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.
Inquests
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:
- The Hillsborough Inquest
- Natasha Ednan-Laperouse Inquest (The Pret food allergy inquest)
- The In Amenas hostage crisis
- Zane Gbangbola Inquest (concerning the death of a young boy from alleged carbon monoxide poisoning)
- The death of Alexander Perepilichnyy
- The SAS Inquest into the death of three reservists from heat injury in the Brecon Beacons
Public Inquiries
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:
- Manchester Arena
- Grenfell Tower
- The IICSA
- Undercover Police
- Sexual Harassment at St Hughes College, University of Oxford
- The Independent Jersey Care Inquiry
- The Alexander Litvinenko Inquiry
- The London 7/7 terrorist bombings
- The Bloody Sunday Inquiry