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.

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