Personal Injury
Liana is regularly instructed to appear in small claims and fast track trials and applications, including matters involving fundamental dishonesty. She also advises on liability and quantum. Recent instructions include:
- Advising on the prospects of defending a personal injury claim arising from the unloading of wooden panels, where the delivery was arranged by the first defendant and carried out by the second defendant.
- Advising and settling a defence in a claim against a regulatory sports body for personal injuries arising out of a cycling accident.
Prior to joining Chambers, Liana worked in the injury department of a leading law firm, gaining exposure to a wide range of high-value and complex personal injury matters, including:
- Acting in relation to a claimant who suffered a serious spinal cord injury after falling from a horse during a show jumping competition.
- Appealing a Motor Insurers’ Bureau award on behalf of a claimant who required a below-the-knee amputation following a road traffic accident.
- Acting in relation to a claimant who suffered life-threatening burns at work after a molten zinc tank overflowed.
Selected Cases
View full profile »Awards
- Best individual advocacy, LCIA-LSE pre-moot to the Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot 2020 (attended by 12 international teams)
- Highest mark in the Law of Contract, University of Nottingham
- South Square Scholarship to read the BCL
- BPP University Advocacy Scholarship
- Middle Temple Benefactors Scholarship
News
- Carlo Taczalski and Liana Turner obtain anti-suit injunction to enforce compliance with exclusive jurisdiction agreement within an English insurance policy
- Daimler Buses UK Ltd successfully defends product liability claim
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Events
Qualifications
- Law LLB, University of Nottingham (First, 2nd in year)
- BCL, New College, University of Oxford (Distinction)
- BPTC, BPP University
Memberships
- COMBAR
- Advocate
