- Manchester
- healthcare advisory, health & safety
- e.rose@hempsons.co.uk
- 0161 234 2440
Elspeth joined Hempsons’ healthcare advisory and inquest team in 2019. She is an experienced advocate who regularly represents the interests of organisations and individuals in complicated inquests, including deaths of patients detained under the Mental Health Act, deaths of prisoners detained in custody, and hospital deaths involving complex medical issues. She frequently appears at Article 2 and jury inquests, inquests involving multiple agencies, and at inquests with significant media coverage.
Elspeth also regularly advises organisations in relation to health and safety matters and has significant corporate support experience.
Prior to working for Hempsons, Elspeth worked for an international law firm specialising in corporate criminal defence, regulatory compliance and enforcement advice. Elspeth further has significant experience of the General Medical Council’s (GMC) investigations through working within the organisation in the legal and policy teams.
Main areas of expertise
- inquests
- healthcare advice
- health and safety
- GMC investigations
- criminal defence
The clients she works with
- NHS trusts
- NHS Resolution
- medical defence organisations
- healthcare practitioners
Qualifications
- LPC (University of Law) – Distinction (2013)
- Law LLB (University of Leeds) – First Class Honours (2011)
Professional memberships
- Admitted as a solicitor in England and Wales (2015)
Podcasts
- Inquests podcast series: episode 1 – “Overview of an inquest”
- Inquests podcast series: episode 2 – “Witness preparation”
- Inquests podcast series: episode 3 – “Giving evidence – what to expect”
- Inquests podcast series: episode 4 – “Article 2 and Juries”
- Inquests podcast series: episode 5 – “Conclusions”
- Inquests podcast series: episode 6 – “Regulation 28/PFD Reports”