Region Area

Barristers

Helen Mulholland KC

Kings Chambers, North West

Memberships

Professional Negligence Bar Association

Personal Injury Bar Association

Position

Helen is a specialist medical barrister. She accepts instructions in all areas of healthcare law, with particular expertise in cases of medical negligence and serious medical treatment decisions.

She undertakes the most serious medical negligence cases, with particular expertise in cases of neurological and neurosurgical injury; she is also regularly instructed on birth damage cases. Helen is recognised for her exceptional trial advocacy, and has extensive experience of cross-examining medical experts; she is frequently instructed in medical negligence liability trials of particular complexity. In addition to her trial acumen, Helen is a highly accomplished negotiator and undertakes countless mediations and JSMs.

Helen has considerable experience of cases involving serious medical treatment decisions, both in the Family Division and the Court of Protection. She has been involved in many cases involving complex treatment and withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment and understands the extreme sensitivity of such cases.

Education

BA (Hons) Italian & French 1997

Common Professional Examination (Chester) 1998

Bar Vocational Course (Inns of Court School of Law) 1999

Mentions

North Eastern Circuit • Regional Bar

Clinical negligence

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Helen Mulholland KC – Kings Chambers 'Helen is a formidable advocate. She is firm and tenacious, excellent on her feet and with clients.'
Northern Circuit • Regional Bar

Clinical negligence

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Helen Mulholland KC – Kings Chambers ‘Helen has an excellent ability to build rapport with clients as she is a consummate professional, empathetic, and personable. Her advice is clear, well-considered and concise, and she is very impressive in both her oral and written advocacy.’
North Eastern Circuit • Regional Bar

Court of Protection and community care

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Helen Mulholland KC – Kings Chambers 'Helen is a highly skilled, confident, and assured advocate in Court of Protection matters. She is extremely responsive, helpful and knowledgeable.'
Northern Circuit • Regional Bar

Court of Protection and community care

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Helen Mulholland KC – Kings Chambers ‘Helen strikes exactly the right chord. Her advocacy is superb; eloquent and efficient. She is brilliant on her feet.'
Northern Circuit • Regional Bar

Personal injury

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Helen Mulholland KC – Kings Chambers 'Helen is excellently prepared and considers all the information very carefully when advising. She gains an excellent grasp of the key issues very swiftly and can address them in a clear and concise fashion, and she has an excellent manner when it comes to dealing with both clients and experts alike.'