Areas of expertise: Holiday accident claims, Travel
Profile
Nikita is a junior paralegal in the travel law team.
She gives advice to the team’s UK travel insurer clients and their policyholders on claims resulting from accidents abroad, and assists senior members of the team in a range of tasks including attending conferences with counsel, liaising with foreign experts, preparing witness statements and instructing medico-legal experts.
Nikita joined the firm in April 2024. She completed a bachelor’s degree in French and Spanish at King’s College London, and studied an MSc in international relations and business management at the University of Aberdeen, before doing the GDL at the University of Law in London. Nikita has also gained valuable experience working for a UK tour operator.
Recent work highlights
- Assisting on a high-value case relating to a client who was rendered a paraplegic after a road traffic accident in Poland.
- Working on a claim involving a client who suffered a traumatic brain injury while cycling in France.
- Assisting on a claim involving a client who sustained injuries following a skiing accident in France.
- Assisting on a claim for a road traffic accident in India.
