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About
Provided by Ana Samuel
Practice Areas
Inquest law and clinical negligence. Reported decisions: R (Maguire) v HM Senior Coroner for Blackpool and Fylde and R (Chidlow) v HM Senior Coroner for Blackpool and Fylde.
Career
Ana began her practice as a common law practitioner, quickly specialising in personal injury and clinical negligence. Under the tutelage of Charles Feeny, she has developed an extensive and varied clinical negligence practice relative to her call, dealing with high value and complex cases including those involving catastrophic brain injury, amputations, and cauda equina. Claimants and Defendants, including NHS Resolution, regularly instruct her. Ana has conduct of high value claims, in excess of £2,000,000. Ana also sits as an Assistant Coroner for Birmingham and Solihull, has been invaluable, given the frequent overlap between hospital deaths and clinical negligence claims. She frequently undertakes complex inquest work including Article 2 and jury inquests, predominately on behalf of NHS Trusts, either freestanding or those linked to clinical negligence claims, or the government legal department. Ana has also been instructed as counsel to the inquest. In 2020 Ana was appointed to the CEDR panel as a mediator and to the Attorney General Regional Civil Panel (B). Ana sits on the Coroners’ Society Law review committee and is the lead governor for Alder Hey Children’s Hospital.
Professional Memberships
PIBA, CEDR, Coroners' Society
Publications
Clinical Risk:
1) Habeas corpus? Body or evidence?: Clinical Risk
2) She should have died hereafter? When is death caused in law by breach of duty?: Feeny, Samuel, Austin: Clinical Risk
Chambers Review
UK Bar
Ana Samuel of Complete Counsel typically represents NHS trusts or emergency services at inquests. She is notably experienced in judicial reviews concerning coronial decisions, and draws strength from her appointment as assistant coroner for Birmingham and Solihull.
Ana Samuel receives instructions from both claimants and defendants and advises on a broad range of clinical negligence cases. She acts in claims pertaining to conditions such as cauda equina and serious brain injury, including fatal cases. Her practice covers surgical negligence as well as the failure to diagnose, and she regularly appears in clinical negligence inquests. Her practice in this area is informed by her work as an assistant coroner.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Ana is excellent, really responsive and her advice is spot on. She is great with sensitive cases."
"Ana acts for both sides which brings a good perspective to her cases. Her clinical knowledge is excellent and she is just brilliant as an advocate."
"Ana is sensible, understanding and very wise."
"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 acts for both sides which brings a good perspective to her cases. Her clinical knowledge is excellent and she is just brilliant as an advocate."
"Ana is sensible, understanding and very wise."
"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."
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