2 Hare Court offers unrivalled expertise and experience in Inquests & Public Inquiries. Members of the Inquest & Public Inquiry team have acted in the most complex and high profile cases of recent times, including; Grenfell Tower, Manchester Arena, Hillsborough, the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse, the Independent Jersey Care Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse, the death of Alexander Litvinenko, the In Amenas hostage crisis, the London 7/7 bombings and the Bloody Sunday Inquiry.
Members of the 2 Hare Court team provide the highest quality of advice, representation and advocacy in coronial proceedings.
We represent the full range of Interest Persons including; corporate bodies and companies, local authorities, hospital trusts, care homes, health professionals, military personnel, the emergency services and bereaved families.
Our unparalleled expertise in Crime, Health & Safety, Professional Discipline and Court Martial proceedings ensure that we are not only able to robustly advise and represent our clients’ interests during the inquest process but also provide continuity of representation in any subsequent proceedings such as professional disciplinary proceedings or criminal prosecution.
Notable cases include:
We have considerable experience and expertise across the team acting in high profile and sensitive public inquiries both as counsel to the Inquiry as well as on behalf of Core Participants.
Notable cases include:
For more information please contact Julian Campbell on 020 7869 7806 or email JulianCampbell@2harecourt.com. We will guide you through our simple and transparent process and get the right representation for your matter.
Jonathan Laidlaw KC1982*
Martin Heslop KC1972*
Jonathan Rees KC1987*
Kate Blackwell KC1992*
Michael Hayton KC1993*
Christopher Coltart KC1998*
Oliver Glasgow KC1995*
David Whittaker KC1986*
Marios Lambis KC1989*
Gudrun Young KC2001*
Andrew Colman1980*
Christopher Gillespie1991*
Peter Gray KC (Scotland)1992*
Craig Ferguson1992*
Iain Daniels1992*
James Buchanan1993*
Christopher Foulkes1994*
Stephen Brassington1994*
Gavin Irwin1996*
Scott Ivill1997*
Michael Rawlinson2002*
Rebekah Hummerstone2002*
Julia Faure Walker2004*
Vivienne Tanchel2005*
Sarah Przybylska2006*
Alexandra Tampakopoulos2007*
Tom Day2008*
Christopher Geering2009*
Ben Rich2010*
Will Martin2010*
Nikita McNeill2010*
Laura Stephenson2012*
Sophia Dower2013*
Paul Renteurs2013*
Robert Dacre2013*
Lewis MacDonald2014*
Grace Forbes2015*
Hannah Thomas2016*
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“The responsiveness and level of service is excellent. Particular recognition goes to Louis Lockwood who is always on hand to assist promptly.”
“Julian Campbell goes above and beyond in liaising with the court and takes a huge load off our shoulders.”
“2HC is a pre-eminent set. There is a diverse range of expertise from counsel who are truly exceptional.” and “Provides good all-round coverage in the health and safety, crime and inquest sectors.‘
“Clearly very good for inquests and inquiries.” and “Strength in depth and extremely reliable.”
“The set is a strong and growing presence in the regulatory market place, and dominant in some niches, particularly Inquests. The team are very responsive and have real strength in depth.” and “2 Hare Court is an impressive set with numerous excellent barristers.”
“Great clerking. Louis Lockwood is particularly efficient and helpful.”
“The clerks are very professional and courteous.”
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