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Rachel Segal

Barrister

Call: 2013

Inn: Lincoln's Inn

Rachel Segal

Rachel is methodical, diligent and meticulous in her approach with excellent attention to detail. She puts clients and witnesses at ease, is honest and clear with her advice, and leaves no stone unturned. As an advocate, Rachel is fearless and robust.”

The Legal 500 2026

Clinical Negligence

Inquests & Public Inquiries

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Rachel is ranked as a leading junior in The Legal 500 for personal injury, clinical negligence, and inquests and inquiries, and in Chambers and Partners for Personal Injury.

She enjoys working across the spectrum of clinical negligence and has a particular interest in cases involving delayed diagnosis of cancers of the breast, bone and bladder, alleged negligence in gastro-intestinal and colorectal surgery, cosmetic surgery and ophthalmology. She is regularly instructed  in inquests involving healthcare.

Rachel advises and represents claimants and defendants in a range of RTA, Highways Act, employers’ liability and public liability matters. She advises on professional negligence matters in both clinical negligence and personal injury, and is currently working on cases of up to £7m in value.

Rachel also advises and represents parties on both sides of relief from sanctions applications across the spectrum of civil litigation, publishes The Denton Resource annually and delivers training on the topic.

Before coming to the Bar, Rachel was an academic musicologist and then worked in Higher Education Policy, advising institutional and national policy makers. Rachel was for many years a professional classical cellist and singer. She is an expert on the composer Franz Waxman, on whom she has published scholarly articles and a series for BBC Radio 3’s Composer of the Week.

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PROFESSIONAL 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

Additional information:

Before training for the Bar, Rachel was a full-time academic for many years, lecturing in musicology and specialising in Golden Era Hollywood film scoring and latterly working in Higher Education Policy Research. She is a recognised expert on the composer Franz Waxman (a particular focus of her PhD) on whom she has contributed a range of publications, including a Composer of the Week series for BBC Radio 3. She was until recently a professional classical cellist and singer.

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QUALIFICATIONS
  • 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)
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