Leanne Woods

CALLED TO THE BAR 2005

Junior Counsel

Professional Discipline & Regulatory Profile

Background

2012 Appointed to the Attorney General’s C Panel of Counsel

2009 Called to the Bar of Northern Ireland

2006 Tenant at 3 Serjeants’ Inn

2005-6 Pupillage at 3 Serjeants’ Inn

2003-4 LL.M., University of Pennsylvania (award for best performance on LL.M.) and Fulbright Scholar

1999-2002 BA Jurisprudence, Brasenose College, Oxford (First Class)

Email: lwoods@3serjeantsinn.com

Nature of Practice

Medical discipline

Leanne has built up a considerable amount of experience in medical disciplinary work, regularly advising doctors and dentists and the GMC and GDC, in both IOPs and fitness to practice hearings. Cases of interest include
• acting as junior counsel in a long-running, complex and widely publicised case against a consultant radiologist following a major breast cancer scare
• representing a doctor in a case involving misconduct and particularly sensitive health issues for a HIV-positive doctor.

Police discipline

As a member of the police team Leanne is available for police disciplinary work.

Reported and other cases of Interest

GMC FtP hearing [2008] – Leanne represented an HIV-positive doctor at a Fitness to Practise hearing
GMC v Dr Kong Fa Lan Keng Lun [2007] – Leanne represented a consultant radiologist at the GMC against charges of serious professional misconduct.

Publications

Woods L. (2007) Legal Digest: A Case Law Update, Journal of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology (in press)

Lectures and Seminars

Leanne has presented a number of lectures to solicitors’ firms covering topics such as drafting witness statements, drafting defences and counter-schedules and the costs consequences of failing to mediate.