Tracey Lucas

Tracey Lucas leads the Advisory and Inquest Team in Birmingham and has done so since she joined Capsticks in 2011. She has over 20 years’ experience in this area of law, including time spent as the head of a legal team for a specialist NHS hospital trust.

Clients say about Tracey and her team – ‘Really responsive, with an encyclopaedic knowledge of the sector. Tracey Lucas is particularly impressive.’
‘Its strengths are (1) responsiveness – which is excellent (2) subject knowledge, not only technical knowledge but knowledge of the way the health sector works in practice. I work almost entirely with Tracey Lucas and her team. Tracey is a first-class lawyer who provides clear and practical advice. She takes on board our views. Tracey has excellent associates‘.
Tracey is a respected inquest advocate, having represented clients in many inquests over 20 years, including those where issues of healthcare in prisons and police custody are relevant and where there are other inquiries and investigations ongoing.

She regularly appears before coroners in highly complex multi-party inquests for health clients involving deaths in custody and has defended healthcare claims made by prisoners. Tracey has significant expertise in judicial reviews in a variety of settings and advises regularly on investigations into incidents involving adults and children.

Tracey regularly provides training to health staff on all aspects of healthcare law and information sharing.