Mark Bradley

Mark appears at inquests on behalf of families, local authorities, insurers and other interested persons.

He recognises that early, and skilled, involvement ensures that legal issues such as disclosure, representation, contact with the Coroner, expert evidence and legal arguments are all dealt with in a timely fashion, all of which may have a significant impact on the course and outcome of inquest proceedings

Notable Inquests & Inquiries cases

• Inquest touching upon the death of JC
  

  Mark Bradley represents the family of a care home resident who was given an overdose of medication which contributed to his death.

  Former chip shop owner John Collinson – known as Ricky – from Llanfairfechan in Conwy county died in August 2022, eight weeks after he was given 10 times more than his correct dose of medication over four days.

  The 88-year-old lived at Kinmel Lodge in Kinmel Bay at the time, and had been mobile and physically active before the error was made, but afterwards became mostly confined to his bed.

  The inquest heard the error had occurred as a result of a miscalculation after Mr Collinson’s medication changed from being administered in pill form to being given in liquid form.

• Inquest touching upon the death of KJ (Article 2 Inquest)
  

  Represented the family of the deceased who took her own life by injecting excess insulin.
  KJ was a type 1 diabetic who required insulin as a form of management. At the time of her death, KJ used a hybrid closed loop system to manage her diabetes which delivered insulin to her automatically. KJ was well known to the

  mental health system and the local treatment teams were aware that she had visited hospital and been admitted to the ICU as a result of a previous overdose prior to her death.
  The cause of death was hypoglycaemia caused by excess insulin.
  The Coroner concluded suicide with a concurrent narrative that, at times, KJ’s risk of suicide, as opposed to accidental death was not properly identified and/or managed by NHC Trust mental health services in the community.
  Additionally, that KJ was wrongly prevented from accessing long term mental health support within LMHT and NH mental health teams responsible for KJ’s overall risk management and care failed to ensure that full and robust multi- professional meetings were held to identify and share risk pertinent information and agree a co-ordinated future plan of care and these factors probably more than minimally, negligibly or trivially contributed to KJ’s death.

• Inquest involving deaths due to failing eyesight
  

  The government is under pressure to change its driving licence system following an inquest which highlighted how people continue driving on the UK’s roads after being told not to do so by professionals due to failing eyesight

  The inquest, which investigated the deaths of four people killed by drivers who had been told they were unsafe, heard estimates that around 2% of drivers would currently fail the present driving eyesight test – which would equate to around 750,000 drivers a day, and 4,250 journeys every day on the M25.

  Mark Bradley appeared on behalf of the families of the victims, instructed by Hudgell Solicitors

  Read more about this case here and here.

• Covid-19 Inquiry
  

  Represented the core participants UK CV Family, Vaccine Injured Bereaved UK and Scottish Vaccine Injury Group in Module 4 of the UK Covid-19 Inquiry with Leading Counsel.

• Inquest touching upon the death of SH
  

  Represented the family of the deceased who was killed in the course of his employment. The deceased was a HGV driver who had gone to pick up a delivery of steel. Whilst the steel was being moved by a forklift truck driver, the steel fell from the forklift truck and knocked the deceased to the ground thereby killing him.

  The inquest dealt with training and systems of operation in place at the deceased’s employer and the accident location with respect to the safe unloading / loading of materials and whether these were followed.

• Inquest touching upon the death of AF
  

  Represented the family of the deceased who died after a failure by the Trust to carry out an ECG despite the

  deceased’s history of chest pain, shortness of breath and tachycardia during ED attendances.
  There was a further failure by the Trust to note or act upon the significance of the deceased’s history of collapse and CPR, and a failure to consider a diagnosis of pulmonary embolus.
  A narrative conclusion with a neglect rider was provided.

• Inquest touching upon the death of HS
  

  Represented the organisers of a college rugby trip.

  The inquest focused on the circumstances of how the deceased was found to have died in a lake, the precautions and risk assessments that were made with respect to the planning of the visit, the necessary documentation and the precautions and risk assessments which took place with respect to supervision and monitoring of the deceased and the other students at the lake.

• Inquest touching upon the death of JP
  

  Represented the company that provided treatment to the deceased for his substance abuse issues.

  The deceased had suffered a decline in his physical and mental health and had suffered a number of episodes of disturbed mental state, often associated with the use of substances and / or a flare up of his auto-immune disorder. The deceased, whilst under the influence of alcohol and drugs, jumped from his apartment.

  A narrative conclusion was provided.

  No adverse findings were made against the substance abuse treatment provider.

• Inquest touching upon the death of LM
  

  Represented the family of the deceased who underwent an elective pacemaker implantation procedure at the Trust. During the procedure he suffered a pneumothorax and a haemothorax, which are recognised complications. These conditions were not identified on an x-ray taken that afternoon, but were observed when the x-ray was reviewed the following day. To treat the collapsed lung once identified, a chest drain was inserted as an emergency to stabilise the condition. He subsequently developed a hospital acquired pneumonia and suffered a heart attack. He continued to deteriorate and was placed on an end of life pathway until his death.

  The Trust subsequently admitted breach of duty and causation and the civil claim was settled.

• Inquest touching upon the death of LZ
  

  Represented the GP who was involved in consultations with the deceased prior to her death.

  The deceased’s death from chronic malnutrition was precipitated by adverse psychological responses to complications of bariatric surgery on a background of EUPD. The surgery was a triggering organic event that unveiled and brought to the fore negative aspects of her underlying EUPD. Over the following years and in a fluctuating manner, these included the deceased experiencing chronic pain likely of a non-organic source – as a result she developed a chronic dependency on opiates likely to have had a negative impact on her immune system.

  Critically, after two episodes of surgery she developed EUPD and an aversion to food and sometimes fluid to the

   

  extent that her nutritional intake was severely and chronically reduced, leading in turn to severe and chronic malnutrition. By the time of her final admission to hospital, the evidence confirms that the extreme nature of the deceased’s physical condition, deconditioning and vulnerability to new infection as a direct consequence of malnutrition was such that her death became inevitable.

  Prevention of Future Death Reports are being considered for the Trust responsible for the bariatric surgery and the Specialist Mental Health Trust.

  No adverse findings were made against the GP.

• Mark Bradley represented the family of an 18 year old girl who tragically died two weeks after receiving her first Covid-19 'jab'.
  

  The deceased, an 18 year old student paramedic, died two weeks after receiving the Astra Zeneca Covid-19 vaccination, having received the vaccine early due to being a ‘front line worker’.

  A narrative conclusion was provided by the Coroner who recorded the cause of death as being cerebral venous thrombosis brought on by Vaccine Induced Thrombocytopenia and Thrombosis (VITT) as a result of the Astra Zeneca Covid-19 vaccination.

  The Coroner confirmed there was a missed opportunity to identify the cerebral venous thrombosis.