Inquests

Temple Garden Chambers has vast experience in all aspects of coronial law, with members of chambers advising and representing bereaved families, individuals, public bodies, government departments and corporate entities.

Our particular expertise in inquests is reflected in regular instructions to act for Coroners, both as counsel to inquests and in judicial reviews of coronial decisions. Some members of chambers sit part-time as Assistant Coroners.

Members of chambers have extensive experience covering all kinds of military, prison, detention centre, police, national security, health and social care, aviation, insurance/road traffic and health and safety related deaths.

Temple Garden Chambers’ particular expertise and experience in inquests, combined with our expertise in personal injury, clinical negligence, and health & safety, means that members of chambers are well placed to advise and represent interested persons in the civil litigation that can often follow after the inquest.

Our breadth of experience extends to members of chambers advising the Coroners, Burials, Cremations and Inquiries Policy Team within the Ministry of Justice.

Our members accept instructions to act pro bono for bereaved families in cases involving the Armed Forces through the Royal British Legion scheme.

We publish a twice-yearly Inquests and Inquiries newsletter, containing articles on recent key legal developments in these fields, as well as a selection of recent noteworthy cases in which members of chambers have been involved. Members of chambers also provide seminars and training in this area.

Members of chambers have represented interested persons in many of the high-profile inquests in recent years. Examples include:

• The inquest into the death of Molly Russell.
• The inquest into the death of Emiliano Sala.
• The inquest into the death of Sabina Rizvi.
• The Shoreham Airshow inquests.
• The inquests into the deaths of the four victims killed by Stephen Port.
• The inquest into the death of Dawn Sturgess.
• The inquest into the death of Sudesh Amman (the terrorist attack on Streatham High Road).
• The Croydon Tram inquest.
• The Fishmongers’ Hall inquests.
• The inquest into the death of Ella Adoo Kiss-Debrah.
• The London Bridge inquests.
• The inquest into the deaths of the Westminster Terrorist Attack victims.
• The Deepcut inquests.
• The Hillsborough inquest.
• The Brecon Beacons inquests.
• The Vauxhall Helicopter Crash inquest.
• The inquest into the 7 July 2005 London Bombings.
• The inquest into the deaths of Diana, Princess of Wales and Dodi Al Fayed.