Jane Malca Mishcon > Hailsham Chambers > London, England > Barrister Profile
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Jane Malca Mishcon
Position
Jane’s principal areas of practice are medical law (specialising in clinical negligence and independant inquiries) and healthcare related regulatory and disciplinary cases.
In a case that established an important Court of Appeal authority on non-delegable duty of care, Jane successfully defended (with Martin Spencer QC) the liability for wrongful birth in Farraj v King’s Healthcare NHS Trust and Cytogenic DNA Services Ltd. She also chaired the inquiry into alleged misdiagnoses in the histopathology department at University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust.
Jane is ranked as a leading junior in both The Legal 500 and Chambers UK.
Career
Called 1979, Gray’s Inn; chair of independent inquiry into histopathology services in Bristol (2010); chair of nine independent inquiries into homicides by psychiatric patients; accredited mediator; speaker at seminars and to firms of solicitors on clinical negligence topics; former member of Bar Disciplinary Tribunal Panel.
Memberships
Professional Negligence Bar Association.
Education
Benenden School, Kent; Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford University (BA Hons English Language and Literature, MA).
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Clinical negligence
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 2Jane Mishcon –Hailsham Chambers ‘Very thorough, tactically strong, persuasive advocate: in essence, a very tough but respected opponent.’