Personal Injury
Erica has wide experience in all areas of personal injury work, including injuries of the utmost severity, fatal accidents and employers’ liability. She has a mixed practice, acting for both Claimants and insurers.
Erica has acted in cases involving various forms of catastrophic injury, including severe brain damage, spinal injuries and amputations. She has also acted in numerous fatal accident claims for both Claimants and Defendants over the years.
Selected Cases
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News
- Counsel from Crown Office Chambers successfully defend trial judge’s decision on appeal in cauda equina syndrome case
- Success for Erica Power and Victoria Woodbridge in Clinical Negligence claim
Qualifications
- Kennedy & Hardwicke Scholarships, Lincoln’s Inn (1990)
- Inns of Court Studentship Award (1989)
- LLM, University of Virginia
- BA (Hons), Trinity College, Cambridge University
Memberships
- Personal Injury Bar Association
- Professional Negligence Bar Association
Recommendations
“Erica is an excellent advocate.”…”She can deal with complex and novel interpretations of medical data and legal points.”…”She is truly forensic in her assessment of cases.”
Chambers & Partners, 2025
“Erica is always on hand to assist on any difficult claims and particularly excels advising on quantum.”…”She is great with clients and instructing solicitors.”
Chambers & Partners, 2025
“Erica is clearly very bright and capable. Her advice is always spot on and she is also a highly skilled and persuasive advocate.”
Legal 500, 2025
“Erica has a brilliant legal mind, fierce attention to detail and is overall incredibly accomplished.”
Chambers & Partners, 2024
“Erica has huge experience in the field of product liability. She is a formidable opponent. She has a steely determination and resolve. She is an excellent and clear advocate.”
Legal 500, 2024
“Erica has incredible attention to detail, a very smart and competent barrister, with a great command of medicine as well as the legal principles.”
Legal 500, 2024
“She’s fantastic – really sharp, smart and knows how to defeat arguments from the other side.”
Chambers & Partners, 2022
“Erica is absolutely superb. She has a meticulous eye and will pick up on tiny details which can sway a case.”
Legal 500, 2022
“Superb advocate and thorough in her cross-examination. Never afraid of a challenge and always very forensic in her analysis which pays dividends when a case comes to trial.”…”Erica has huge experience in the field of product liability. She is a formidable opponent. She is unfailingly courteous, she also has a steely determination and resolve. She is an excellent and clear advocate. She is also devastating on paper. And is the senior junior of choice for many insurers.”
Legal 500, 2021
“Her forensic abilities are excellent – she can be relied upon to uncover the smallest details. She assimilates information with remarkable alacrity and is able to offer both empathy and realism in conference with clients.”; “She’s extremely intelligent, detailed and brilliant with experts.”
Chambers & Partners, 2021
“A clear and convincing advocate with a good grasp of the issues. She’s able to deploy her strategic and commercial experience to negotiate a settlement.”; “A very experienced junior.”
Chambers & Partners, 2021
“Her forensic abilities are well known, she can be relied upon to uncover the smallest details, and her clear explanation of the issues is much appreciated by all. She assimilates information with remarkable alacrity and is able to offer both empathy and realism in conference with clients and experts.”
Chambers & Partners, 2020
“Her cross-examination is very forensic.”
Legal 500, 2020
“A very accomplished product liability barrister, who’s very considered in her approach and also very responsive. She’s always willing to call you and talk something through, no matter how minor it is. Also has a very good, common-sense approach.”
Chambers & Partners, 2016
