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For over 30 years, Isobel has represented NHS Trusts and NHS Resolution (since its inception) in defendant clinical negligence claims. Isobel also has extensive experience of defending individual healthcare practitioners, GPs, surgeons and dentists acting for their MDOs and private insurers. Her caseload is very wide-ranging including claims of the utmost severity, including high value birth and adult brain injury periodical payment order claims, spinal claims and other catastrophic high value neurological injuries. These claims involve complex causation issues, sensitive and novel issues and media interest. 

As well as dealing with the highest value and most complex cases, Isobel also supervises junior lawyers nationwide. She is Weightmans’ NHS Resolution Inquest and Human Rights Act claims lead and deals with a large number of Mental Health Act claims, which involve high profile prison, hospital and neonatal deaths.  Isobel has group action experience, as well as both extensive trial, ADR and mediation experience. Her advice is pragmatic, robust and commercial, achieving early evaluation and resolution, identifying learning and risk management opportunities. 

Isobel speaks at sector-specific events on the investigation and clinical negligence process, informed consent and preparing for inquests. Her training aims to understand and identify risk profiles and trends with data, whilst minimising claims and complaints, due to her particular interest in patient safety. In addition, she has experience of defending judicial review proceedings relating to healthcare provision, particularly in the mental health sector. She has also advised on capacity, consent and best interest assessments and withdrawal of treatment cases.

Isobel studied medicine at UCLH before converting to law. Her medical educational background makes her ideally suited to forging strong relationships to ensure delivery of the highest quality service to all healthcare clients.

Ranked Legal 500 since 2019: Next Generation Partner:   “Isobel Manages a significant caseload which includes cases of the greatest complexity. Combined with unrivalled knowledge and experience in this work”.  “Isobel Michie is first class, empathetic, sensible with fantastic judgment.”  Ranked Chambers Directory 2021.  

 

High profile cases


•    RAGE (Breast radiotherapy group action)
•    Janet Birch v UCLH Foundation NHS Trust 2008 EWHC 2237 (QB)
•    R v Camden & Islington Health Authority ex-parte K 2001 EWCA CIV 240 (CA)
•    Bostridge v Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust (2015) EWCA CIV 79.

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  • Isobel Michie manages a significant case load which includes cases of the greatest complexity. Combined with unrivalled knowledge and experience in this work.

    Legal 500 2026

  • Isobel Michie is first class. Empathetic and sensible with fantastic judgement.

    Legal 500 2026

  • Isobel Michie is the standout partner. Immensely experienced and very easy to work with.

    Legal 500 2025

  • She's a brilliant associate and is very valued.

    Chambers and Partners 2024

  • Isobel Michie is outstanding. Very calm, very knowledgeable and very sensible.

    Legal 500 2024