Expertise

Nadia has extensive experience representing clients who have sustained life-changing injuries as a consequence of medical negligence. Nadia has significant experience of High Court litigation and in particular, cases involving complex causation arguments. Nadia specialises in spinal cord injuries and brain injuries and has particular expertise in cases involving stroke and cauda equina syndrome.

Nadia regularly speaks on issues such as patient safety, documentation and compliance to NHS Trusts, charities and private rehabilitation providers. She works collaboratively with organisations to support providing the best levels of care.

Recognition

Nadia is recognised as a ‘Next Generation Partner’ by Legal 500, having previously been ranked as a ‘Leading Associate’ and ‘Key Lawyer’.

“Nadia Krueger-Young’s client service and general level of service and level of sophistication are very strong. Nadia is an exceptional solicitor and a definite future partner. She is always completely on top of her cases. She is sensible, sensitive, intelligent and committed. She is the complete package in a clinical negligence solicitor and is going places.” (Chambers UK, unpublished 2025)

“Nadia is an astute tactician with strong judgement” (Chambers UK, published 2026)

Experience

• Crossman v St George’s Healthcare NHS Trust [2016] EWHC 2878 (QB). Nadia acted for the claimant in this matter that was won at trial in the High Court. The claimant sustained nerve injury during spinal surgery and it was argued that but for the Claimant being put on the list for surgery in error, the injury would not have occurred.
• Acting for a claimant who was wrongly administered thrombolysis resulting in haemorrhagic stroke and brain damage.
• Acting for a claimant who sustained tetraplegia due to a failure to diagnose an unstable spinal cord injury.
• Acting for a claimant who had an ischaemic stroke following a failure to diagnose and treat a Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA).
• Acting for a claimant who sustained a stroke following a delay in diagnosis of endocarditis, including complex arguments on causation where the judgement of Crossman v St George’s Healthcare NHS Trust was relied on.
• Acting for a claimant who suffered a delay in diagnosis of cauda equina syndrome, including the highest ever cauda equina settlement at Stewarts.

Career

Nadia started her career at Stewarts as a paralegal in the medical negligence team. She trained at the firm and qualified as an NQ in 2012. Since then, Nadia has been promoted to Associate, Senior Associate, and Partner and has adopted senior roles in the department.

Publications and Media

Nadia has published on topics such as the importance of early rehabilitation, red flag symptoms of spinal cord injury and the Cauda Equina GIRFT Pathway. She has also received press coverage for raising awareness of Cauda Equina Syndrome Missed red flags: Nadia Krueger-Young speaks to The Times on Cauda Equina Syndrome – Stewarts

Nadia regularly presents training to hospitals, medical organisations and charities on risk management and ‘How not to get sued’. She has presented on ‘Cauda equina from a medico-legal perspective’ to hospitals and spinal injury charities.

Nadia is a regular guest speaker at the Doctors Updates, multidisciplinary annual medical conference, in Val-d’Isère.

Personal

Nadia is married with two young children. Outside of work, she enjoys spending time with family and friends, long walks, playing tennis and cycling.