Rajkiran Arhestey

Inquests

Kiran has significant inquest experience and accepts instructions on behalf of families, Trusts, GPs, government bodies and private companies. She has experience of inquests which engage Article 2 and/or jury inquests as well as inquests concerning prisons, mental health hospitals, medical treatment, and deaths on railways.

She is a co-editor along with Sir Neil Garnham, Caroline Cross and Matthew Hill of the 2^nd edition of the Inquest Book and co-author of the chapter on Article 2 inquests with Peter Skelton KC.

The Legal 500 recognises Kiran as a ‘Leading Junior’ for Inquests and Inquiries.

Selected Cases

• Re PM (ongoing): Acting in an Article 2 inquest for the family of a young woman who took her own life after absconding from hospital immediately following a review by the Psychiatric Liaison Team, and who was not on 1 to 1 observations.
• Re FG (2026): Acted for the Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) in an inquest following the death of a pilot on the Humber Estuary.
• Re DH (2026): Acted for the family of DH, a young man with cerebral palsy who died from aspiration pneumonia; the Coroner found that an erroneous reduction in the prescription of epilepsy medication led to an increase in seizures and contributed to the death.
• Re EFD (2026): Acted for an Integrated Care Board (direct access) in an Article 2 jury inquest arising out of the self-inflicted death of a young person detained in hospital.
• Re FR (2025): Represented the family in an inquest arising out of the death of their two-year-old son who died from a bowel condition and in which a number of failings in care were established.
• Re RP (2025): Represented a train company in a 2-week inquest concerning the death of a child on railway tracks.
• Re POR (2025): Represented an occupational health company (direct access) in an inquest arising out of the self-inflicted death of a serving police officer.
• Re SJS (2024): Represented a train company in a 4-day inquest concerning an individual who took his own life by jumping in front of a train.