With a ‘reputation as leaders in their field’, the members at Doughty Street Chambers have longstanding experience representing bereaved families: Nick Brown is instructed for the family of the deceased in the inquest touching the death of Aliny Godhino, a woman stabbed to death by her husband in the street outside her children’s school after reporting her fears to the police. Tom Stoate is instructed as senior junior counsel to the Covid Inquiry. Alison Gerry is particularly experienced in inquests concerning deaths following contact with police, also an area of expertise of Fiona Murphy KC. Farrhat Arshad KC took silk in March 2024.
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- 'A leading set for inquests where the failings of state agencies and large institutions are in play.'
- 'The clerks are brilliant - proactive, bright and genuinely helpful.'
- 'Doughty Street Chambers deserve their reputation as leaders in their field. They offer a huge range of highly qualified and dedicated barristers who are brilliant in the work they do. '
- 'The clerks are very helpful and responsive. They are a pleasure to communicate with. '
- 'A leading set in this area with excellent strength in depth.'
- 'Excellent support from clerks - Grace Walton is consistently helpful and approachable.'
- 'Doughty Street Chambers is - unquestionably - out front of all other chambers when it comes to actions against the police and inquests.'
- ''Clerks are extremely helpful, particularly Hania Ostrowski-Hudson and Grace Walton.'
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