Deka Chambers
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Linda Nelson
- Phone020 7832 0500
- Email[email protected]
Work Department
Clinical negligence, personal injury, Travel
Position
Linda has a specialist clinical negligence, personal injury and costs practice with a growing recognition for her Admiralty work. She is recommended as a leading personal injury junior in the Legal 500 Clients' Guide.
Her personal injury and clinical negligence litigation experience includes: High-value/complex RTAs, with particular expertise in issues arising in fraudulent claims. She writes the Low Velocity Collision chapter in Kemp & Kemp's Personal Injury Law, Practice and Procedure and is a contributing author of APIL's "Guide to RTA liability". She was junior counsel in a product liability claim involving a defective tyre causing a fatal and multi-injury crash; Admiralty claims and marine accidents.
She co-authored the "Work Accidents at Sea" book and often advises on issues including foreign jurisdiction, limitation and aspects of the Athens Convention and Package Travel Regulations; Aviation / carriage by air and holiday claims, including Montreal Convention claims; Employer's liability, trippers and slippers, animals claims, coroners' inquests and CICAP.
She is a contributing author of ‘Clinical Negligence Claims: A Practical Guide’ published by 9 Gough Square(now Deka Chambers) and is a regularly contributes articles to legal publications and speaks at seminars and for webcasts. Linda is regularly instructed for detailed costs assessments, CCMCs and SCCO hearings.
Career
Call: 2000.
Education
Education: Exeter University LLB (Hons) Law.