Georgina Cursham > Ropewalk Chambers > Nottingham, England > Barrister Profile
Ropewalk Chambers Offices
24 THE ROPEWALK
NOTTINGHAM
NG1 5EF
England
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Georgina Cursham
Work Department
Animals and Equine, Serious Injury, Clinical Negligence, Inquests, Wills, Probate, Inheritance.
Position
Georgina is a top-ranked leading junior in the Legal 500 directory for personal injury and inquest work, as well as having been recommended in Chambers & Partners Guide for Personal Injury every year for the last 7 years.
She has a wide-ranging personal injury and clinical negligence practice, with a particular focus on catastrophic injury and fatal accident claims. She is esteemed for her specialist expertise in personal injury claims involving the Animals Act, as well as equine contractual disputes.
She knows her way around the Coroner’s Courts, with extensive experience in Article 2 jury inquests arising from deaths in custody, as well as inquests into deaths arising from suspected failures in diagnosis and medical treatment.
Career
Called 2007; appointed to the Attorney General’s Regional Panel of Counsel to the Crown 2012; prior to coming to the Bar, she worked for the Legal Services Commission, before travelling extensively and teaching English in Russia and China. She returned to the UK to manage a four-star hotel in Central London.
Languages
French (fluent).
Memberships
Personal Injuries Bar Association; Housing Law Practitioners’ Association.
Education
Nottingham Trent University (LLB Hons 1st Class); Pembroke College, Oxford (MA Modern Languages); awarded a major scholarship from Gray’s Inn for the CPE year; achieved the Nottingham Law School Prize for the highest overall result on the Graduate Diploma in Law, followed by the Taylor Prize for best overall performance on the Bar Vocational Course at Nottingham Law School.
Personal
Georgina combines a strong academic background and thorough attention to detail with an approachable, down-to-earth attitude, which enables her to relate well to clients.
Lawyer Rankings
Regional Bar > Midland Circuit > Inquests and inquiries
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 1Georgina Cursham –Ropewalk Chambers ‘Georgina is a very strong all-round barrister. She is very thorough in her review and preparation of a case. In court or an inquest, she is not fazed by the complexity of a matter and stays calm even in difficult and challenging circumstances.’
Ropewalk Chambers is a ‘go-to chambers in Nottingham’ whose members provide a ‘very high standard of service’ in inquests and inquiries relating to deaths in custody, psychiatric institutions and medical care. Georgina Cursham acted for the family in an inquest into the death of a severely disabled young man, who drowned in a reservoir while under the supervision of a day centre care worker, while Edward James represented a family in an inquest into the death of a man, who took his own life using a pneumatic drill while receiving outpatient psychological care. Thomas Herbert is praised as ‘well-prepared and thoughtful in his questioning of witnesses’.
Regional Bar > Midland Circuit > Personal injury
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 1Georgina Cursham –Ropewalk Chambers ‘Georgina is excellent with clients. Her attention to detail is second-to-none. She is very good on her feet with thorough preparation.’