London Bar
Clinical negligence
LEADING JUNIORS2Jane Mishcon –Hailsham Chambers ‘Very thorough, tactically strong, persuasive advocate: in essence, a very tough but respected opponent.'
Jane Malca Mishcon
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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.
Education
Benenden School, Kent; Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford University (BA Hons English Language and Literature, MA).