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Hannah Gibbs
Position
Hannah specialises in public law, planning and environmental law, local government law and human rights. Her broad experience in public law makes her a strong choice for any judicial review or statutory challenge.
Hannah has acted as sole or junior counsel in litigation in the High Court, Court of Appeal, Supreme Court, County Court and various tribunals, including the First-tier Tribunal (Special Educational Needs and Disability).
She regularly acts for clients in planning appeal hearings and inquiries, some of which have concerned major residential, regeneration and infrastructure projects. Her recent inquiries (as junior counsel) include the Howbury Park Strategic Rail Freight Interchange, the Whitechapel Estate, and the Sainsbury’s Foodstore in Whitechapel.
Hannah’s public law practice has a particular emphasis on medical law and law of the NHS. She is currently instructed as junior counsel to David Lock KC to represent a large group of core participants in the upcoming Infected Blood Inquiry into the contaminated blood scandal of the 1970s and 80s.
She is the author and editor, along with David Lock KC, of NHS Law and Practice, published by Legal Action Group. It is the first comprehensive guide to the structures and frameworks of the NHS and has been described by Sir James Munby as “truly a ground-breaking book” which “no one who needs to understand NHS law could afford to be without”.
NHS Law and Practice explains the legal relationships between NHS commissioners and primary care, community and acute providers of NHS services, as well as explaining the structure of NHS regulation. It provides a detailed guide to enforcing patients’ legal rights around NHS continuing healthcare, patient choice and personal budgets.
Hannah also teaches medical law to undergraduates at the London School of Economics, dealing with various legal and ethical matters such as medical malpractice, health resource allocation, mental capacity, mental health, informed consent, organ donation, abortion, assisted dying, fertility treatment and genome editing.
Languages
Hannah is a proficient French speaker and is currently working towards a qualification in legal French from King’s College London. She also has basic Spanish.
Education
Qualifications
- Durham University (University College), BA French and History (First Class) (2013)
- Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po), Bilingual Exchange Programme Diploma (cum laude) (2012)
- City University, GDL (2014)
- City University, BPTC (Outstanding) (2015)
Scholarships
- Inner Temple Major Scholarship
Hannah is a proficient French speaker and is currently working towards a qualification in legal French from King’s College London. She also has basic Spanish.
Personal
Awards
- Inner Temple Major Scholarship
- Award for highest overall undergraduate mark at University College, Durham University
- Awarded the distinction of cum laude for exchange year at Sciences Po, Paris
- Represented Inner Temple and the United Kingdom at the Telders International Law Moot Court Competition 2014 in The Hague, one of the most prestigious moot competitions in Europe, ranking fifth overall for oral submissions