Taiyaba Waheed

Taiyaba specialises in the health sector, focusing on clinical negligence and claims involving serious injury, particularly those involving brain damage, spinal injury and birth injury. She advises on NHS regulatory matters and performance issues. Taiyaba has extensive experience of inquests and provides advice to trusts in connection with these proceedings. She acts for clients in the public and private sector.

Taiyaba’s work covers NHS and private claims, advice and disciplinary matters. She has previously advised in relation IVF treatment and she is currently chair of an ethics committee for a large trust in the north west. She holds an interest in ethics.

Current and recent work Taiyaba has been involved in includes:

• representation at the Coroners court for trusts at inquests
• general advice to trusts regarding governance matters
• persistent vegetative state cases and obtaining declarations from the high court on withdrawal of treatment
• management of high value complex claims
• advising on IVF and ethical issues
• representation of individuals and trusts in disciplinary matters
• advising trusts under the memorandum of agreement between the NHS, the police and the HSE

Taiyaba has received top-tier ranking for ‘Insurance – Clinical negligence – defendant’ announced in The Legal 500’s law firm rankings in 2017. Taiyaba is also listed in the current edition of Chambers UK Legal Directory.

Main areas of expertise

• clinical negligence
• healthcare law
• inquests
• regulatory and compliance law
• ethics
• reproductive law

The clients she works with

• foundation trusts
• NHS trusts
• general practitioners
• private insurers
• private individuals
• private companies
• charities