Public Inquiries
Temple Garden Chambers "is an excellent set for inquiry work"
(Legal 500) and is well known as a leading chambers in this
field.
Members of Chambers have been involved in most of the
high-profile inquiries in recent years. These include:
- The Baha Mousa Inquiry
- The Billy Wright Inquiry
- The Bloody Sunday Inquiry
- The Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust Inquiry
- The Nimrod Review
- The Shipman Inquiry
We act both in statutory and non-statutory inquiries and, were
instructed in some of the first inquiries to be set up under the
Inquiries Act 2005. Members of Chambers have considerable
experience in acting as 'Counsel to the Inquiry' as well
representing interested parties and witnesses.
Our established reputation in the field of Coroners
and inquests and Health and
safety ensures that counsel at Temple Garden Chambers are often
instructed in major inquiries such as those into the Ladbroke Grove
and Southall rail disasters, and also the BSE inquiry.
For a list of recent notable cases,
click here.