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About
Provided by Chesca Lord
Practice Areas
Employment & Discrimination
Personal Injury
Clinical Negligence
Career
Chesca specialises in quantifying serious injuries. In her personal injury and clinical negligence practice she has considerable experience in claims involving amputations, spinal and brain injuries. She is regularly instructed in multi-million pound cases, and has particular expertise securing large interim payments to facilitate property purchases before trial.
Chesca’s adeptness with Schedules and complex losses is also valuable in her employment practice, in particular acting in cases involving alleged injuries caused by discrimination. She is an experienced trial and appellate advocate.
Chambers Review
UK Bar
Chesca Lord is an experienced advocate who specialises in maximum severity quantum-only cases. She is regularly instructed to draft schedules of loss and secure large interim payments for amputations, spinal chord injuries and brain injuries.
Chesca Lord is a skilled litigator who is deeply experienced in employment and equality law, including substantial discrimination claims. She has notable expertise in relation to part-time workers and sleep-in shifts.
Chesca Lord is a respected junior who has significant expertise in complex quantum cases. She often acts for claimants in matters arising from motor accidents.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Chesca is sharp, commercially-focused and clients feel completely at ease with her."
"She is very good at providing clear, concise advice."
"Chesca has excellent attention to detail, especially when it comes to preparing complex schedules of loss."
"Chesca is a brilliant team player. She has a great manner with clients and an eye for detail."
"Chesca is a pleasure to work with, wonderful with clients, meticulous with her papers and an incisive advocate."
"Chesca is great with clients and is approachable and knowledgeable. Her grasp of quantification of high-value claims in particular is very impressive."
"Chesca is first class when it comes to preparing high-value and complex schedules of loss."
"Chesca has an impressive ability to get to grips with a large volume of information."
"Chesca is sharp, commercially-focused and clients feel completely at ease with her."
"She is very good at providing clear, concise advice."
"Chesca has excellent attention to detail, especially when it comes to preparing complex schedules of loss."
"Chesca is a brilliant team player. She has a great manner with clients and an eye for detail."
"Chesca is a pleasure to work with, wonderful with clients, meticulous with her papers and an incisive advocate."
"Chesca is great with clients and is approachable and knowledgeable. Her grasp of quantification of high-value claims in particular is very impressive."
"Chesca is first class when it comes to preparing high-value and complex schedules of loss."
"Chesca has an impressive ability to get to grips with a large volume of information."