Rachel Marcus

Inquests

Rachel is a highly experienced inquest advocate, appearing on behalf of both families and healthcare providers in inquests involving hospital and mental health settings, prisons and the community. Rachel is experienced in front of juries and in Article 2 inquests. By way of example, this year she represented the family at the high profile inquest into death of six-year-old boy from Meningitis B.

Listen to Rachel discuss Inquests and Article 2 on episode 15 of our podcast Law Pod UK here.

Rachel is recognised as a ‘Leading Junior’ by the the Legal 500. Recent editorial includes:

• “She is fiendishly clever and extremely knowledgeable. Her written arguments are particularly impressive.”

Selected recent cases include:

• Inquest into the death of Baby JS: instructed on behalf of family for inquest into neonatal death.
• Inquest into the death of KH: instructed on behalf of a family for 6 day inquest into the death of a young girl from drowning at a water park. Coroner found unlawful killing.
• Inquest into the death of JP: instructed on behalf of a GP for inquest arising out of the death of an elderly lady resident in a care home following a head injury; the coroner found that the care home staff had failed to pass on relevant information to the GP
• Inquest into the death of ES: instructed on behalf of a GP for inquest arising out of the death of an elderly lady resident in a care home from liver transplant rejection; the coroner found that the care home staff had failed to flag to the GP practice that the deceased had run out of her medication.
• Inquest into the death of RN: instructed by family under direct access for the inquest arising out of the death of their mother from colonic ischaemia.
• Inquest into the death of GL: Instructed by family in a 4 week jury inquest following death arising out of cocaine toxicity; interested parties include the police force, four police officers, ambulance service and the IOPC.
• Inquest into the death of AW: Instructed by family under direct access for 3 day inquest into the death of a man from decompensated heart failure. The coroner found 6 failures to escalate his condition during his admission to hospital and made a PFD report.
• Inquest into the death of DG: Represented a GP partner at the 5 day inquest into the death of a man from mycobacterium chimaera infection caused by a contaminated heart bypass machine. Interested parties included manufacturer, GPs, Public Health England, and several NHS Trusts.
• Inquest into the death of SC: Instructed on behalf of a care worker for 7 day jury inquest into the death of a resident in a care home following her fall from a hoist.
• Inquest into the death of AM: Instructed for 6 day jury inquest on behalf of widower of woman who killed herself while on s17 leave from an in-patient mental health unit.
• Inquest into the death of EN: Instructed on a direct access basis on behalf of family for inquest into the death of an elderly lady from bronchopneumonia contributed to by complications of UTI. Coroner found failures to commence antibiotics and to escalate her deterioration.
• Inquest into the death of SAO: Instructed on behalf of the family into the death of a young woman following aortic valve replacement surgery.
• Inquest into the death of ZR: Instructed together with leading counsel on behalf of family for inquest into the death of an 18 year old crushed by a forklift truck. Instructed as sole counsel for four pre-inquest review hearings; drafted written and made oral submissions on Article 2, witness and expert evidence; advised in conference and in writing on expert evidence.