Rachel is a Trainee Solicitor at Bhatt Murphy.
She joined the firm in 2024 as a Paralegal and began her training contract in October 2025. During her time at Bhatt Murphy, Rachel has worked on the Covid-19 Inquiry, representing Disabled People’s Organisations. She also assists with a range of civil claims against public authorities, with a focus on protest law and actions against the police. She recently worked on a successful judicial review that led to the Chief Constable of Kent Police issuing an apology and agreeing to pay damages to a pro-Palestine protester who had been threatened with arrest under the Terrorism Act.
Rachel has a degree in history from Durham University. Before joining Bhatt Murphy, Rachel worked as a Legal Assistant at the Border Violence Monitoring Network (BVMN), an independent network of NGOs that monitors and litigates human rights violations along the Greek and Balkan migration routes. In this role, she drafted submissions to the European Court of Human Rights, UN Special Rapporteurs, the European Ombudsman, and various other UN bodies, detailing abuses related to pushbacks, unlawful detention, and mistreatment by border authorities and Frontex.
