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Inquest opened into Jacob Billington’s death after Birmingham stabbings

The inquest into the death of Jacob Billington who was stabbed to death in Birmingham opened on Monday 26th February 2024. Jacob Billington, 23, was killed when mentally ill Zephaniah McLeod went on a stabbing spree in Birmingham on…

27/02/2024
News
Inquest opened into Jacob Billington’s death after Birmingham stabbings

The Legal 500 UK Bar 2024

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…

09/10/2023
News

Keith Morton KC & Andrew O’Connor KC shortlisted for Chambers UK Bar Awards 2023

TGC wishes Keith and Andrew every success at this years Chambers UK Bar Awards to be held on 30 November 2023 where Keith Morton KC has been shortlisted as Health & Safety Silk of the Year and Andrew O’Connor KC…

11/09/2023
News

Daniel Walker has article ‘High Court dismisses Judicial Review challenging the Norfolk Principles’ published on LexisNexis UK

Daniel Walker has had an article published on LexisNexis UK.   The article titled ‘High Court dismisses Judicial Review challenging the Norfolk Principles’ highlights the practical implications of the recent case of R (on the application of Mid and West Wales…

01/09/2023
News

Inquest in to the Death of Lauren Bridges Resumes

An inquest into the tragic death of Lauren Bridges resumed on Monday 7 August 2023 at Manchester South Coroner’s Court. Lauren Bridges, who was from Dorset, was detained under Section 3 of the Mental Health Act 1983 in the Psychiatric…

08/08/2023
News

Croydon Tram Crash – Sentencing Hearing

Keith Morton KC and Nicholas Dobbs represented Transport for London over a three day Sentencing Hearing before Fraser J at the Old Bailey. The prosecution arose out of the tragic tram crash on 9 November 2016 resulting in the deaths…

02/08/2023
News

Keith Morton KC successful in latest case considering the application of the Norfolk principle to coroners’ inquests

Keith Morton KC, leading Paul Reynolds, instructed by the Government Legal Department has successfully represented the Marine Accident Investigation Branch in a judicial review challenge brought by the Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service against a Coroner’s ruling….

24/07/2023
News, Judgments

Coroner rules Shoreham Airshow victims were unlawfully killed

HM Senior Coroner for West Sussex has returned conclusions in respect of the deaths of each of the 11 men killed outside the Shoreham Airshow in 2015. In each case, the Coroner ruled that the deceased had been unlawfully killed…

20/12/2022
News

The Inquests into the Shoreham Airshow Disaster begins today

The Inquests arising from the Shoreham Airshow disaster begins today. On 22 August 2015 a Hawker Hunter ex-military aircraft flown at the Shoreham Airshow crashed on to the A27 killing eleven people. The Inquests, before His Majesty’s Senior Coroner for…

30/11/2022
News

TGC Inquests & Inquiries Newsletter Vol III. July 2022

Welcome to the third 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…

06/07/2022
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