2006  Appointed Queen's Counsel
2005 - 2006  Vice Chairman, European Committee of the Bar Council and member of the Equality and Diversity (Race and Religion) Committee of the Bar Council 

2002 - 2006  Member of the General Council of the Bar of England and Wales

2000  Examiner in English and US law to the Ecole de la Court d'Appel de Paris

1999  Appointed General Editor of the Lloyd’s Law Reports: Medical

1985  Benefactor's Law Scholar, Middle Temple

1981 - 1984  University of Cambridge (Christ’s College) (Tripos Law, MA )

1975 - 1980  King’s College, Taunton

Email: amoon@3serjeantsinn.com

Angus is recommended in clinical negligence and professional discipline by Chambers & Partners and the Legal 500.

Angus Moon QC is “a fiercely intelligent thinker.” He is held in high regard by solicitors and the Bar alike and is commended for his “effective client-handling skills."  Chambers and Partners 2010

Angus Moon QC evokes praise for being "a huge presence in court who never talks just for the sake of talking."  Chambers and Partners 2010

Angus Moon QC is 'excellent in GMC "fitness to practise" cases.' Legal 500 2009

"...'detailed and gets to grips with all the issues'..." Legal 500 2008

'Another popular choice as a silk is Angus Moon QC. He has been involved in several cases with mental health or medical ethics dimensions, and is commended as a “hugely talented and conscientious man who is straightforward, good with witnesses and extremely sensitive with clients.”' Chambers & Partners 2009

‘Angus Moon QC is “conscientious and detailed - he gets to grips with all the issues.” He has extensive experience in disciplinary cases relating to the medical professions, regularly acting on behalf of doctors and dentists at the GMC and GDC.’ Chambers & Partners 2009

Clinical negligence  Specialist in the field acting for both claimants and defendants. Wide experience in trials and in hearings in the appellate courts, including the recent decision of D v East Berkshire Community NHS Trust - the House of Lord`s decision on doctors` duties of care in relation to diagnoses of child abuse. Angus has particular expertise in group actions, having been instructed in the Ledward group litigation and as a silk in continuing group litigation in the clinical negligence field. Angus is the current editor of the Lloyds Law Reports: Medical.

Disciplinary  Considerable experience before disciplinary tribunals including the General Medical Council – and in advising on judicial review relating to such tribunals. Prosecutes and defends before the Family Health Service Appeal Tribunal. Counsel to the authority in Kataria v Essex Strategic Health Authority [2005]. Prosecuting counsel in Karwal v Medway PCT [2005]. Defence counsel in Doshi v Southend-on-Sea PCT [2007] and Rauniar v Waltham Forest PCT [2007].

Judicial review  Considerable experience in judicial review in the medical field, in particular in relation to decisions of the Secretary of State, Trusts and Health Authorities as to ethical and disciplinary matters. Particular interest in applications in the Administrative Court in relation to the General Medical Council.

Employment  Considerable experience in employment issues. Instructed as leading counsel in relation to employment injunctions and declarations in the High Court. Expertise in group litigation in the employment field. Counsel to Mr Skidmore in the House of Lords’ recent decision on the difference between personal and professional misconduct in HC (90)9: Skidmore v Dartford & Gravesham NHS Trust [2003] UKHL 27 (the difference between personal and professional misconduct). Acted for Trusts and doctors in unfair dismissal and discrimination proceedings in the Employment Tribunal. Counsel to the Trust in one of the first “whistleblowing” claims under the Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998. Counsel to the trust in Chan v Barts Hospital [2007] relating to declarations in the High Court.

Medical Ethics  Instructed in cases involving medical ethical questions, especially those involving children. Numerous reported decisions in the field. Counsel for the General Practitioner in the application to the President of the Family Division by the late Annie Lindsell, the supporter of voluntary euthanasia. Author of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office publication “The Treatment of Children.” Counsel to the GP in the recent decision of the Court of Appeal as to the confidentiality of medical records (A Health Authority –v- X).

Chan v Barts & the London NHS Trust [2007] EWHC 2914 (QB) Ground-breaking case which established that NHS Trusts may rely on nationally negotiated disciplinary procedures to change doctors' contracts of employment.

Kircher v Hillingdon Primary Care Trust [2006] LS Law Medical 215 High Court decision relating to the employee’s right to obtain an interim injunction requiring the employer to adopt a disciplinary procedure prior to dismissal

R (Doshi) v Southend on Sea Primary Care Trust [2007] LS Law Medical 418

D v East Berkshire Community NHS Trust [2005] 2 WLR 993  Doctor`s duties of care in relation to diagnosis of child abuse.

Re: B (a child) [2004] 1 FLR 1110  This case involved issues of disclosure.

D v A NHS Trust [2004] 1 FLR 1110  Medical treatment - consent - termination. On doctors` duties in relation to carrying out abortion on patients lacking in capacity.

Skidmore v Gravesham NHS Trust   [2003] UKHL 29

A Health Authority –v- X   [2001] Lloyd’s Law Reports: Medical 349
Decisions as to whether Article 8 of the European Convention of Human Rights prevented a Health Authority from obtaining patient’s notes in absence of patient’s consent

Bhanot –v- South West London & St George’s Mental Health Trust   [2000] Lloyd’s Law Report: Medical 324 (Decision about whether clinical assistant in psychiatry should be disciplined for professional misconduct or personal misconduct, following allegations of inappropriate questioning of a female patient about her sexual activities.)

Davis -v- Jacobs and Sandoz   [1999] Lloyd’s Law Reports: Medical 72 (Appeal to the Court of Appeal on behalf of a Claimant seeking damages arising out of the prescription of an experimental drug).

Palmer -v- Tees Health Authority   [1999] Lloyd’s Law Reports: Medical 351 (Claim by mother of a murdered 4 year old girl against the Health Authority responsible for treating the child’s murderer. Instructed by the Health Authority at first instance and on appeal to the Court of Appeal in striking out the claim.)

Morera-Loftus -v- Wray Castle   [1999] Lloyd’s Law Reports: Medical 159 (Defence of general practitioner alleged to have failed to suspect meningitis in a college student.)

Re C (A Minor) (Medical Treatment)  [1998] 1 Lloyd’s Law Reports: Medical (Application by a health Trust to withdraw treatment for a terminally ill child, whose parents had religious objections to treatment being withdrawn.)

Mahmood –v- Siggins   [1996] 7 Medical Law Reports 76
Instructed on behalf of Claimant suffering from hypomania in seeking damages following negligence by his General Practitioner, causing the Claimant to jump from a balcony sustaining serious injuries.

Gregory -v- Ferro (GB) Ltd and ors   [1995] 6 Medical Law Reports 321 (Limitation defence maintained on behalf of a general practitioner, following hearing in the Court of Appeal.)

R v Milling ex parte West Yorkshire Police Authority   [1997] 8 Medical Law Reports 392
Instructed on behalf of a Consultant to resist an application for judicial review of his decision as a Medical Referee under the Police Pensions Regulations.

Walford -v- Miles   [1992] 2 A.C. 128 (House of Lords’ decision as to the enforceability of ‘contracts to negotiate.’)

Current General Editor of the Lloyd’s Law Reports  Medical

Co-author of the response of the London Common Law and Commercial Bar Association to the Law Commission’s proposals for the reform of the law of Limitation