Emily Raynor (née Slocombe)

Emily has a busy clinical negligence and personal injury practice, dealing with claims at the multi-track level, including acting in claims in excess of £1,000,000.

Emily has acted in a variety of clinical negligence cases encompassing private and public sectors, inpatient and outpatient care, delayed diagnoses and inadequate or substandard care. Emily has experience at all stages at the claim, including interlocutory applications, CCMCs, JSMs, mediation and trial.

Emily’s clinical negligence practice is varied, and has included maternity care, delayed diagnosis (including of cancer), surgical and medication errors, and cases involving those with poor mental health,

In Emily’s personal injury practice, she regularly acts in claims involving road traffic accidents, occupier’s liability, employer’s liability, and public liability. Emily has accepted instructions for all stages of proceedings.

Emily has experience dealing with complex medical evidence, and she has been complimented on how handles clients and witnesses in complex and sensitive matters.

Emily frequently advises on liability and quantum as well as drafting pleadings and schedules of loss.

Emily’s inquest work has a natural overlap with her personal injury and clinical negligence practice, providing continuity of counsel and assisting in getting answers to questions around the death. She primarily represents bereaved families in cases concerning failures by state bodies, (including the NHS), and private companies, both before coroners and juries, however, she does also have experience acting for other interested persons, including NHS Trusts.

Emily has particular experience in cases concerning mental health care (including suicides and where the individual has EUPD), and the deaths of babies or children and is comfortable making Article 2, neglect and prevention of future deaths submissions.

Emily has recently acted for a family in an inquest concerning the  death of a six day old baby from hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy due to an undiagnosed uterine rupture. In that case, the coroner identified multiple failing in the care provided to the baby in utero and her mother. The Coroner also made a finding that neglect contributed to the tragic death.

Emily also advises on the bringing of civil claims in negligence and pursuant to the Human Rights Act following inquests.

• Emily Raynor acts for the family in the inquest into the preventable death of Baby Mabel Williams, whose death was contributed to by neglect
• Emily Raynor features in ‘Meet the Lawyer’
• Emily Raynor, instructed by Leigh Day, acts for family in the inquest into the death of 1 year old Archie Squire.
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• Emily Slocombe, instructed by CL Medilaw, acts for family in the inquest into the preventable death of Thomas Gibson.