Guildhall Chambers

Clinical Negligence; Personal Injury; Professional Discipline; Court of Protection

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.

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.

BA (Hons), Jurisprudence, University of Oxford; LLM (Distinction), Medical Law, King's College London; BPTC, Kaplan Law School, London