Inquests

“Its practical focus will remain most useful to the less specialist advocate, but it is has much to offer the more seasoned practitioner”

The long-awaited Hillsborough Law—creating a legal duty of candour on public authorities and officials—has been introduced in Parliament

The Law Society has launched a campaign for more investment in civil legal aid in family, community care, inquests, mental health and other areas

What emerged from the hearings of the Thirlwall Inquiry & what are its likely final recommendations? Richard Scorer reports on the troubling picture it painted

The Hillsborough Law is decades overdue. Colin Wells & Jo Delahunty KC explain why its provisions should be used to deliver justice to those who need protection when agencies have failed them

The Hillsborough Law ‘is decades overdue’, Colin Wells, barrister at 25 Bedford Row, & Jo Delahunty KC, barrister at 4PB, write in this week’s NLJ

In product liability claims, including those involving medical safety issues, ‘many claimants have had to endure decades of litigation, campaigning and lobbying in order to make their voices heard’, Hausfeld lawyers Sarah Moore, partner, Stuart Warmington, senior associate, and Lily Parmar, legal assistant, write in this week’s NLJ.

Public inquiries related to product liability do vital work but are undermined by a lack of accountability & commitment to action, as Sarah Moore, Stuart Warmington & Lily Parmar explain

Lawyers have been asked for their views on the extension to the fixed recoverable costs (FRC) regime on 1 October, including inquest costs and advocacy fees for cases that settle late.

In this week’s NLJ, Richard Scorer, head of abuse law & public inquiries at Slater and Gordon, highlights the necessity of ‘proper forensic scrutiny’ during public inquiries.