Nadia Whittaker
UK Bar Guide 2025
Band 4 : Clinical Negligence
Band 4
About
Provided by Nadia Whittaker
Practice Areas
Clinical Negligence, Professional Negligence (including medico-legal experts), Personal Injury (including disease litigation and historic sexual abuse), Civil Fraud and Inquests.
Career
Nadia’s regular workload is in obstetric, neurosurgical, orthopaedic, anaesthetic, oncological, bariatric, ophthalmic, psychiatric, emergency medicine and ambulance services. She specialises in allegations of dishonesty (Iddon v Warner [2021] EWHC 587 (QB): a 7-month custodial sentence for contempt of Court); informed consent (Ollosson v Lee [2019] EWHC 784 (QB); Ball v Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust (2023)); complex arguments about the scope of duty of care (Radia v Marks [2022] EWHC 145 (QB); Chilton v Payne [2024] EWHC 451 (Admin); Juj v John Lewis Partnership Plc [2023] EWCA Civ 1507); catastrophic injuries (Wilson (A Protected Party) v British Boxing Board of Control and others (2024)), and dependency claims. She regularly represents families and Trusts at inquests involving clinical mismanagement of patients detained under the Mental Health Act 1983. Nadia has successfully represented clients in applications concerning wasted costs (Robinson v Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Trust and Mercier [2023] EWHC 21 (KB)) and disapplication of Qualified One-Way Costs regime (Waterfield & 25 others v Dentality Ltd and others [2020] 11 WLUK 223). Nadia is a trial advocate known for her analytical and pragmatic approach and being adept at dealing efficiently and tactfully with highly sensitive issues. Her rigorous analysis of the evidence permits her to secure optimal outcomes in highly contested cases, often against Leading Counsel.
Professional Memberships
PIBA, PNBA
Publications
PI Focus Case report: the doctrine of informed consent (May 2023).
Chambers Review
UK Bar
Nadia Whittaker is a well-regarded barrister who acts for both claimants and defendants across a wide range of clinical negligence matters. She has particular experience in catastrophic injury and informed consent cases.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Nadia is extremely bright and incisive in any situation. She will always cut through peripheral matters and gets to the heart of an issue quickly and eloquently."
"Nadia is an impressive advocate and her attention to detail is second to none."
"Nadia has a really good balance of detailed legal advice crossed with pragmatic solutions. She is impressive on her feet in trial and her pleadings are brilliant and very detailed."
"Nadia is all round fantastic. She is very good at what she does and incredibly robust with the knowledge to back it up."
"Nadia is extremely bright and incisive in any situation. She will always cut through peripheral matters and gets to the heart of an issue quickly and eloquently."
"Nadia is an impressive advocate and her attention to detail is second to none."
"Nadia has a really good balance of detailed legal advice crossed with pragmatic solutions. She is impressive on her feet in trial and her pleadings are brilliant and very detailed."
"Nadia is all round fantastic. She is very good at what she does and incredibly robust with the knowledge to back it up."
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