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Rachel Troup
Year of call: 2005
“Sharp acquisition of complex technical detail…followed by an unshakeably persuasive delivery in court”
“Both compassionate and sharp – a barrister who really listens and whose focus on achieving the right result is second to none”.
Rachel draws regular praise for her meticulous, “no stone unturned” approach to preparing cases, her superb client care and her incisive and intuitive advocacy. She has a specialist practice in inquiries and investigations, including inquests, criminal investigations and enforcement, and regulatory law.
Rachel is currently instructed as First Junior Counsel to the Lampard Inquiry. This is the first statutory inquiry into mental health within the UK. She was previously instructed as part of the Counsel to the Inquiry team to the Covid-19 Inquiry. Before that, Rachel was First Junior Counsel to the Grenfell Tower Inquiry, leading on Government, manufacturers and large-scale fire testing.
Rachel has a unique combination of inquisitorial, commercial, regulatory and criminal law experience. As such, she is ideally placed to advise and support individuals and large corporate clients involved in Inquiries and in all areas where criminal sanctions may be in play.
She has a particular specialism in dealing with vulnerable witnesses and traumatic content.
Areas of expertise
Inquiries
Rachel has a comprehensive understanding of Inquiry processes at all stages and substantial experience in:
- scoping and planning investigations and lines of inquiry;
- drafting protocols and setting up Inquiry processes;
- working collaboratively across multi-disciplinary teams;
- drafting requests for evidence and witness statements;
- supporting and preparing victims and vulnerable witnesses;
- advising on disclosure, anonymity and restriction orders, vulnerable witnesses and special measures, privilege, core participant applications and other legal points;
- the analysis of evidence and planning the presentation of evidence at hearings;
- questioning witnesses at public hearings;
- the warning letter process and drafting reports..
Rachel is currently instructed as First Junior Counsel to the Lampard Inquiry. This Inquiry is highly sensitive in nature, focusing on mental inpatient deaths over a 24-year period.
Between March 2018 and August 2023, Rachel was instructed as First Junior Counsel to the Grenfell Tower Inquiry. Skilled in data-heavy and complex investigatory work, Rachel led two large teams of junior counsel and paralegals and worked closely with the Inquiry’s experts, focusing on the forensic analysis of complicated and voluminous material. Rachel questioned a number of key witnesses, drawing praise for her advocacy and her encyclopaedic grasp of the technical issues.
Investigations
Rachel is an experienced criminal defence barrister with significant expertise in criminal enforcement and in defending across the full range of serious offences. An accomplished and sought-after trial advocate, Rachel also offers comprehensive, pragmatic advice from the earliest stages of any investigation through to any prosecution and appeal.
In particular, Rachel provides specialist advice and representation to individuals and corporate clients at all stages of investigations and prosecutions involving allegations of fraud and financial crime, bribery and corruption, money laundering and other Proceeds of Crime Act matters. Her experience encompasses pre-charge advice and challenges to search warrants, issues of disclosure, legal professional privilege, PII (Public Interest Immunity) and confiscation.
Regulatory
With considerable advocacy experience before a wide variety of courts and tribunals, Rachel’s regulatory practice encompasses healthcare, education, fire safety, agricultural and animal welfare matters, environmental offences, transport and licensing. Adept at supporting clients at all stages and with substantial expertise in assisting clients to navigate the investigation and enforcement process in proceedings brought by a wide range of authorities, Rachel provides sound strategic preparatory advice and steady reassurance from the very earliest stages through to hearings at all levels.
Environment
Rachel’s environmental practice is focused on advising and defending in criminal and quasi-criminal matters, including cases involving waste, air and water pollution, contaminated land, licensing and matters arising from planning enforcement. Rachel also acts in environmental tax matters, including advising on disputes in relation to Landfill Tax and the Landfill Communities Fund Scheme.
Environmental crime and enforcement
Rachel advises and represents companies and individuals as part of the team at 39 Essex Chambers on all aspects of specialist environmental regulatory and criminal allegation. She brings her wealth of experience, comprehensive practical advice, and strategic decision-making at all stages of representation, from pre-emptive compliance advice to initial investigations by the EA and other regulators, through to enforcement and prosecution in the criminal courts. Her expertise encompasses all areas of environmental regulation, including:
- Inspections;
- Criminal investigations, voluntary interviews, interviews under caution and prosecution;
- Orders ancillary to prosecution (confiscation under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 and Directors Disqualification);
- Environmental Permitting Regulations, including applications, appeals, compliance and enforcement (suspension, prohibition and revocation notices);
- Waste Offences;
- Hazardous material;
- Contaminated land and illegal discharges to air, land and water;
- Landfill Tax and the Landfill Communities Fund;
- Statutory Nuisance;
- Wildlife and Rural Offences, including illegal wildlife trading, hunting, firearms and offensive weapons and all matters under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981.
