Inquests
Over the last few years Rory has gained considerable experience in representing families at inquests in which clinical negligence is suspected:
These deaths have included investigations into very complex areas of medicine and science including:
- obstetrics
- neonatalology
- paramedic and ambulance care
- neurology and neuroradiology
- general surgery
- urology
- emergency medicine
- interventional cardiology
He has also gained experience in:
- Article 2 inquests, involving psychiatric patients and suicide;
- Road traffic inquests (on behalf of both insurers and families);
- Inquests involving deaths in the workplace.
Such undeniably upsetting cases – often very close to the time of the death of a loved one and in difficult circumstances – involve careful and considerate client handling skills that are not always required in civil cases.
Rory regularly lectures on the subject of inquests, and hopes to continue to represent and support families and doctors in what can be a very distressing process for all involved.
Selected Cases
- Inquest into the death of a teenage girl who died as a result of diabetic ketoacidosis. Representing the family. (Press links: ITV, Mirror)
- Inquest into the death of a baby boy who died as a result of avoidable perinatal asphyxia. Representing the family. (Press links: BBC, Daily Mail, Echo News, Halstead Gazette)
- M4 crash inquest representing the driver of the lorry. (Press links: BBC, ITV, Express, Get Reading)
