Christalla is a senior solicitor in Thompson’s national personal injury team based in the firm’s London office. She specialises in catastrophic and life-changing injury claims representing individuals who have suffered serious brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, amputations, multiple orthopaedic trauma and fatal accidents.
With extensive experience across the full spectrum of complex personal injury litigation—including road traffic collisions and workplace accidents—Christalla is known for her meticulous preparation, strategic insight, and unwavering commitment to securing the best results for her clients. She has a strong track record of proving liability in some of the most challenging and fiercely contested High Court cases
Driven by a determination to secure the maximum possible compensation, Christalla draws on years of specialist expertise to gather the strongest evidence, asking the right questions of employers, police, witnesses, and experts. Her approach is both robust and compassionate, ensuring clients and their families receive not only expert legal representation but also practical support from the outset.
Christalla prioritises early access to rehabilitation, arranging assessments with leading medical experts to identify clients’ long‑term needs. She regularly secures interim payments to assist with immediate costs of care, treatment, therapy, and essential equipment.
A skilled and tenacious negotiator, she ensures clients receive the specialist rehabilitation, therapy, and home adaptations they need to regain independence and rebuild their lives. She works closely with agencies and support organisations to ensure every client has access to the right resources at the right time.
Christalla is driven by Thompsons’ ethos: standing up for injured people and achieving meaningful outcomes that enable clients to move forward with dignity and confidence.
Outside of work, Christalla enjoys theatre, running, baking, and yoga.”
Case Experience:
- Secured £4.1 million for a worker struck by a drunk driver and who sustained catastrophic injuries with complications leading to amputation of both legs
- Settled a case for £1.25 million for a motorcyclist who was nearly killed in a head-on crash caused by a drunk driver.
- Acted for a child who was struck by a motor vehicle in a road traffic accident, securing extensive rehabilitation, care, and therapies and concluding in a settlement of a 7-digit sum.
- Secured £2 million in compensation for a client who sustained a serious brain injury and was unable to carry on his job as a scaffolder or hold down any employment at all as a result.
- Secured a multi-million-pound settlement, including interim payments, for a client who was left paraplegic as a result of their injury.
- Settled a case for just under £1.5 million for a motorcyclist who sustained serious and complex injuries, including a head injury that immobilised him, after a collision.
- Ensured more than £1 Million in compensation for a young woman left in vegetive state after being knocked down by a car whose driver – in the absence of any eyewitnesses denied liability. Christalla secured an interim payment to move the client to a more comfortable nursing home and to pay for her family, including her young son, to visit her from abroad.
- Settled a case for more than £1 million for a young man who suffered severe injuries to his hand, with a traumatic amputation of his middle three fingers, following an accident at work.
- Obtained a £700,000 settlement for woman struck by a car as a pedestrian, suffering multiple and serious injuries, including fractures to the thigh bone, elbow, forearm, both knees, and her back. She was left with significant ongoing mobility problems necessitating her using a walking stick and a future prognosis for a total knee replacement and further surgery.
Professional membership
Christalla is a member of the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers and supports Headway East London.