Nicholas Griffin KC

Practice Areas

Inquests, inquiries, the conduct of investigations and reviews, together with advice and representation in relation to matters at the intersection of public, criminal and regulatory law.

Career

Over the past two decades, he has appeared in substantial roles in most major public inquiries and many controversial inquests. He heads QEB Hollis Whiteman’s Inquests, Inquiries and Public Law team.

Currently or recently involved in the Lampard Inquiry (as Counsel to the Inquiry); the Independent Inquiry relating to Afghanistan; the UK Covid-19 Inquiry; the Grenfell Tower Inquiry; the Undercover Policing Inquiry; and the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse.

Coronial experience encompasses inquests arising from deaths in custody and terrorist incidents through to “Troubles” inquests in Northern Ireland. It ranges from the Fishmongers’ Hall Inquests (representing a university) through to the Stephen Dymond Inquest concerning the death of a participant on the Jeremy Kyle Show (representing a doctor).

His background is in criminal law and he continues to advise and appear in serious criminal cases, often where there is a connection with an inquest or inquiry. Similarly, he is instructed in health and safety and regulatory/disciplinary matters, particularly where there is an inquest/inquiry or other public law connection.