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Kriti Upadhyay
Work Department
Clinical Negligence; Personal Injury; Professional Discipline; Court of Protection
Position
Kriti is a medical lawyer, specialising in clinical negligence, Court of Protection health and welfare, professional discipline, and personal injury. Her expertise allows her to advise on a wide range of legal issues arising in the healthcare sector, including civil claims, inquests, representing medical professionals before regulatory bodies, advising on health and welfare cases involving vulnerable adults in the Court of Protection and advising on cases involving issues of mental health law. Kriti has been commended by instructing solicitors for her preparation, attention to detail and her advocacy skills.
Kriti jointly heads the Court of Protection and Public Law team in Chambers.
Career
Called in 2011
Kriti has been ranked by the Legal 500 as a Leading Junior in clinical negligence. She has a busy clinical negligence practice, and advises on a wide range of cases ranging from complex obstetric and gynaecological issues, delayed cancer diagnoses and surgical errors in various disciplines. She is instructed to advise and appear in court in matters by both claimants and defendants. Kriti regularly drafts pleadings for complex and high value cases, advises both in conference with experts from various disciplines, on settlement, and in respect of procedural issues such as limitation and disclosure.
Kriti also has significant clinical negligence inquest experience, including Article 2 jury inquests involving a number of medical professionals giving evidence over several days. Kriti regularly represents both families and medical professionals at inquests.
Kriti jointly heads the Court of Protection and Public Law team in Chambers. She has a varied Court of Protection practice, specialising in health and welfare cases, including personal welfare applications, challenges to deprivation of liberty authorisations under the Mental Capacity Act 2007, and cases involving medical treatment. She is instructed to act on behalf of vulnerable adults through the Official Solicitor and other litigation friends, family members and local authorities in matters, including where there are complex issues of capacity and medical evidence, or infringement with human rights. She regularly advises on cases involving issues in respect of care provision, residence, contact and medical treatment.
Memberships
- Personal Injury Bar Association
- Court of Protection Practitioners Association
- Western Circuit
Education
BA (Hons), Jurisprudence, University of Oxford;
LLM (Distinction), Medical Law, King’s College London;
BPTC, Kaplan Law School, London
Lawyer Rankings
Regional Bar > Western Circuit > Professional disciplinary law
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 1Kriti Upadhyay –Guildhall Chambers ‘Kriti is extremely professional, caring and compassionate. She is everything you need in a barrister.’
Regional Bar > Western Circuit > Court of Protection and community care
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 1Kriti Upadhyay – Guildhall Chambers ‘Kriti has great attention to detail and a solid understanding of the law which she applies effectively. She is a fantastic advocate in and out of court. Her interpersonal skills are second to none – she highly professional and empathetic.’
Regional Bar > Western Circuit > Clinical negligence
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 1Kriti Upadhyay – Guildhall Chambers ‘One key strength of hers is her attention to detail. She is confident and articulate in conference and is also very good with clients, especially in upsetting cases with tricky issues.’
Guildhall Chambers is a ‘standout‘ set for clinical negligence work on the Western circuit. Selena Plowden KC is ‘well suited to handling the most complex of cases‘ and heads the team. She specialises in cases involving mental health and human rights issues, and recently led the representation of the claimant in the high-profile case of Lewis-Ranwell v G4S Services Uk Ltd & Others – a claim brought by a man who was acquitted of murder on the grounds of insanity and detained under a hospital order against those who treated him prior to those events – the case addresses the question of if the claim is considered ex turpi causa. Sophie Holme has recently acted in several significant cases, including spinal surgical negligence, delayed cancer diagnosis claims, cauda equina, birth-related bowel injuries, and fatal and psychiatric negligence claims, among others. Martin Lanchester and Kriti Upadhyay both handle a broad range of clinical disputes work, while Philip Hughes is increasingly sought after for his medical expertise, which he has brought to bear in several instructions to aid in the determination of causation and quantum.
Regional Bar > Western Circuit > Personal injury
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 3Kriti Upadhyay – Guildhall Chambers ‘Kriti is exceptionally well prepared, enthusiastic and empathetic. Her attention to detail is apparent in her questioning of witnesses and well-considered submissions.’