11th September 2017
Hodge Jones & Allen has submitted 38 Core Participant applications on behalf of former residents of Grenfell Tower and the surrounding areas. At the same time, the firm has submitted an application to the Inquiry to request legal representative status, so that it can represent all of its clients at the Inquiry. Applications for Core…
8th September 2017
Comment from Joanna Bennett, Civil Liberties solicitor and Raj Chada (below) Criminal Defence partner. Today, David Lammy published his Review of the treatment of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) people in the criminal justice system and offered 30 recommendations to help produce better outcomes for the disproportionate number of people within this group arrested…
5th September 2017
People who want to be a core participant in the Grenfell Tower Inquiry must submit their application to the Inquiry by Friday 8 September 2017. Any individual, organisation or institution that has a specific interest in the work of the Inquiry can apply to be a core participant, granting them special rights in the Inquiry…
18th August 2017
Long battle for justice which saw poorly armoured Snatch Land Rover vehicles removed from battle and led to human rights protections for armed service personnel, concludes The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has finally apologised to the families of servicemen killed in poorly armoured Snatch Land Rover vehicles during the Iraq War after ten years, says…
15th August 2017
Jayesh Kunwardia, social housing partner says: “I expect that our clients will be disappointed at the narrow focus the inquiry will now take. The Terms of Reference fall some way short of covering all of the relevant circumstances we had asked for in our consultation response. It’s particularly disappointing that the broader social questions raised…
