Sally Smith KC has specialised in medical law for the past fifteen years. She has extensive experience of clinical negligence claims acting for both claimants and defendants and has developed a particular interest in class actions. She represented the NHS in the Benzodiazephine claims, the RAGE breast radiation claims and the Liverpool and Nationwide Organ Retention claims.
In more recent years she has defended one high profile case in the General Medical Council and prosecuted a number. She led the prosecution in the GMC of the doctors involved in the MMR issues.
She acted for the Strategic Health Authority in the Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust Public Inquiry.
Celebration Dinner for Chambers Members at Lutyen’s Restaurant - Oct 2017
This weekend saw a gathering of Chambers Members at Lutyen's Restaurant to celebrate the careers of some of Chamber's most learned Members along with Lorraine McHale, who has been the accounts and...
Sally Smith QC Writes Scenes for Court One of the Old Bailey - Feb 2017
Five years ago, Judge Peter Rook QC came up with the idea to recast Court One of the Old Bailey as a theatre. Forever Trial and Error was created, which offered vignettes of great trials of the past...
Sally Smith QC speaking at the Brighton Festival - May 2016
Sally Smith QC will be appearing on at the Brighton Festival on Sunday 29th May 2016 at the Dome Studio talking about her new book, Marshall Hall: A Law Unto Himself (foreword by Clive Anderson). ...
Sally Smith QC publishes book on Marshall Hall - May 2016
Sally Smith QC has written a meticulously researched modern biography on Sir Edward Marshall Hall KC entitled "Marshall Hall: A Law unto Himself". This complex and influential man saved more people...
GMC’s findings of fact re Dr Wakefield announced - Feb 2010
