Inquests | M.E.N. attack: 22nd May 2017
Minton Morrill’s Civil Liberties Department has built up a national reputation for representing bereaved families in several high profile and particularly complex Inquests involving a wide range of local and national state bodies. Minton Morrill’s award-winning Inquest team are one of the few specialist providers outside London, making services easily accessible to bereaved families who reside outside of the Capital.
If you require any legal advice or assistance in relation to Inquests a representative of Minton Morrill Solicitors will be available to assist in answering any queries.
Notable Cases
▪ Inquests touching the deaths of Christi and Bobbi and Shepherd, two young children who died from carbon monoxide poisoning whilst on holiday in Corfu.
▪ Inquest touching the death of Vikki Thompson, a transgender prisoner who died in HMP Leeds and
▪ Inquests touching the deaths of children and adolescents, the most recent inquest being the inquest into the death of Pippa McManus, a 15 year old girl who committed suicide following a tragic battle against anorexia.
▪ Inquest into deaths involving HMP Leeds and HMP/YOI Glen Parva which continue to gain considerable attention nationally due to their repeated failure to protect vulnerable persons.
Minton Morrill have been instructed in several inquests that have featured in both local and national press as well as social media, allowing the voices of bereaved families to be heard and hopefully to assist in bringing about the necessary intervention to prevent future deaths.
Credentials
▪ Members of ILG (Inquest Lawyers Group) and PALG (Police Actions Lawyers Group), closely working with the charity INQUEST
▪ The department is described as ‘a leader in the field of inquests’, ‘working tirelessly for clients on all issues’ with Solicitor Gemma Vine being described as the ‘Star of the civil liberties world’ and has been ranked as an Associate to Watch in Chambers 2017. She was a finalist at last year’s Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year Awards and a winner at the British Legal Awards.
▪ The department ranks highly within Yorkshire and Humber and London sections of Legal 500 and Chambers. ▪ Specialists in complex Article 2 inquests with our Fee Earners having current in depth knowledge of the ever evolving area of Coronial Law and expertise in funding.
▪ Represented the family of Sara Green whose death and Inquest featured in the BBC Panorama programme in April 2016 about Britain’s failing children’s mental health services “I’m Broken Inside: Sara’s story”.
▪ Regular contributors to the INQUEST Law magazine and also the LAG Magazine.
▪ Minton Morrill has been accredited with the Law Society’s Lexcel law management quality mark.
About Minton Morrill
Minton Morrill is a leading specialist law firm based in Leeds, acting for clients across the country. This niche firm is nationally recognised for its expertise in particularly complex areas of law including Crime, Human Rights and Civil Liberties (including Claims against the Police and Inquests), Clinical Negligence, Court of Protection and Public Law.
Every department is headed by a qualified solicitor with more than 20 years’ experience in their chosen field. The firm’s departments are ranked highly within Yorkshire and the Humber in both the Legal 500 and Chambers’ Guide to the UK legal profession, while its work in the highly specialised area of inquest law was also commended in the London section of the Legal 500. Minton Morrill has been accredited with the Law Society’s Lexcel law management quality mark.
