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1 Crown Office Row
TEMPLE, LONDON
EC4Y 7HH
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Suzanne Lambert
Position
Suzanne Lambert has a broad civil and public law practice. She undertakes a wide range of common law cases, with a particular focus on healthcare and medical law, including clinical negligence and inquests, but also contractual matters involving institutions and GPs, cases involving ethical questions such as consent to treatment, human rights, mental health law, confidentiality issues and product liability. She also has extensive experience in personal injury, judicial review, professional discipline and regulatory law, as well as public inquiries. She is recommended as a leading junior by Legal 500.
She is instructed by both Claimants and Defendants in a wide variety of cases arising from allegations of clinical negligence. She acts in both low-value cases as well as high-value cases involving serious and catastrophic injuries (for example, cerebral palsy, spinal injuries, neurological injuries, loss of fertility, IVF and surrogacy, and delayed diagnosis of cancer). She has experience with complex legal issues such as contributory negligence, apportionment between Defendants, fatal accident claims, consent, and secondary victim claims.
Career
Call: 2002; Lincoln’s Inn.
Memberships
ALBA; Human Rights Law Association; Liberty; JUSTICE; South Eastern Circuit.
Education
St Josephs Convent, Port of Spain, Trinidad, West Indies; Dartmouth College, Hanover NH, USA (1997 BA Geography and Environmental Studies); Exeter College, Oxford (2001 BA Jurisprudence).
Leisure
Travel, tennis, cooking, dance, football.
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Professional disciplinary and regulatory law
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 4The barristers at 1 Crown Office Row specialise in a range of disciplinary proceedings involving medical professionals. Robert Kellar KC has an excellent track record in representing clients from the healthcare sector in cases involving allegations of dishonesty, sexual misconduct, and clinical malpractice. Clodagh Bradley KC successfully defended a veterinary surgeon against charges of misconduct, arising from alleged mismanagement of a dog’s hyperglycaemia at a consultation four days prior to its sudden deterioration in health and death. Suzanne Lambert is regularly instructed in fitness to practise proceedings before a broad range of regulatory bodies.
London Bar > Clinical negligence
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 4Suzanne Lambert –1 Crown Office Row ‘A concise and serene junior who prepares thoroughly.’