Georgina Cursham

Year called:

2007

Email:

georginacursham@ropewalk.co.uk

Qualifications:

LLB (Graduate) 1st Class Honours, Nottingham Trent University; MA (Oxon) Modern Languages, Pembroke College, Oxford.

Practice areas:

Personal Injury, Disease, Fraudulent Claims, Regulatory, Costs, Business and Property, Local Government

Georgina Cursham was called to the Bar in 2007.

She was awarded a major scholarship from Gray’s Inn for the CPE year.  She achieved the Nottingham Law School Prize for the highest overall result on the Graduate Diploma in Law, followed by the Taylor Prize for best overall performance on the Bar Vocational Course at Nottingham Law School.

Prior to coming to the Bar, she worked for the Legal Services Commission before travelling extensively and teaching English in Russia and China.  She returned to the UK to manage a 4 star hotel in Central London. She speaks fluent French.

Personal Injury

Georgina represents Claimants and Defendants in a wide range of personal injury matters, including employers’ liability claims, road traffic accidents, occupiers’ liability and highways tripping claims.  She has experience of fast track and multi-track trials, appeals, disposal hearings, and drafting, and appearing in, interim applications.  Her paperwork practice includes advising on liability and quantum and drafting pleadings.

She has a particular interest in the Animals Act and equestrian matters.  Her experience in this field includes trial advocacy and appellate work in the Court of Appeal, as well as advising and drafting pleadings.

Georgina also has an interest in matters involving personal injury in a property and/or landlord and tenant context.  She has acted for both landlord and tenant in matters involving alleged breaches of duty pursuant to Building Regulations, the Defective Premises Act and the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985.

She has extensive experience of proceedings involving children or protected parties, along with matters involving insolvent claimants or defendants, and dealings with the Official Receiver.

Georgina has appeared in CICA and CRU appeals, and at Coroners’ Inquests.

She is happy to accept instructions pursuant to a Conditional Fee Agreement.

Business and Property

Georgina has a broad and diverse business and property practice.  She has represented clients in the County Court and High Court, as well as in joint settlement meetings and is happy to advise in conference and/or in writing.

She has a particular interest in landlord and tenant law, and has experience of both business and residential possession proceedings and other tenancy disputes, including claims for compensation, and dilapidations.  She has been involved in disputes as to the type of interest created in premises (license, tenancy at will, periodic tenancy) and the appropriate statutory protection of such an interest.  She has considered the principles of proprietary estoppel and unjust enrichment in the landlord and tenant context.  Other cases have involved disputes as to the status of a “non-returnable” deposit, and claims for restitution.

Georgina’s property practice includes easement and boundary disputes, and trusts of land.  She has particular experience in disputes arising from the purchase of property under the Right to Buy scheme.  Such disputes frequently involve complex legal issues, such as the creation of constructive and/or resulting trusts, proprietary estoppel and undue influence.

In the business sphere, Georgina has experience of sale of goods and other commercial contract disputes, involving allegations such as breach of contract, wrongful interference with goods, misrepresentation and undue influence.  She has experience in professional negligence claims.

Georgina has a particular interest in disputes with energy providers, having advised clients on the provisions of the Electricity Act and represented clients in emergency injunction and judicial review proceedings to prevent electricity supply from being disconnected.

Georgina’s probate practice involves contentious probate proceedings as well as advising in non-contentious matters.  She has advised and acted in proceedings for the administration of a will, the removal of personal representatives, and the rectification of a will.

Georgina has experience in both personal and company insolvency matters.