Dr Nicholas Braslavsky QC

Practice:

Personal Injury litigation
Clinical Negligence litigation
Regulatory and Disciplinary disputes

Profile:  

Nicholas Braslavsky is a leading common law practitioner with a specialist practice in personal injury and clinical negligence litigation. He has advised and appeared in numerous cases of the highest value and complexity. His experience in the field includes road traffic, disease, employers and public liability cases. He has appeared for both claimants and defendants in a large number of catastrophic spinal and head injury cases as well as in birth damage and other clinical negligence disputes. He has been head of the common law department at Kings Chambers since 2000. Nick has also acted in numerous regulatory and disciplinary cases appearing in courts and tribunals at all levels for medical and other professionals as well as regulatory authorities.

Significant Reported Cases:  

Harland & Wolff PLC and Husbands Ltd v McIntyre [2006] EWCA Civ 287 (CA) (mesothelioma; service fund scheme payments; deductibility under Fatal Accidents Act) 

Cox v Transco PLC [2006] EWCA Civ 127 (CA) (mesothelioma living claimant; exposure by occupier; evidential inferences from primary facts) 

McMinn v McMinn and AIOI Insurance Co of Europe Ltd [2006] Times, 2nd May (QBD) Road Traffic Act 1988 s151(4); repudiation of liability by insurer)

Bennett v Smith (2003) LTL 11/3/2003 (expert witness evidence; support for medical diagnosis)

Hall v Bolton MBC [2001] EWCA Civ 1717 (CA) (revision of pleadings after evidence; prejudice to parties)

Morris v KLM Airlines [2001] 3 WLR 351 (CA); [2002] 2 WLR 578 (HL) (meaning of bodily injury under Warsaw Convention; injury as a result of aviation incidents)

Thorpe v Weightman [2000] CLY 416 (QBD) (local authority liability; road traffic obstructions)

Clough v Tameside & Glossop Health Authority [1998] 1 WLR 1478 (QBD) (expert reports; disclosure of supporting material)

Wiszniewski v Central Manchester Health Authority [1998] PIQR 324 (CA) (clinical negligence; witness testimony)

Hill v West Lancashire Health Authority [1997] Med LR (QBD) (birth damage; CTG tracing; evidence)

Walkin v South Manchester Health Authority [1995] 1 WLR 1543 (CA) (limitation of actions; meaning of personal injury)

R v Manchester Crown Court; ex parte Ashton [1994] 1 AC 9 (HL) (meaning of trial on indictment; football violence)

Berg v Trafford Borough Council [1989] 20 HLR 47 (CA) (housing claims; meaning of houses in multiple occupation)

Recommendations:

Chambers UK 2008:
"...One of the regions most sought after advocates" 
".....applies his well honed expertise to a large number of catastrophic spinal and brain injury cases, as well as birth damage related litigation."

Chambers UK 2007:
"Kings Chambers features a dedicated team of advocates including Nicholas Braslavsky QC"
Leaders at the Bar - Recommended in Clinical Negligence

Legal 500 2008:
is 'masterly in his unravelling of complex medical data'.

Legal 500 2007:
"continues to take cases of the highest complexity and sensitivity"

Legal 500 2006:
"Nicholas Braslavsky QC gets to the heart of the issue and handles cases of the utmost complexity with great ability."

"Outstanding" (Legal 500, 2005; Chambers UK, 2006)

"Incredibly astute with a great ability of finding his way through a case. He is also a very effective communicator able to lighten the tenser moments" (Chambers UK, 2005)

"A talented advocate who certainly gives us pause for thought" (Chambers UK, 2004)

Memberships:

Northern Circuit
North Eastern Circuit
Northern Circuit Executive Committee (1990-1994)
Personal Injury Bar Association
Professional Negligence Bar Association
Northern Circuit Medical Law Association

Career & Education:   

Head of Common Law Section.
Head of Recruitment

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Official Appointments:                      

Birmingham
LLB (Hons) Ph.D
1983 (Inner Temple)

1999
2001
Deputy High Court Judge (authorised to sit in Queen’s Bench Division) 2008 

 

Nicholas Braslavsky QC

Year of Call: 1983

Year of Silk: 1999

Recorder: 2001

Deputy High Court Judge

Head of Common Law Section 

Head of Recruitment

Specialises In:
Personal Injury, Clinical Negligence and Regulatory

Clerked by:
 Colin Griffin

   

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