Crown Office Chambers has ‘great strength in depth’, with a solid track record in handling complex public inquiries. The team is instructed by public bodies, families and companies, often in inquests and inquiries into deaths in custody and care homes as well as workplace accidents. Dominic Kay KC appeared in an inquest arising from the suicide of a teenage pupil at a boarding school, which involved issues concerning safeguarding and the treatment of pupils with an autism diagnosis; Kay acted for the school. In a separate matter, Jack Murphy acted for the South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust in the inquest into the 2020 Forbury Gardens Terrorist Attack.

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