Dr Nicholas Braslavsky QC

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Head of Chambers

Year of Call: 1983
Year of Silk: 1999

Regulatory & Disciplinary

Nick has undertaken a large number of cases in this field in both regulatory and disciplinary contexts.

Health & Safety

He has appeared in many health and safety cases for the prosecution and defence involving serious injury and death. He prosecuted one of the largest supermarket chains arising out of a fatal driving incident at their premises. He defended a special needs swimming teacher indicted for manslaughter arising out of the drowning of a child in a school swimming pool. He has appeared in a large number of cases arising out of building site deaths and serious injuries, falls from height, drowning, equipment collapses, farm accidents and incidents at medical premises.

In these cases Nick has drawn upon his extensive criminal experience over his years in practice appearing in many murder, manslaughter, death by driving and serious accident cases.

Regulatory

Nick has extensive experience in this field. He has appeared in a wide variety of tribunals including the following:

General Medical Council (for both the Council and the Respondent) involving cases of misdiagnosis, fraud, sexual misconduct, criminal conviction cases including forgery, theft, child pornography.

British Psychological Society - cases involving misconduct including involvement of members in sexual deviancy at secure hospitals

Jockey Club - innocent introduction of prohibited substances

General Dental Council - he sits as a legal assessor

Nick has appeared for the Catholic Church in successfully opposing a licensing application for a night club in Manchester, for one of the large retail chains accused of selling alcohol to under-aged purchasers and in a large number of licensing applications.

He has been involved in Proceeds of Crime applications both at trial and in the Court of Appeal involving large sums of alleged 'tainted' proceeds and complex applications under POCA.

 

Recommendations:

Chambers UK 2012:

Nicholas Braslavsky QC is head of chambers and straddles both personal injury and clinical negligence work. He continues to have notable success in cases concerning cerebral palsy, birth asphyxia and misdiagnosed cancer issues, and is described as a "sound advocate who is cool, calm,collected and highly astute”. 

Nicholas Braslavsky QC excels in complex high-value head and spinal injury cases. Clients value his "ability to get to the centre of the most complex cases." Recently, his practice has been concentrating on claims by military and private security personnel. The "immensely talented, well-prepared and persuasive".

Legal 500 2011:

Dr Nicholas Braslavsky QC is "excellent, thorough, a great advocate and good with clients".

Chambers UK 2011:

Nicholas Braslavsky QC is a very experienced practitioner who handles a whole range of clinical negligence issues with great skill.

Nicholas Braslavsky QC has a thorough and tough approach to litigation but also demonstrates a "supreme ability to put clients at ease." He has recently been acting for an army officer in a paraplegia claim valued at over £4 million.

 

	Career & Education:
University:	University of Birmingham (1976-1982)
Degree:	LL.B Hons (1979) Ph.D (1982)
Year of Call:	1983 (Inner Temple)
Queen's Counsel:	1999
Recorder of the Crown Court:	2001
Official Appointments:	Deputy High Court Judge 2008