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TGC has once again been recognised in the 2024 Legal 500 UK Bar rankings, with 58 individual rankings across 11 practice areas. The Legal 500 UK Bar is a reputable ranking system that recognises the UK’s top barristers and…
The Administrative Court today dismissed a judicial review challenge to the Home Secretary’s decisions to relocate Afghan nationals from London to Manchester (HZ and ors v SSHD [2023] EWHC 660 (Admin)). The Afghan nationals were relocated to the UK following…
A further preliminary hearing took place today in the Dawn Sturgess Inquiry, which is examining the circumstances of Ms Sturgess’ death in July 2018 following exposure to the nerve agent Novichok. Andrew O’Connor KC is Leading Counsel to the Inquiry. …
Today the Manchester Arena Inquiry published its Volume 2 report concerning the response of the emergency services to the Arena attack. Cathryn McGahey KC and Richard Boyle represent HM Government and Andrew O’Connor KC and Piers Taylor represent SMG, the…
Welcome to the second edition of the TGC Inquests and Inquiries newsletter, a twice-yearly publication, 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…
Andrew O’Connor KC, Cathryn McGahey KC and Emilie Pottle appeared today at the second pre-inquest review in the inquest into the death of Dawn Sturgess. The hearing was conducted by Baroness Hallett, the Coroner, at the Royal Courts of Justice….
The first preliminary hearing took place yesterday in the inquest into the death of Dawn Sturgess, who died in Salisbury from Novichok poisoning in July 2018. Lady Hallett has been appointed as Coroner to conduct the inquest. Andrew O’Connor KC…
Cathryn McGahey KC and Nicholas Moss KC have been involved in the judicial review (before Bean LJ and Lewis J) concerning the scope of the Inquest into the death of Dawn Sturgess, who died following the use of Novichok in…
Cathryn McGahey KC and Nicholas Chapman, instructed by the Treasury Solicitor, successfully represented the Home Secretary in a challenge to her decision to impose a TPIM on “QT”, a member of the proscribed Islamist terrorist organisation Al-Muhajiroun. Following a four-day…
Cathryn McGahey KC and Benjamin Seifert, instructed by Jeremy Coleman of DPP Law successfully represented BY on appeal against an order of extradition. The Divisional Court (Rafferty LJ and Jay J) found that the father of five children, all of…
