Caroline specialises in inquests where she has a wide-ranging practice. As a barrister she represents the bereaved and other parties; she also sits part-time as an Assistant Coroner in London. Her clinical negligence practice stems mainly from her inquest work. She is the co-editor and lead author of The Inquest Book that has rapidly established itself as a leading practitioners’ textbook in its field. She regularly writes and presents on coronial and inquest-related matters.

Caroline is a member of the Attorney General’s ‘C’ Panel of Counsel and is recommended as a leading junior by the Legal 500. In addition, she is instructed in Court of Protection work.

She takes a compassionate, pragmatic and collaborative approach to her clients and her cases.

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“Caroline goes above and beyond in her proactive approach to the inquest, and is approachable, and keeps well on top of a frequently changing case.”

Legal 500 2022

Appointments

  • Attorney General’s C Panel of Counsel (2013 – present)
  • Assistant Coroner (Southwark)

Education

  • Bar Vocational Course (Outstanding), College of Law, London
  • Masters in Public International Law (LLM) (First Class), London School of Economics
  • Bachelors in Laws & German (LLB) (First Class), Trinity College Dublin

Memberships

  • ALBA
  • HRLA
  • PIBA

Publications

  • Consultant Editor of Halsbury’s Laws for Coroners and Cremation & Burial.
  • Co-editor and contributing author to, ‘The Inquest Book: The Law of Coroners and Inquests’ (Hart Publishing, 2016).
  • Lizanne Gumbel QC, Caroline Cross and Peter Skelton “Inquest Law: An Update”, PI Brief Update, PIBULJ, 30 June 2011.
  • Caroline is co-author with Rachel Marcus of the chapter “Public Accountability: Public Law, Public Participation and Access to Information” in Environmental Law, 2nd Ed (Burnett-Hall and Jones, Eds), 2008.
  • “Contraception, capacity and coercion: A Local Authority v Mrs A, by her Litigation Friend, the Official Solicitor, and Mr A [2010] EWHC 1549 (Fam)”, published online by Local Government Lawyer, September 2010.
  • “Re P: Damages and the Human Rights Act” with Rosalind English, published online at Family Law Week.
  • “As clear as mud: the limitation on the regulation of ‘waste’ under the Waste Framework Directive R (Thames Water Utilities Ltd) v Bromley Magistrates’ Court ECJ Case 252/05 “Environmental Liability” Vol 15, Issue 5, Sept-Oct 2007.
  • A Step Forward? Child Specific Persecution and the Common European Asylum Policy (LL.M Dissertation, 2004, available at the London School of Economics).
  • Legal Research Assistant for the book “Crimes of War 2.0” (Gutman, Reiff and Dworkin, Eds, 2007).
  • Contributor to the 1COR Quarterly Medical Law Review (QMLR)
  • Contributor to the UK Human Rights Blog & Law Pod UK.

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