Areas of Practice
Professional Liability
Commercial Litigation
Construction & Engineering
Healthcare & Clinical Negligence
Insurance & Reinsurance
Product Liability
Energy & Utilities
Mediation
Public Inquiries
Public Law and Human Rights
Profile
Leigh-Ann specialises in professional negligence (particularly claims involving lawyers, accountants and construction professionals), product liability law (in which she is particularly regarded for pharmaceutical cases, multi-party litigation, cases involving complex scientific and technical evidence and commercial product liability claims), insurance law, general commercial litigation (particularly civil fraud), construction and energy/utility law. Until her appointment to silk, Leigh-Ann held the appointment of Junior Counsel to the Crown (A Panel) and acted for a wide range of Government departments and bodies on issues including public law, EC law and human rights. She has wide advocacy experience at all levels including the House of Lords.
Major cases in which Leigh-Ann is currently acting include:
- The Employers’ Liability Policy Trigger Litigation, a major liability insurance case which was tried over 9 weeks in 2008 (reported at [2009] 2 All ER 26) and is currently on appeal to the Court of Appeal in which she is representing Zurich Insurance Company;
- The Atomic Veterans Litigation, a group action arising out of the British nuclear tests in Australia and the South Pacific in the 1950s in which she is acting for the Ministry of Defence;
- Claims arising out of non-therapeutic human experimentation with chemical warfare agents at Porton Down, in which she acts for the Ministry of Defence;
- A judicial review of the vCJD Compensation Scheme, in which she is acting for the Secretary of State for Health;
- Two very high value commercial fraud claims which involve a concurrent criminal investigation by the Serious Fraud Office.
Leigh-Ann is Consultant Editor and contributor to “The Regulation and Law of Medicines” (OUP, 2008), Editor of “Jackson & Powell on Professional Liability” (Thomson, 2007) and General Editor of “Human Rights and Civil Practice”. She is a CEDR accredited mediator.
The Directories
Listed as a new silk in Chambers UK 2010 in both Professional Negligence and Product Liability, comments include; New silk Leigh-Ann Mulchay QC is known for the clarity of her arguments. "She's got a command of the details, doesn't get bogged down with trivia and is extremley articulate." (Product Liability). Prior to her recent appointment as silk, Leigh-Ann was consistently recommended as a Leading Junior for Professional Negligence and Product Liability by Chambers & Partners, The Legal 500 and Legal Experts. She has been described over the years in the directories as “a popular name in the market” who is “ardently applauded for her work”, “works wonders for her clients”, is commended for her “stunning performances” and “disciplined and forensic approach”, “highly thought of by solicitors”, “so charming in court that it can be difficult for judges to pull her up”, “a smart cookie”, “very good in court”, “highly recommended especially for solicitors’ negligence cases” and an “impressive speaker”. In product liability, she is noted particularly for pharmaceutical and technical cases.
Publications
The Law & Regulation of Medicines
Oxford University Press 2008
Consultant Editor and Contributor
Human Rights & Civil Practice
Sweet & Maxwell 2001
(General Editor)
"Law of Medicines & Medical Devices" - Health Services Law & Practice Encyclopaedia
Butterworths
(Contributor)
Jackson & Powell on Professional Negligence
(7th edition) Sweet & Maxwell
(Contributor)
Further Information
Junior Counsel to the Crown (A Panel) 2005 - 2009 Commercial Bar Association Professional Negligence Bar Association Administrative Law Bar Association CEDR accredited mediator Member of the Bar of Republic of Ireland Advocacy trainer on the “International Advanced Advocacy Course” for barristers and solicitors since 2002
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