Public Hearings have resumed in the Grenfell Tower Public Inquiry. The Inquiry is now in it’s second phase which will focus upon the refurbishment of the tower, including the building and cladding work carried out from 2012 to 2016 and the aftermath of the fire. Members of chambers are instructed on behalf of a number […]
Many thanks to all our guests who attended the annual Health & Safety Seminar that took place at Hilton Manchester Deansgate yesterday. Special thanks to our speakers – Alexandra Tampakopoulos, Michael Rawlinson, Jim Buchanan and Craig Ferguson.
Welcome to the 2 Hare Court Professional Discipline summer newsletter. In coronial proceedings, I look at the Court of Appeal’s judgment in Maughan, which has confirmed the appropriate standard of proof for suicides. Alexandra Tampakopoulos considers the recent decision of Maguire, and the scope of Article 2. As for the MPTS, Ben Rich reflects on […]
2018 Coroners Statistics At the end of last week, the Ministry of Justice and the Office of National Statistics published the Annual Coroner statistics for 2018. The key findings were these: There was a 4% decrease in deaths reported to coroners in 2018 reflecting the removal of DoLS (Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards) cases being reported […]
Welcome to the Spring issue of 2 Hare Court’s Criminal Regulatory Newsletter. In this issue: Nikita McNeill reviews the Sentencing Council’s impact assessment following the introduction of the Definitive Guideline on Health and Safety offences, Corporate Manslaughter and Food Safety and Hygiene offences. Alex Tampakopoulos analyses the guidance from the Court of Appeal in respect […]