Inquests & Public Inquiries
Annie has experience in inquest law and practice and accepts instructions to advise and represent all interested parties at inquests. Her skills in this area are complemented by her clinical negligence and personal injury practice. She is regularly instructed in inquests where significant scrutiny is expected of healthcare and social care providers, particularly concerning self-neglect, the management of eating disorders and issues of mental capacity.
Annie accepts pro bono instructions via Advocate.
Selected Cases
- Represented Reading Borough Council led by Simon Antrobus KC and Katie Sage at the Forbury Gardens Terror Attack Inquest.
- Represented a local authority at an inquest concerning the death of a gentleman following significant self-neglect. Significant issues were raised in respect of neglect and causation. No finding of neglect by the local authority was made.
- Represented a local authority at an inquest concerning the death of a gentleman in a road traffic collision, prior to which he has absconded from hospital.
- Represented an NHS trust at a complex and sensitive 5 day inquest concerning the management of an eating disorder patient.
- Represented an NHS trust at an inquest concerning the death of a lady with a possible undiagnosed eating disorder. The inquest raised significant issues concerning the management of chronic malnutrition and mental capacity.
- Represented an NHS trust at an inquest concerning premature discharge of a cardiology patient who subsequently died of a myocardial infarction.
Awards
- Residential Scholar and James Crouch Scholarship, Gray’s Inn (2020)
- Ziegler Prize for Law, Pembroke College (2019 and 2020)
- Faculty prizes for Administrative and Land Law, University of Cambridge (2018 and 2019)
- College scholarships, Pembroke College (2017, 2018 and 2019)
News
- Forbury Gardens Terror Attack Inquests conclude – Jack Murphy represents Ambulance Service commended for its response
- Forbury Gardens Terrorist Attack Inquests conclude – Simon Antrobus KC, Katie Sage and Annie Mackley represented Reading Borough Council throughout
Articles
- Lessons for Universities: the Appeal in Abrahart
- Frontiers of medical negligence and diagnosis: an interview-based analysis
Qualifications
- BTC, Inns of Court College of Advocacy
- LLM (First Class with Distinction), University of Cambridge, Pembroke College
- BA (Hons) Law (Double First), University of Cambridge, Pembroke College
Memberships
- PIBA
- PNBA
- AvMA
