Nina Unthank
UK Bar Guide 2025
Band 5 : Clinical Negligence
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About
Provided by Nina Unthank
Practice Areas
Nina specialises in high value and complex clinical negligence and personal injury disputes.
Recent clinical negligence cases include matters involving alleged failure to diagnose and treat cauda equina syndrome, alleged failure to treat spinal infection, alleged failure to diagnose coarctation of the aorta leading to stroke, birth related injuries including shoulder dystocia, hysterectomy and brain damage, alleged failure to provide reasonable antibiotic therapy following surgery resulting in meningitis and significant brain injury, alleged hypoxic brain injury after undergoing a Whipple’s procedure, alleged failure to diagnose and treat breast cancer, alleged negligent performance of an open sigmoid colectomy procedure, alleged negligently performed hip replacement, alleged failure to diagnose and treat lung cancer, alleged delayed diagnosis of caecal cancer, lingual nerve damage arising from an allegedly negligent extraction of a wisdom tooth, failure to treat meningitis, post- operative care following pharyngeal pouch operation, alleged failures by opticians and the ambulance service and fatal accidents.
Recent personal injury cases include acting for insurers in claims involving fundamental dishonesty both in the fields of road traffic and employers’ liability, disability, defending claims arising out of accidents on inflatable water rides, inflatable table football, ski slopes and ice skating rinks, chronic pain, accidents at work and tripping claims.
Career
Nina was called to the Bar in 2001; She was a Middle Temple, Astbury Scholar.
Downing College, Cambridge (MA Law); Inns of Court School of Law (BVC), Warwick University (BA History).
Professional Memberships
PIBA, ELBA, COMBAR, LCLCBA, Middle Temple.
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Nina Unthank's clinical negligence practice focuses on defendants, offering expertise in settlements as well as taking cases through to trial. She has experience before the High Court and has handled high-value cases involving catastrophic brain injury and spinal injuries.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Nina is very easy to work with and wants the best for her clients. She is very thorough at getting to grips with the issues."
"It is always a pleasure to work with Nina. She has a fantastic bedside manner and deals with matters with sensitivity when required without losing punch with her defence."
"Nina is simply wonderful. She is very pragmatic but firm and really understands the needs of the client."
"Nina is meticulous and thorough in her examination of the case in hand. She is prompt with her turnaround of work and a pleasure to deal with."
"Nina is very easy to work with and wants the best for her clients. She is very thorough at getting to grips with the issues."
"It is always a pleasure to work with Nina. She has a fantastic bedside manner and deals with matters with sensitivity when required without losing punch with her defence."
"Nina is simply wonderful. She is very pragmatic but firm and really understands the needs of the client."
"Nina is meticulous and thorough in her examination of the case in hand. She is prompt with her turnaround of work and a pleasure to deal with."
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