Chambers of the Year 2023
Albion Chambers were delighted to be awarded the Chambers of the Year at the Bristol Law Society (BLS) Award Ceremony
Chambers and Partners Rankings – 2024
In the 2024 Chambers and Partners rankings publication, Albion Chambers and its members received their highest number of rankings, 26 in total,
Recovering Pre-Inquest Costs in Civil Proceedings: Briley & Ors v Leicester Partnership NHS Trust & Ors
Useful for: Recovering pre-inquests costs in a civil claim, even when a Part 36 offer has been made prior to
Legal 500 Rankings – 2024
In the 2024 Legal 500 rankings, Albion Chambers and its members received 33 rankings, 14 of which were Tier 1. As
Maguire: Article 2 Finally Mapped Out
The Supreme Court has handed down its 65-page judgement in Maguire: R (on the application of Maguire) v His Majesty’s
Summary of the ONS article on PFD reports for Suicide
On 29 March 2023, the Office for National Statistics released an article on Prevention of Future Death Reports for suicide
Dove v. HM Assistant Coroner for Teeside
Court of Appeal orders a fresh inquest, to examine whether the failings of a government department had contributed to a
Inquest Team E-Bulletin: Care in the community – when will Article 2 be engaged?
This article looks at some relevant cases over the last few years to assist practitioners with the thorny problem of
Operation Jasmine inquests conclude: serious failures in care contributed to deaths in Brithdir Care Home 2003-2005
The Coroner presiding over an eight-week inquest into deaths in a care home in South Wales in the early 2000s
Inquest E-Bulletin Maughan v Oxfordshire Senior Coroner
STOP PRESS - Inquests and the Standard of Proof – Finally Resolved – IMMEDIATE EFFECT Case Citation(s) Maughan v HM
The Salisbury Poisonings – Scope in the Spotlight
The dark narrative of what took place vs the ridiculousness of the ‘spires of the cathedral’ defence put forward by
Inquiry into the Coroner Service
Reforms to the Coroner Service were introduced by the Coroners & Justice Act 2009. In 2015 the Ministry of Justice