Hill Dickinson LLP

Healthcare and Public Law

Partner and Head of Healthcare and Public Law Team

Kiran Bhogal is Head of Hill Dickinson LLP’s Healthcare and Public Law Team and has over 32 years’ experience in NHS and public sector work.

Kiran is recognised as an expert in healthcare and public law and known for her depth of experience in all aspects of healthcare related law.  She has a particular interest and focus on governance, inquiries and investigations, judicial review challenges, human rights, medical ethics and in the Court of Protection.

She has been the lead lawyer in a number of high-profile cases including in the Supreme Court (R v ACCG [2017] UKSC) with judgment awaited from the Supreme Court in a further case in which it has been considering Article 8 and Article 10 ECHR rights in the context of reporting restrictions orders.

Kiran completed higher education in Kenya and prior to qualifying in the UK, attended the Kenya School of Law when she undertook a mini pupillage before being admitted as a solicitor in the UK. She attained higher rights (civil) and was appointed a deputy district judge (SE circuit) in 2006.  Kiran joined Hill Dickinson LLP as Partner to head up its London Healthcare and Public Law Team in January 2016 (have held partner posts at Weightmans LLP and before that Beachcroft (as then was)). She is also on the Board, Head of the London office and Equality and Diversity Lead.

Notable Barristers clerked for / cases clerked on:

W Healthcare NHS Trust -v- KH [2004] EWCA Civ 1324 - advance decisions – Counsel: Robert Francis KC; Michael Mylonas KC (Serjeants Inn Chambers)

Re OT (2009) EWHC 633 (Fam) - withdrawal of life sustaining treatment (child) – Counsel: Michael Mylonas KC (Serjeants Inn Chambers)

Re RB (A Child) (2009) EWHC 3269 (Fam) - withdrawal of life sustaining treatment (child) - Counsel: Michael Mylonas KC (Serjeants Inn Chambers)

L -v- Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust (2012) - COP, DNAR Orders – Counsel: Claire Watson KC (Serjeants Inn Chambers)

Copson, R (on the application of) -v- Dorset Healthcare University NHS Foundation Trust [2013]

EWHC 732 (Admin) - NHS consultation duties – Counsel John de Bono KC (Serjeants Inn Chambers)

X & Ors (Deprivation of Liberty) (2014) EWCOP 25 – Counsel: Michael Mylonas KC (Serjeants Inn Chambers)

MN (Adult) (2015) EWCA Civ 411 – Counsel – Hugh Southey KC (Matrix Chambers); Fiona Paterson KC (then Serjeants Inn Chambers)

R (N) v ACCG [2017] UKSC - Hugh Southey KC (Matrix Chambers); Fiona Paterson KC (then Serjeants Inn Chambers)

Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust v A & Ors [2022] EWHC 1873 (Fam) – Counsel: David Lawson (Serjeants Inn Chambers)

NHS North Central London ICB v AA & Ors [2024] EWCOP 44 (T3) – Counsel: Rhys Hadden (Serjeants Inn Chambers)

R (A) v North Central London ICB [20224] EWHC 2682 – Counsel: David Lawson and Jake Rylatt (Serjeants Inn Chambers)

R (A) v North Central London ICB [2024] EWHC 2881 - David Lawson and Jake Rylatt (Serjeants Inn Chambers)

Punjabi, Swahili, Hindi

The Law Society

Association of Regulatory and Disciplinary Lawyers

Primary Education: Consolata, Nairobi, Kenya (to 1977)

Higher Education: Loreto Convent Msongari, Nairobi, Kenya (1997 to 1983)

LLB Hons degree: University of Buckingham, UK (1985 – 1986)