Nichola Fosler

Practice Areas

Nichola acts in complex and high-value catastrophic personal injury claims and for clients who are pursuing professional negligence against their former solicitors in relation to mishandling of personal injury claims. In the last ten years, Nichola has secured over £100m for her clients.

Nichola specialises in compensation claims for adults and children who have suffered catastrophic injury including spinal cord injury, brain injury and amputation claims. She also pursues professional negligence claims for those who have not been well served by their solicitors.

Nichola assists her clients with accessing the specialised medical and rehabilitative support they need to lead, so far as possible, fully independent lives. Nichola adopts a holistic approach. Whilst her primary concern is to ensure that clients are funded for their immediate and future needs, she always considers the wider financial, emotive and other support that clients and their families require.

Nichola consistently achieves excellent financial settlement awards, securing financial stability for her clients when they need it most.

Career

Nichola qualified as a solicitor in 1996 having read for a degree in Law at UEA Norwich. She attended the University of Law, Guildford for the Legal Practice Course. Nichola joined Stewarts in September 2009 and was promoted to partner in May 2014. Nichola’s previous positions included associate in the catastrophic injury department at Shoosmiths and head of personal injury at Underwoods.

Professional Memberships

Nichola is a member of the following organisations:

Limbless Association

Hampshire Law Society

Spinal Injuries Association

Former Trustee for Headway Basingstoke

She holds the following accreditations

APIL – accredited Senior Litigator, Spinal Cord Injury Specialist and Brain Injury Specialist

Law Society Personal Injury panel

ISPO (International society for prosthetics and orthotics)

Personal

Nichola enjoys cooking and is a self-confessed bookworm. She also enjoys watching films, countryside walks, skiing and horse riding.