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Temple Garden Chambers is a leading chambers in inquiries. Our barristers advise and represent a broad range of core participants and witnesses in many of the major inquiries.
Members of chambers have considerable experience in acting as counsel to the Inquiry. Our expertise and reputation in this area are reflected in the fact that we often have multiple members of chambers instructed in the same inquiry.
We act both in statutory and non-statutory inquiries. We were instructed in the some of the first inquiries set up under the Inquiries Act 2005.
Our established reputation as a leading chambers in this area has led to members of chambers being instructed in most of the major inquiries in recent years, including:
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The Chair of the Infected Blood Inquiry, Sir Brian Langstaff, published his Final Report 20th May 2024. The Inquiry was established to examine the circumstances in which men, women and children were given infected blood or infected blood products in...
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On 15 December 2022, the Ministry of Defence announced the Government’s decision to formally establish the Independent Inquiry relating to Afghanistan (“IIRTA”) under the Inquiries Act 2005.The IIRTA is to investigate matters arising from the deployment of British Special Forces...
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Keith Morton KC, leading Daniel Walker, has been retained to advise people involved in the inquiry.
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The Inquiry was established in non-statutory form on 29th September 2020. It was converted to a statutory inquiry on 1st June 2021. Nicholas Chapman is representing The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. The Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry...
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This is an independent Inquiry into the circumstances of Dawn Sturgess’ death in Salisbury on 8 July 2018. On 18 November 2021 the Home Secretary announced the Government’s decision to establish an inquiry under the Inquiries Act 2005 to investigate...
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An independent public inquiry to investigate the deaths of the victims of the 2017 Manchester Arena terror attack. Cathryn McGahey KC and Richard Boyle represent HM Government and Andrew O’Connor KC and Piers Taylor represent SMG, the operator of the...
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