Practice Summary
Nicola’s Personal Injury practice focuses on the following areas:
• Motor Accidents
• Credit Hire
• CPR
Areas of Expertise
Motor Accidents
Nicola has spent 11 years at the bar dealing with motor accidents and has significant experience and expertise in this area. Indeed, she is convinced that there isn’t a car crash scenario she has not argued on one side or the other, but is willing to be persuaded otherwise!
Nicola acts for both Claimants and Defendants in all aspects of road traffic accidents including liability and quantum cases, assessments of damages, inquests and costs. Nicola appears in fast and multi track cases, and provides advices and pleadings on all aspects of road traffic accident claims. Nicola is willing to accept instructions on a CFA basis.
Credit Hire
Nicola had been on her feet for two months when Dimond v Lovell was handed down by the House of Lords. As a result she spent her early years in practice arguing 3-5 credit hire cases a week, acting for both Claimants and Defendants, and she hasn’t stopped. She has extensive knowledge and experience in credit hire cases, and still regularly acts for both Claimants and Defendants on the North Eastern Circuit and further afield.
She provides pleadings and advices on all aspects of credit hire, particularly the enforceability of agreements, and regularly lectures and provides in house training to solicitors on this subject.
Nicola is willing to accept instructions on a CFA basis and is also able to accept instructions directly through Public Access.
A copy of Nicola’s article: DSR v Subrogation (everything you needed to know about the CCC regs) can be read here.
and requests for training can be made directly to Nicola at nphillipson@zenithchambers.co.uk
CPR
Nicola has significant experience of dealing with legal arguments relating to the CPR. She regularly acts for both Claimants and Defendants in interim and final applications.
She has a particular interest in Part 36 Costs, and her latest update article can be read here.
Notable Cases
• C v D argument as to the validity of a Part 36 Offer
• Enforceability of a credit hire agreement which partially complied with the Cancellation of Contracts made in a Consumers Home or Place of Work regulations 2008
Seminars
Nicola regularly provides lectures seminars and in-house training on Cars, Credit hire and the CPR. Her recent lectures include:
• The Carver Merry go Round – Oct 2011
• Credit hire update – May 2011
• In house training on credit hire to solicitors – April 2011
Articles
Nicola’s recent articles include:
- Spot Rate is Dead - Long Live "BHR" - To read the full article, please click here.
- Part 36 Update (Oct 2011) – To read the full article, please click here.
- DSR v Subrogation (credit hire) (August 2011) – To read the full article, please click here.
- C v D – parts I and II (March 2011) - To read the full article, please click here.
