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We are delighted to announce that Saoirse Townshend has been appointed Assistant Coroner for Luton and Bedfordshire. She is proud to join those of her colleagues at Temple Garden Chambers who already perform the challenging role of a Coroner. Alongside her new…
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…
Nicholas Moss KC and Harriet Gilchrist were instructed as Counsel to the Inquest in a 7 week Inquest into the death of Thomas Orchard before the Senior Coroner for Exeter and Greater Devon Philip Spinney. The inquest heard evidence from…
Nicholas Moss KC and Richard Boyle will appear today as Counsel to the Inquest into the death of three men killed in the Forbury Gardens terror attack. The Inquest is being heard at The Central Criminal Court before Sir Adrian…
Dominic Adamson KC of Temple Garden Chambers, leading Lois Norris of No5 Chambers, and instructed by Patrick Maguire, Hollie Muckley and Kate Daflon of HCC solicitors acted on behalf of Su Bushby in the inquest into the death of her…
The inquest in to the death of Thomas Orchard has resumed today who died after being arrested and restrained at a police station in Exeter in 2012. The inquest being held before a jury at Exeter and Greater Devon Coroner’s…
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…
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…
Between 10th and 28th July 2023 Sir Ernest Ryder, appointed as Judge Coroner heard the inquest into the death of Marine Benjamin McQueen at the Royal Courts of Justice. The Judge Coroner ruled that Marine McQueen died on 14 November…
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….
