Ana Samuel
King's Counsel
Joint Head of Chambers
Areas of Practice:
Year of call
Professional bio
Ana specialises in Clinical Negligence and Inquest/Inquiry work and is panel counsel for the Attorney General. Ana has been instructed as Counsel to the Inquest as well as appearing in complex cases involving Counsel to the Inquest and has represented interested persons at Judicial Review
Called in 2004, she acts for predominately for corporate and public sector clients (including NHS Resolution, MOJ/MOD, and private healthcare providers).
Ana’s clinical negligence practice is entirely multi-track, with her undertaking high-value complex work.
Ana’s inquest work is predominately Article 2/Jury or Jamieson inquests with complex medical issues.
Ana is an Assistant Coroner for Birmingham and Solihull and a qualified mediator, bringing calm, practical advocacy to inquests, mediations and court.
Education and qualifications
Memberships
- Personal Injury Bar Association (PIBA)
- Coroners’ Society of England and Wales
- Pro-vide Law (affiliation)
- Complete Mediation (affiliation)
Further Information
Appointments& Panels: Assistant Coroner (Birmingham &Solihull); Attorney General’s Regional Panel Counsel B.
Mediation: CEDR-accredited;mediates and evaluates in Clinical Negligence cases.
Clinical Negligence: Advisory, drafting and advocacy from inter locutory through JSM to trial; frequent seven-figure claims; experience against specialist silks. Representative issues include brain injury, cauda equina, cerebral palsy and neonatal injury, obstetric tears and pelvic injuries, compartment syndrome, ophthalmology, cardiac failure and diagnostic delay, NICE guideline referral failures, consent, medication overdose, Mental Health Act failures, surgical and GP negligence, dental and cosmetic surgery claims, antibiotics/sepsis and fatal claims.
Inquests: Acts for families, care homes, NHS Trusts and emergency services, private health care providers, the police and the MOD/MOJ. Jamieson and Middleton (Article 2) inquests, including juries; written advice and advocacy. Her experience as an Assistant Coroner of over 10 years standing informs inquest strategy from referral to conclusion. Provides mock-inquest training for instructing firms and/or clients.
Publications:
- Clinical Risk: “Habeas Corpus? Body or Evidence?”
- Clinical Risk: “She should have died here after.”
Professional:
Lead Governor at Alder Hey Children’s Hospital.
Sits on the Coroner’s society law review committee.
Directory:
Ranked in Chambers and Partners for 8 years.
Ranked band 1 in Inquests and Public Inquires and band 2 in Clinical Negligence.
Feedback (selected feedback from Chambers and Partners publications):
- “Ana Samuel has the ability to navigate really technical legal elements and is down to earth, personable and can explain things at the appropriate levels”
- “Ana is excellent, really responsive and her advice is spot on. She is great with sensitive cases.”
- “Ana is sensible, understanding and very wise.”
- “Her clinical knowledge is excellent, and she is just brilliant as an advocate.”
- “Great technical expertise… approachable and easy manner… robust litigator and strong advocate in the Coroner’s Court.”
- “Extremely knowledgeable… spots what others miss… great with clients.”
Regulatory: Bar Council Membership No. 47123; VAT 867109504; ICOZ9185365.
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