Ioana is a solicitor in our Healthcare Litigation team with over 6 years’ experience of working in clinical/healthcare law. She mainly acts in the defence of clinical negligence claims, but also regularly assists in inquest and regulatory matters.
She advises high-profile insurers and a wide range of clinicians including doctors, dentists, cosmetic practitioners, psychotherapists and other healthcare practitioners whose practice is called into question either through claims or by healthcare regulatory bodies.
Experience
- Achieved an advantageous settlement in an orthopaedic surgery contribution claim following without prejudice negotiations, despite unsupportive expert evidence.
- Successfully opposed a vexatious litigant-in-person’s court application for permission to issue a claim, on the grounds that the claim had no merit and no reasonable prospects of success.
- Prepared persuasive Rule 7 submissions in a GMC regulatory matter arising from alleged disclosure of confidential patient information on social media, resulting in the complaint not being pursued by the GMC to hearing.
- Assisted in complex high-value litigated clinical negligence claims arising from rare cancers, leg amputations, post-partum brain injuries and wrong level spinal surgery, including attendance at round table meetings and mediation.
Recognition
Recognised by the Legal 500 2025 for Professional discipline
Career
Prior to joining Keystone in October 2022, Ioana worked at a top-20 UK City law firm and a highly ranked Chambers and The Legal 500 NHS Resolution panel firm in London.