Our Practice Areas
Inquest & Inquiries
Our Inquests and Inquiries team have worked on a number of high profile, complex and lengthy investigations into unexplained death, and subsequent judicial review proceedings against the decisions of coroners.
Notable inquest cases include:
European Court of Human Rights challenges arising from the inquest into the death of Jean Charles de Menezes.
R (Fullick) v HM Senior Coroner for Inner North London [2015] EWHC 3522 (Admin) involving the test for a jury inquest.
Smith, on whether Articles 1 and 2 apply to the Inquests into the deaths of soldiers on deployment overseas.
The Hillsborough Inquests, where we advised the Attorney General to make an application for new inquests.
The deaths of Princess Diana and Dodi Al Fayed.
Middleton, the case concerning the application of Article 2 to Inquests.
Jamieson, on the circumstances where “neglect” may be returned.
The investigation into the shooting down of Hercules XV179 and resulting death of 10 men.
The case of Harry Stanley, which established the key requirements of Article 2 of the ECHR in relation to fatal shootings by police officers.
Inquest & Inquiries
Viscaria members are actively involved in the development of the law in this area, both through casework and through writing and campaigning.
Notable inquiries include:
The Leveson Inquiry.
The inquiry into the death of Alexander Litvinenko.
The inquiry into the death of Azelle Rodney.
The Baha Mousa Inquiry.
The Robert Hamill Inquiry.
The Saville Inquiry.
The BSE Inquiry where we represented the families of the victims of variant CJD.
Members have also acted on inquiries overseas including Turks & Caicos Islands Commission of Inquiry.
Leading publications
Viscaria members are actively involved in the development of the law in this area, both through casework and through writing and campaigning. A number of members regularly write and lecture on inquest law and related areas. Our publications include: