Linda Jacobs

Clinical negligence, medical law and personal injury. Professional regulatory law and coronial law/inquests.

Linda Jacobs is a barrister at Cloisters (2000 call, Middle Temple, Harmsworth Scholar). She specialises in clinical negligence, personal injury, and healthcare law; inquest and professional regulatory law; and Criminal Injury Compensation Authority Appeal Panel claims. Linda has extensive advisory and advocacy experience in a broad range of clinical negligence, personal injury, occupational illness and disease, fatal accident, product liability, and dangerous animal claims. She is regularly instructed in cases of catastrophic injury as sole counsel or as a junior, including spinal/neurological injury and birth-related injury. Linda regularly represents families at inquests, often proceeding litigation. In addition, Linda represents healthcare professionals at disciplinary and regulatory proceedings before various regulatory bodies, including the General Medical Council and Nursing and Midwifery Council. Linda has attended the Standing Conference of Mediation Advocates workshops on Mediation Advocacy.

BSc (Hons) First Class; LLM (Merit); LLM (Legal Aspects of Medical Practice (Distinction)).