Rhodri has a busy inquest practice. He has represented families, the police, private healthcare providers, and the NHS at inquests and pre-inquest reviews. His inquest experience includes article 2 ECHR inquests and jury inquests following deaths whilst in prison. He has represented IPs at several high-profile inquests.
He specialises in cases where the medical element of the inquiry is particularly challenging. He regularly advises IPs and drafts submissions.
Rhodri has recorded podcasts and presented talks to solicitors about the coronial process.
Recent cases include:
- Inquest in to the death of SS [2025]. Represented a health board at a six-day, article 2, jury inquest concerning the death of a man found suspended in prison. The facts were unusual insofar as the deceased had entered prison using a false name. The coroner did not leave the matter of causation to the jury.
- Inquest into the death of BJ [2025]. Represented a health board who had provided hospital care to the deceased and had assessed them on several occasions in the weeks prior to their death. The family and ambulance service were also Interested Persons. The deceased was 21 years old, and the circumstances of her death were complex. The coroner had instructed an expert intensivist to opine on causation. The coroner found that the deceased died from sepsis that had developed over the hours prior to her final admission.
- Inquest into the death of JE [2025]. Rhodri represented the family of the deceased who had died from complications following surgery to treat a bowel perforation. The NHS trust and ambulance service were also IPs. The scope of the inquest included delays in the arrival of an ambulance, delays in surgical review, and the introduction of a nasogastric tube that precipitated the death. The coroner instructed an expert gastroenterologist to opine on causation. Following three days of evidence, the coroner reached a conclusion of natural causes that had been contributed to by various delays.
- Inquest into the death of JP [2025]. Represented a health board that had provided psychiatric care to the deceased and had assessed them on several occasions prior to their death. The coroner engaged the operational and systems duties of article 2. The coroner found that her presentation mandated urgent consideration of hospital admission. The coroner concluded death by suicide with a rider of neglect.
- Inquest into the death of AJ [2025]. Represented a health board that had provided emergency care to the deceased. The issues included whether the deceased should have been anticoagulated and the causative effect of a delay in transfer for mechanical thrombectomy. The coroner reached a conclusion of natural causes.
- Inquest into the death of DW [2024]. Represented a health board at a five-day, article 2, jury inquest concerning the death of a man found suspended in prison. He was known to have a history of mental health difficulties and was subject to ACCT care planning.
- Inquest into the death of LD [2023]: Represented a health board at a 14-day, article 2, jury inquest concerning the death of a man found suspended by police at his home. The focus of the inquest was care provided in the hours prior to death during which the deceased had been in contact with the police and hospital services. The jury found that omissions on the part of the police had contributed to the death.
- Inquest into the death of TA [2023]. Represented the health board at a six-day, article 2, jury inquest concerning the death of a man whilst in prison. Post-mortem concluded that he died of acute peritonitis caused by gastric perforation. Various assessments were performed by nurses in the hours before the death. The jury concluded that omissions were causative of death.
- Inquest into the death of RA [2022]. Represented the family of the decreased at a three-day article 2 inquest. The decreased had died from a pulmonary embolus whilst an involuntary patient detained under the Mental Health Act. The coroner found that various omissions by the mental health services had contributed to her death.
