issues that arise when a party’s integrity is challenged.

Her work includes defending claims involving exaggerated injury or loss, false occupancy claims, fabricated mechanisms of injury, low-velocity impact (LVI) and claims layering. She is experienced in analysing medical records, social media material, surveillance evidence, and communications records as part of her evaluative approach. She is adept at identifying inconsistencies in claimants’ evidence and presenting them in a structured and persuasive manner.

Her courtroom advocacy in this area is grounded in precise preparation. She is confident in cross-examining witnesses where credibility is central to the dispute and has an ability to challenge unreliable or inconsistent accounts without losing sight of professional balance and judicial expectations. She is experienced in making submissions on fundamental dishonesty and understands the strategic implications such findings carry for costs.

Outside trial work, Klaudia is available to advise insurers and solicitors on the strengths and weaknesses of dishonesty allegations, the tactical timing of raising such arguments, and the proportionality considerations that often inform settlement decisions. She also assists with drafting pleadings, counter-schedules, Part 35 questions and Part 18 requests aimed at clarifying or exposing evidential issues.

Credit Hire -

Klaudia has a strong and increasingly busy credit hire practice, acting for both claimants and defendants across the full spectrum of hire disputes. She is regularly instructed in cases involving impecuniosity, need, intervention offers, enforceability of hire agreements, basic hire rate (BHR) evidence, and challenges to period and duration. She is experienced in handling cases where extensive witness evidence and documentary disclosure are required. She is skilled at identifying gaps or inconsistencies in financial disclosure and presenting them persuasively in cross-examination.

She is able to provide clear guidance on proving need and impecuniosity and is adept at rehabilitating evidence where disclosure is incomplete or vulnerable to challenge.

Klaudia is familiar with utilising engineering evidence, spot-hire rates, and intervention correspondence to reduce or defeat claimed losses. She regularly appears in trials and interim hearings related to credit hire issues and her commercial awareness and balanced experience enable her to advise on realistic prospects, negotiation strategy, and the cost-benefit of pursuing or defending hire disputes.

Polish, German