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Rachel Segal
Work Department
Personal Injury, Clinical Negligence
Career
Call : 2013
Rachel is a specialist personal injury and clinical negligence barrister with a busy court and paper practice across the spectrum of personal injury law.
Rachel advises and represents claimants and defendants in fast track and multi-track cases in a range of RTA, Highways Act, Employers’ Liability, Occupiers’ and Public Liability matters.
Her recent clinical negligence work has ranged across ophthalmology, obstetrics and gynaecology, oncology (particularly delayed diagnosis of breast cancer) and dentistry. Rachel also continues to be in particular demand for her specialism in relief from sanctions applications following her published work in this area.
Memberships
- Personal Injury Bar Association
- Employment Law Bar Association
- Women Lawyers’ Division
- Member of the Western Circuit
- Member of the Western Circuit’s Women’s Forum
Education
- BPTC (Nottingham Law School) – very competent (top in year in commercial litigation and employment litigation)
- Grad LLB (Nottingham Law School) – first class
- GDL (University of Plymouth) – distinction
- PhD (Newcastle University)
- PGCertHE (Open University)
- MA by research (University of Leeds)
- BA (Hons) in Music with English Literature (University of Leeds)
Lawyer Rankings
Regional Bar > Western Circuit > Clinical negligence
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 2Rachel Segal – St John’s Chambers ‘Rachel is extremely good with clients and her advocacy is excellent. She is also incredibly strong on anything related to relief from sanctions.’
St John’s Chambers is one of the ‘go-to‘ clinical negligence sets on the Western Circuit and beyond. Justin Valentine is well regarded for his ‘meticulous attention to detail‘ and handles a wide range of claimant and defendant instructions, specialising in neonatal, cauda equina, and diabetes-related claims. He is counsel in several long-running, high-value claims, including those concerning historic negligence. Rachel Segal’s practice includes multiple cases involving the delayed diagnosis and treatment of cancers, particularly of breast cancer, as well as ophthalmology, gastrointestinal and colorectal surgery, and obstetrics. Lauren Karmel ‘interacts well both with medical experts and claimants’ and has been instructed in relation to over thirty clinical and dental negligence cases this past year.
Regional Bar > Western Circuit > Personal injury
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 3Rachel Segal – St John’s Chambers ‘Rachel has an unrivalled attention to detail, excellent response times, and is a thoughtful and concise advocate.’