Terry Wilcox

Practice Areas

Inquests, Civil Liberties, Public Inquiries

Career

Terry has worked in law since 1981, working for both claimants and defendants before specialising in Public Inquiries and Inquests. He qualified as a Fellow of the Institute of Legal Executives in 1986 and was admitted as a solicitor in 1997.

He is motivated to find the truth following a tragedy as his brother was a survivor of the Hillsborough disaster. Terry’s cases are often covered by the national media and he has made numerous television and radio appearances to discuss the legal aspect of his cases.

Work Highlights

Terry was instructed in his first Public Inquiry in 1987 and is currently instructed in the Manchester Arena Bombing, Post Office IT Horizon and UK Covid-19 Inquiries.

He was one of the original solicitors instructed to represent families at the Second Hillsborough Inquests and supported Hudgells' legal teams at inquests into the deaths of the four young men murdered by serial killer Stephen Port, and Jack Barnes of Hull, who died after being restrained by guards at a rail station.

He has led the legal work for Hudgells on the Manchester Arena Bombing Inquiry and also worked on the Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry and the Covid-19 Inquiry, representing groups who suffered illness and injury after having vaccinations.