Nikolas Clarke

Ranked in 1 Practice Areas

Band 4

Inquests & Public Inquiries

London (Bar)

2 Years Ranked

About

Provided by Nikolas Clarke

UK Bar

Practice Areas

Nikolas is an experienced inquest barrister (called in 2000). He is instructed by the full range of interested persons in inquests.

He often acts for local authorities, usually Social Services or the Approved Mental Health Professional, in Article 2 ECHR and jury inquests which raise concerns about them or their agents failing to protect the deceased. His Article 2 inquest expertise means he is well-placed to act in related judicial review and civil claims.

He frequently appears in inquests involving the death of young people. Many cases have a mental health aspect.

His practice also covers personal injury, employment law and general civil law cases.

Career

Nikolas sat part-time as a fee-paid judge in the Mental Health Tribunal. He sits as a Deputy District Judge.

• In 2023 he represented the local authority in an Article 2 jury inquest into the death by suicide of a 17-year-old. The young man had been accommodated by the local authority at the time.

• Nikolas is defending the local authority in a civil claim brought by the family of an unaccompanied Eritrean asylum-seeker. The young man died by suicide while a Looked After Child in the local authority's care. Nikolas also acted in the Article 2 inquest.

• In 2018, led by John McLinden QC, Nikolas represented a local authority in an inquest concerning a cyclist’s death. The inquest involved the local authority’s planning and development, environmental control and street cleansing departments and Highways Authority as the road’s condition was a potential contributory factor.

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