Hannah Gibbs

Hannah Gibbs

Assistant Professor (Education)

LSE Law School

Languages
English, French
Key Expertise
Medical law, health law, public and administrative law

About me

Hannah joined LSE Law School full time as an Assistant Professor (Education) in 2023, teaching medical law and family law.

She has been guest teaching medical law at LSE since 2017, alongside practice as a barrister specialising in public law and medical law. She has successfully represented clients in courts and tribunals of all levels, including the High Court, Court of Appeal and Supreme Court. Notably, she was instructed in 2018 to represent over 300 Core Participants in the ongoing Infected Blood Inquiry.

She is the co-author and co-editor of the practitioner text, NHS Law and Practice.

Her interests are in the field of medical law and ethics, and include health inequalities and how the structure and delivery of health services perpetuate them, as well as routes to justice following medical malpractice.

Research interests

Hannah’s interests are in the field of medical law and ethics, and include health inequalities and how the structure and delivery of health services perpetuate them, as well as routes to justice following medical malpractice.

Teaching

Books

NHS Law and Practice(Legal Action Group, 2018)

 NHS Law and Practice is the first book to describe the large and complex legal structures of the modern NHS. It explains the legal relationships between NHS commissioners and primary care, community and acute providers of NHS services, as well as explaining the structure of NHS regulation. This book provides a detailed guide to enforcing patients’ legal rights around NHS Continuing Healthcare, patient choice and the rules around NHS personal budgets.

Click here for the publisher’s site.