Georgia Banks
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Georgia specialises in inquests, inquiries, clinical negligence, personal injury and industrial disease.
She is currently instructed on behalf of the Surviving Victims in the Nottingham Attacks Public Inquiry.
Georgia is regularly instructed in inquests. She has represented interested persons in the following cases:
- 3-day jury inquest for the family in a case involving the failure to diagnose acute bacterial meningitis on an intensive care unit
- Inquest where the insertion of a chest drain incorrectly was found to have contributed to death
- Inquest involving a failure to appropriately treat a pressure ulcer
- PIRH on a number of cases relating to sensitive mental health issues and deaths in custody
Georgia has been instructed as Junior Counsel in the High Court:
- Bevan v Ministry of Defence [2025] EWHC 1145 (KB): instructed alongside Jim Hester for the Defendant in a claim for noise-related injury, valued by the Claimant at over £530,000. The Court concluded that the Claimant’s tinnitus and asserted psychological injury were not attributable to the conceded breach of duty.
- HQA v Newcastle-upon-Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust [2025] EWHC 2121 (KB): instructed alongside Howard Elgot and Megan Crowther for the Claimant in this clinical negligence trial to determine breach of duty and causation. The Claimant succeeded on issues of: (1) informed consent; (2) breach of duty by the surgeon in the planning of the operation; and (3) establishing that 13 minutes of cerebral hypoxia would have been avoided had the operation been planned appropriately. The matter will proceed to assessment of damages. The claim is estimated to have a value of over £5,000,000.
Georgia has been praised by clients for her professionalism, calmness and as a reassuring presence to witnesses at trial. She prides herself on her thorough preparation and empathetic approach.
Before completing pupillage, she worked for two years as a paralegal to an experienced barrister specialising in catastrophic injury and clinical negligence claims. She drafted pleadings and high value schedules of loss, considered case strategy and assisted with preparation for court hearings and JSMs.
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Georgia Banks
About
Georgia specialises in inquests, inquiries, clinical negligence, personal injury and industrial disease.
She is currently instructed on behalf of the Surviving Victims in the Nottingham Attacks Public Inquiry.
Georgia is regularly instructed in inquests. She has represented interested persons in the following cases:
- 3-day jury inquest for the family in a case involving the failure to diagnose acute bacterial meningitis on an intensive care unit
- Inquest where the insertion of a chest drain incorrectly was found to have contributed to death
- Inquest involving a failure to appropriately treat a pressure ulcer
- PIRH on a number of cases relating to sensitive mental health issues and deaths in custody
Georgia has been instructed as Junior Counsel in the High Court:
- Bevan v Ministry of Defence [2025] EWHC 1145 (KB): instructed alongside Jim Hester for the Defendant in a claim for noise-related injury, valued by the Claimant at over £530,000. The Court concluded that the Claimant’s tinnitus and asserted psychological injury were not attributable to the conceded breach of duty.
- HQA v Newcastle-upon-Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust [2025] EWHC 2121 (KB): instructed alongside Howard Elgot and Megan Crowther for the Claimant in this clinical negligence trial to determine breach of duty and causation. The Claimant succeeded on issues of: (1) informed consent; (2) breach of duty by the surgeon in the planning of the operation; and (3) establishing that 13 minutes of cerebral hypoxia would have been avoided had the operation been planned appropriately. The matter will proceed to assessment of damages. The claim is estimated to have a value of over £5,000,000.
Georgia has been praised by clients for her professionalism, calmness and as a reassuring presence to witnesses at trial. She prides herself on her thorough preparation and empathetic approach.
Before completing pupillage, she worked for two years as a paralegal to an experienced barrister specialising in catastrophic injury and clinical negligence claims. She drafted pleadings and high value schedules of loss, considered case strategy and assisted with preparation for court hearings and JSMs.
Georgia has experience drafting pleadings and written advice in clinical negligence matters. She accepts instructions from both claimants and defendants for interim applications, CCMCs and trials. She regularly conducts conferences with clients and medical experts.
She is comfortable with a range of medical issues, with her experience including: orthopaedic surgery, delayed cancer diagnosis, obstetrics and ophthalmology.
Her experience at trial in the High Court in HQA v Newcastle-upon-Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (see above) and during pupillage under the supervision of Abigail Telford have provided a strong foundation for her clinical negligence practice.
Georgia has experience drafting high value schedules of loss from her experience pre-pupillage.
Georgia regularly takes instructions for written submissions, pre-inquest review hearings and final inquests. She accepts instructions for inquests in a variety of fields, including healthcare related deaths, cases involving sensitive mental health issues and deaths in custody.
Her experience on the Nottingham Inquiry has complemented her growing inquest and inquiry practice.
Georgia is regularly instructed on behalf of claimants and defendants in all aspects of personal injury litigation. Her experience includes:
- Interim applications
- Fast track and small claims
- CCMCs
- Road traffic accidents
- Employers and occupier’s liability claims
- Highways claims
Georgia gained extensive experience and knowledge of industrial disease work while under the supervision of Jim Hester during pupillage.
She accepts instructions from both claimants and defendants for pleadings, interim applications and trials. She is regularly instructed in matters involving noise-induced hearing loss claims.
- Member of Honourable Society of the Inner Temple
- AvMA member
- North East Medico Legal Society
• First Class Honours: LLB Law (European and International Law) at University of Sheffield (2013-2017) and Chinese University of Hong Kong (2015-2016)
• Distinction: LLM Public International Law at Leiden University (2017-2018)
• Merit: Bar Course at The Inns of Court College of Advocacy (2021-2022)
• Inner Temple Horace Avory Scholarship
• Inner Temple Exhibition Scholarship
• Duke of Edinburgh Entrance Award
