39 Essex Chambers has ‘enormous strength in depth’ in the inquests and inquiries space. Eleanor Grey KC is leading the group of counsel representing one of two trusts involved in the Lampard Public Inquiry into a number of unexplained mental health inpatient deaths in Essex. Elsewhere in chambers, Jenni Richards KC is representing the Care Quality Commission in the Thirlwall Inquiry into the deaths of babies at the Countess of Chester Hospital, for which former neonatal nurse Lucy Letby is serving a whole life tariff for murder. Philip Dayle and Saara Idelbi joined the team in August 2025.
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