Professional Negligence and Professional Discipline
Annie accepts instructions in all aspects of professional negligence work. She has experience of professional negligence claims against accountants, builders, solicitors, and professional advisors both in pupillage and in her current practice.
Annie has a strong interest in professional disciplinary matters. Her clinical negligence and inquest practice means that she has a good understanding of the challenges faced by healthcare and social work professionals in particular. She prides herself on providing a compassionate service to clients, while robustly representing their interests before tribunals.
Examples of her recent work include:
- Successfully secured the dismissal of complaints before the BACP against a therapist accused of improperly ending therapy.
- Represented a therapist accused of an improper dual relationship at a BACP tribunal. No restrictions were placed on the therapist’s practice.
- Attended a Fitness to Practise hearing before a Social Work England tribunal in respect of a social worker accused of charges including dishonesty (during pupillage).
Annie is a member of PNBA.
Selected Cases
Clinical Negligence
Annie has a particular experience of clinical negligence cases. She is frequently instructed by NHS Resolution and private insurers to advise both in writing and in conference and draft statements of case in claims involving general medicine, general surgery, oncology, orthopaedics, cosmetic surgery, and dentistry. She has a busy court practice and regularly appears in interim applications, infant approval hearings and CCMCs in respect of clinical negligence claims.
Annie’s clinical negligence practice is complemented by her academic expertise. Her academic work has a particular focus on claims with a Montgomery element as well as legal considerations raised by diagnosis.
Examples of her recent work include:
- Instructed as trial counsel on behalf of two dentists for a four-day trial concerning alleged mismanagement of periodontal disease. Settled via counsel-to-counsel discussion for 25% of the pleaded value of the claim.
- Held a conference with experts and subsequently drafted the defence in a high value claim concerning allegations of a mismanaged fall in hospital resulting in paraplegia.
- Drafted the defence in a claim concerning delayed diagnosis of breast cancer.
- Drafted the defence in a complex claim relating to delayed diagnosis of sepsis in a patient with learning difficulties, following a conference with the clinicians involved.
- Successfully secured strike-out of a claim alleging mismanagement of stroke symptoms by a GP surgery.
Annie accepts instructions from Defendants and Claimants and is willing to accept instructions on a CFA basis. She accepts pro bono instructions via Advocate.
Annie is a member of AvMA and PNBA. She has contributed to PNBA’s Clinical Negligence Conference.
Selected Cases
View full profile »Awards
- Residential Scholar and James Crouch Scholarship, Gray’s Inn (2020)
- Ziegler Prize for Law, Pembroke College (2019 and 2020)
- Faculty prizes for Administrative and Land Law, University of Cambridge (2018 and 2019)
- College scholarships, Pembroke College (2017, 2018 and 2019)
Events
News
- Annie Mackley successful at trial in Berresford v Shah
- Forbury Gardens Terror Attack Inquests conclude – Jack Murphy represents Ambulance Service commended for its response
Articles
- Lessons for Universities: the Appeal in Abrahart
- Frontiers of medical negligence and diagnosis: an interview-based analysis
Qualifications
- BTC, Inns of Court College of Advocacy
- LLM (First Class with Distinction), University of Cambridge, Pembroke College
- BA (Hons) Law (Double First), University of Cambridge, Pembroke College
Memberships
- PIBA
- PNBA
- AvMA
