Associate/Senior Associate, Medical Law, 3+ PQE

Kennedys is seeking an experienced Associate or Senior Associate to join our Medical Law team, based in either London, Cambridge or Birmingham. You will work on a broad range of Court of Protection matters-particularly urgent medical treatment decisions-alongside healthcare advisory work, mental health and capacity issues, inquests, and Judicial Reviews. This is an excellent opportunity to join our highly regarded Healthcare Division.

Our Healthcare Division is recognised as one of the leading providers of specialist legal services to the health sector, advising NHS Resolution, NHS Trusts, and medical malpractice insurers acting for private hospitals, clinics, and individual practitioners. The division handles a broad spectrum of EL/PL and clinical negligence claims, combining deep sector knowledge with a practical, solutions focused approach that reflects the complex and sensitive nature of the work.

Kennedys Medical Law Group plays a central role in supporting clients on some of the most challenging and high stakes issues in modern healthcare. The team specialises in highly sensitive medical treatment decisions and works closely with NHS Trusts on urgent and complex matters that often require swift, carefully considered legal intervention. Our work spans the full range of Court of Protection matters, including applications relating to serious medical treatment, as well as child and adult safeguarding issues, capacity and consent questions, and cases involving the deprivation of liberty. We also represent clients at inquests and in Judicial Review proceedings, ensuring they receive robust, informed support throughout every stage of the process.

The team operates across our London, Cambridge, Birmingham, and Sheffield offices, with additional support from colleagues in several of our global locations. This broad footprint allows us to draw on a wide pool of expertise and ensures that our clients benefit from a cohesive, nationally integrated service. Our collaborative culture, combined with the depth of our experience, enables us to deliver clear, confident advice on matters that are often urgent, emotionally charged, and legally complex.

• NHS Healthcare Trusts and CCGs
• Primary Care Networks
• Insured healthcare practitioners
• Independent hospital groups and practitioners
• Medical malpractice insurers and their insured Hospitals and healthcare providers
• NHS Resolution

• Applications for declarations to treat
• Child protection and safeguarding cases
• Mental health law advice
• Mental capacity law advice
• Deprivation of liberty matters
• Healthcare related inquests

• 3+ years' UK based relevant experience
• Strong knowledge and expertise in: Court of Protection (including urgent healthcare declaration cases)
• Mental Capacity Law
• Mental Health Law
• Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards
• Inquests

where a level of experience is indicated, this is a guideline only and represents the amount of time we would usually expect a candidate to accumulate the requisite level of experience. This does not preclude applications from candidates with more or less experience.