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Public Inquiries

We remain one of the leading sets in the country for public inquiry work.  Our experience includes acting as Counsel to the Inquiry and representing interested parties. We are listed as one of the leading sets in this field in Legal 500 and members of the team are listed as leaders in the field in Chambers and Partners

The inquiries in which we have been involved cover subjects as diverse as:

Prisons
Strangeways and The Zahid
Mubarek Inquiry

The criminal justice system
Maguire 7

Rail accidents
Clapham, Purley, Southall and Ladbroke Grove

Maritime disasters
Herald of Free Enterprise
The loss of HMS Derbyshire
The Marchioness

Failures in the health care system
Beverley Allitt, the Bristol Royal Infirmary Inquiry
The Royal Liverpool Children's (Alder Hey) Inquiry (Organ Retention)
The Richard Neale Inquiry
Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust

Public health
The Stafford DGH Legionnaires Disease Inquiry
The BSE Inquiry
Sellafield Inquiry

Child abuse
The Victoria Climbie Inquiry

Torture and Detainees
Robert Hamill Inquiry
Iray Inquiry
The Baha Mousa Inquiry
Al Sweady Inquiry
Detainee Inquiry (Rendition)

Media
Phone Hacking (Leveson) Inquiry

We have also appeared in many of the leading cases where the need for, or conduct of, public inquiries is in issue, including R (Stone) v South East Coast SHA  and R (Scholes) v SSHD.

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