Inquests & Public Inquiries

Caoilfhionn is one of the cleverest people at the Bar. She can get through stuff with a great result, and her advocacy is excellent.

Adam is like a walking encyclopedia about the important cases. He has incredible knowledge and experience, and is very open to discussions and suggestions.

Adam is very intellectually able. His strength lies in difficult legal arguments.

Adam is impressively forensic and his intellectual analysis stands out.

Alison is simply superb. She is a wonderful advocate, on top of the law, fantastic with clients and a collaborative, supportive person to work with.

Alison is great with clients. She displays a highly creative and effective approach.

She is a brilliant barrister who keeps a client's objectives at the forefront and is adept at explaining difficult points. She has good judgement and very strong advocacy.

Angela's advocacy is great because she is so thoroughly prepared. She is all over every document and she knows every point.

Angela is reliable, responsive and a real battler throughout, which is what we needed.

Angela is exceptionally strong on the details. Her questions were the most insightful questions. She is a hard worker and is committed to the clients.

Angela is a great barrister who listens to her clients, decides where they want to go and takes her client on the journey with her.

Kirsten is thorough and knowledgeable.

Kirsten is excellent, with incredibly good jury skills, and very good at implementing clients' goals. She is a very persuasive advocate and is a tactician.

She is a passionate advocate and a very skilled cross-examiner.

Sam will be a silk soon. He is really exceptional on his feet and all over the details.

Sam is a charming and punchy advocate.

Tom is very impressive. He has a lot of inquest and inquiry experience.

Tom is a passionate advocate. There are no points he won't fight but he does not over-lawyer the inquest.

Tom has a charming and highly effective style of advocacy. He gets the best possible evidence out of witnesses and is good with vulnerable clients.

Jude is a very bright silk and he is very good at the law.

Jude is brilliant, creative and clever. He is a nightmare as an opponent because he is so good.

Jude is a highly effective advocate who is highly creative.

Maya is a very passionate and tenacious advocate. She is extremely thorough and doesn't leave stones unturned.

Maya does not get bogged down. She wins people around and defeats silks acting for state bodies.

Maya is formidable and can be terrifying in all the right ways. Her advocacy is amazing - she could convince anyone to do anything.

Maya's questioning and cross-examination were really good. She was great in terms of tactical considerations and strategy.

Aswini has a very calming air of confidence about her. Her advice is always very well thought out and she puts you in a good position of strength.

Fiona has meticulous attention to detail.

Fiona is a very detailed and very powerful advocate.

Fiona has a trauma-informed approach, which puts clients at ease even in the face of the worst state abuse.

Frederick is an enthusiastic and passionate advocate.

He is a measured and very effective advocate who fights good points.

Frederick is a very eloquent advocate, and clients' expectations are well managed. He explains things to clients in a way they understand and has a very collaborative approach.

Laura is highly intelligent and extremely hard-working, with great attention to detail.

Laura is absolutely excellent. She works extremely hard and is all over the detail, her advocacy is excellent and she is very good indeed with bereaved families.

Laura is really bright and has good instincts. She gets through things without missing anything.

Laura works incredibly hard, her devotion to each case is exceptional and her clients quickly trust and respect her. Her oral and written presentation are both excellent.

He picks his battles and is mindful of the client's priorities, but there is a ferocity and resolve to his legal argument. This makes him incredibly persuasive and a force to be reckoned with.

Matthew is an excellent advocate for families at inquests. He is very sharp, with impressive advocacy skills, and gives clients clear and practical advice of what to expect.

Nick is very thorough, prepared and collaborative. He navigates a very tricky process and is very calm under pressure.

Nick is a very robust advocate who will never take a step back. He gets the main points much more quickly than anyone else and translates complex legal issues into understandable jury language.

Oliver's cross-examination is lovely. He is very approachable and a real team player.

Shanthi is a rising star who has worked as counsel to the inquiry and for a core participant. She is an excellent lawyer with great client care skills.

Shanthi works incredibly hard. Barristers rely heavily on her to tunnel through the material.

Shanthi is incredibly diligent and hard-working. She has fantastic judgement. She understands what it is to be an advocate at an inquest as opposed to in court.

Cian is very intuitive and sharp. He resolved various difficult complexities and has a depth of knowledge and skill well beyond his year of call.

Cian is one of the most impressive barristers I have worked with. He has a gentle way about him but at every single turn he has a strategy.

Cian has a particular strength for eliciting the relevant evidence from witnesses. He can see the evidence from all angles and takes a strategic approach.

Cian fights for clients in really impressive ways.

Adam Wagner KC gave very helpful advice and was easy to work with.

There are often tight deadlines and turnarounds, but Adam has been very good with that and very on top of everything. He is tactful, respectful and very responsive. Clients really like him.