Elizabeth - Anne Gumbel QC and Henry Witcomb represent the family
in the inquest into the death of Horatio Chapple who was attacked by a polar bear.
Koch Thornton LLP represented the Canadian Civil Liberties Association
in the inquest of the death of Ashley Smith, the 19 - year - old who strangled herself in a segregation cell.
Instructed by NHS Trusts / GPs and by families, Sarah has many years of
experience in Inquests, and particular expertise in medical deaths.
A jury has gone out to consider its
conclusions in the inquest into the death of teacher Ann Maguire, who was murdered in her classroom by a 15 - year - old student...
Since then, none have ever been asked why they did not disclose this information - including
in the inquest which finished on Wednesday.
CCLA is
participating in the inquest into the death of Ashley Smith as a party in order to ensure that there is a full public accounting of the circumstances surrounding her death and that the issues of accountability and proper administration are addressed.
He acted for the Department of Health
in an inquest concerned with the provision of contaminated blood products to haemophiliacs in the 1980s.
Mr David has also represented pro bono
clients in inquest proceedings through the Royal British Legion and was recently part of the team that secured a significant result for the families of four British servicemen who died in a road traffic collision while on active service in Afghanistan.
Dominic accepts instruction from lay clients across a range of practice areas, with a particular
interest in inquests.
Kathryn has a developing
practice in inquests, with instructions coming mostly from her position as Junior Counsel to the Crown and largely involving deaths of long - term prisoners in custody.
We have wide experience of coronial law, appearing
in inquests as well as claims for judicial review of coroners» decisions.
A verdict of accidental death has been
recorded in the inquest of a student from a Catholic sixth form in Hampshire who reared his head from between two train carriages.
In her inquest testimony, referring to his burial, wrapped in a piece of her knitting, she says «I could not bear for him to go into the next life unaccompanied by any loving mementoes (sic) of loving attachment in this one.»
Provincial Court Judge Timothy Preston will hear testimony over the next several
months in the Inquest called under... [more]
Guardian editorial, Public Spending: Banned aid: «Mr Clarke's sensible decision to continue to give legal
aid in inquests, in asylum cases and in judicial reviews, to discover that the speed and severity of the cuts announced yesterday will once again disproportionately hurt the poorest and most vulnerable.
Martin Downs was
Counsel in an Inquest which has received substantial media coverage before the Senior Coroner of Buckinghamshire into the drug related death of a 17 year old.
It is widely thought that this new system could lead to a significant increase in cases being reported to coroners which could, in turn, translate into a
rise in inquest numbers again in the future.
In an illustration of its track record in high - profile inquests, Roberts is leading the team acting for Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS
Trust in the inquests into the Hillsborough disaster, in which 96 people lost their lives.
Alasdair
Henderson in inquest into death of Sarah Mulenga and the failure of paramedics attending her - May 2013
This is often referred to in the investigative obligation, and it can extend to funding legal representation for the family members of those who have died to take
part in inquests.
There is no general right for funding for
participation in an inquest, but section 6 (8) of the Access to Justice Act 1999 allows the Lord Chancellor to authorise funding in «specific circumstances ``.
It's worth considering all three possibilities against the facts that
emerged in the Inquest into the Death of «AA», a decision handed down on 26 September 2014.
He is developing a particular
specialism in inquests into mental health patients, and has appeared at Article 2 and jury inquests into the deaths of both formally and informally admitted mental health patients, as well those being treated in the community.
I specialise
in Inquests engaging Article 2 (the right to the life) of the European Convention on Human Rights.
I specialise
in Inquest law and work fiercely for families who have lost loved ones in police custody, state detention, whilst sectioned or voluntarily under the care of Mental Health services, or in other circumstances involving the state, to ensure they have the opportunity to have their voice heard.
Duckenfield v South Yorkshire Police Commissioner [2015] EWHC 3149 (Admin) Challenge to a decision to cease funding the legal costs incurred by police officers
involved in an inquest.
In inquests Clodagh has appeared on behalf of families, doctors, NHS Trusts, the police and the prison service as interested persons.
We are
specialists in inquests, fatal accident investigations and corporate manslaughter, and our 24/7 incident hotline offers instant support in the event of a major accident, fatality or environmental incident.
The very first of the recommendations of jury in the
verdict in the Inquest into the death of Ashley Smith is that her death should be reviewed by Corrections Canada management and staff and used as a «case study.»
In Canada, the tradition has been
realized in inquests, inquiries under federal and provincial Inquiries Acts, and Royal Commissions.
Martin Forde QC and Sydney Chawatama
instructed in the inquest into death of a woman after termination of pregnancy - Apr 2018
Neil Garnham QC and Neil Sheldon are representing the Home
Secretary in the inquest into the death of Alexander Litvinenko - Feb 2014
Unlike the de Menezes case, no charges were brought against the Met and the
coroner in the inquest, Andrew Walker, said that he could not hold an inquest because some of the evidence in the case could not be made public and he could not proceed because many passages of transcribed police statements were simply blacked out.
He has acted as sole counsel for the Ministry of Justice in several inquests before juries concerning deaths in custody and for a Borough
Council in an inquest into to the death of a child at school.
As
indicated in the inquest into the death of Mr Ward, it is within the Coroner's power to inquire into and make findings and recommendations on violations of a person's human rights.
As a lawyer who represents
families in inquests, death investigations and victims of crime, I understand the need for medical evidence.
She is highly experienced in cases involving medical or scientific evidence, and is also
experienced in inquests and deaths in custody.
A jury has gone out to consider its
conclusions in the inquest into the death of Catholic school teacher Ann Maguire, who was murdered in her classroom by a 15 - year - old student.
Although the siblings of the deceased were summoned by the coroner, they said they would neither
participate in the inquest nor support it.
He has represented a large number of doctors, and families,
in inquests concerned with the provision of medical treatment.