Martin frequently acts in inquests, often involving Article 2 ECHR aspects.

He has acted for families, custody providers, NHS Trusts, housing associations, and local authorities. 

Some recent examples where death has occurred in a health care setting are:

• Acting for family at a second inquest. Issues addressed were organisation and staffing at hospital (Article 2) as well as nursing care and missed sepsis. Barking and Dagenham Post coverage.
• Acting for family where death by misadventure of detained patient following use of ligature in secure unit. Derby Telegraph coverage
• Acting for family where death by suicide followed failures in community mental health care.
• Acting for family where young child died of sepsis.
• Acting for family where patient died in psychiatric inpatient ward. Neglect and breach of Article 2 found.
• Acting for family of detained patient where ambulance failed to arrive and potential failures in management of bowel ischaemia at hospital.
• Acting for Trust following death from cardiac arrest after administrative failings. 
• Acting for Trust where death followed fall from height at hospital.

He acts for local authorities where there has been adult social care involvement before death, including where the duties and powers of social workers are in issue.

He has acted on behalf of custody providers where death has occurred in prison or an immigration centre: 

• Prince Kwabena Fosu, died from dehydration, malnutrition and hypothermia at an immigration centre. BBC News coverage
• Mr Gwozdzinski hanged himself at an immigration detention centre. The inquest addressed inadequate training and poor ACDT assessments as well as missed warning signs. Inquest.org.uk coverage