Exchange Chambers

The members of Exchange Chambers advise the entire gamut of clients involved in inquests and public inquiries, including bereaved families and individuals, trade unions, clinical practitioners, governmental bodies and local authorities, police forces and officers, and prison officers. The set boasts particular expertise in inquests that engage Article 2 of the ECHR. Louis Browne KC is a notable presence in this area, and he is instructed on the forthcoming Thirlwall Inquiry into events at the Countess of Chester Hospital, for which former neonatal nurse Lucy Letby was convicted of murder and attempted murder of numerous babies under her care and is serving a whole-life sentence. David Sandiford is another active member of the set in inquests and inquiries, having been instructed on significant, high-profile cases across his career. Another key junior, Sara Sutherland, is active in an inquest arising from the death of a newborn baby born at the Royal Lancaster Infirmary.