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Melissa Jones instructed in Emmett Morrison inquest

News | 17 February 2026

The jury hearing the inquest into the death of Emmett Morrison have returned a narrative conclusion. The inquest considered issues around the adequacy of the…

Senior Coroner for Pembrokeshire Finds Failures in Teenage Girl’s Mental Health Care

News | 14 November 2025

Christian Howells and Nia Gowman, instructed by Michael Imperato at Watkins and Gunn Solicitors represented the deceased’s family at an inquest at County Hall, Haverfordwest…

Senior Coroner for Pembrokeshire and Carmarthenshire has suspended an inquest and notified the Director of Public Prosecutions

News | 2 July 2025

Senior Coroner for Pembrokeshire and Carmarthenshire has suspended an inquest and notified the Director of Public Prosecutions that it appeared to him that the death…

David Hughes, Melissa Jones and Cat Jones instructed in Christopher Kapessa inquest

News | 23 January 2024

The coroner hearing the inquest into the death of Christopher Kapessa has returned a narrative conclusion. The coroner found that Christopher, who died in 2019…

Covid Inquiry Updates

News | 12 December 2023

Patrick Vallance Nia Gowman asked questions of Sir Patrick Vallance on behalf of Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice Cymru at the UK Covid-19 Inquiry. Kirsten…

Hospital made series of mistakes before premature baby’s death

News | 13 November 2023

A coroner has pointed to missed opportunities in the case of a girl who was pronounced dead shortly after her birth, Ben Davies represented the…

The COVID inquiry opening

News | 13 June 2023

Kirsten Heaven is representing COVID Bereaved Families for Justice Wales at the opening of the COVID Inquiry module 1 hearing today. “Many of those bereaved people feel like they…

Gleision: Families granted full inquest into men’s mining deaths

News | 22 December 2022

10 years after the Gleision Mining Disaster, the families of Charles Breslin, David Powell, Phillip Hill and Garry Jenkins have finally succeeded in having the…

Inquest into the Shoreham Airshow Disaster set to begin – seven years after the crash

News | 30 November 2022

Kirsten Heaven, instructed by Stewarts Law, is representing the majority of the families who lost their loved ones in the Shoreham Airshow Disaster at the long…

Administrative Court quashes Coroner’s decision on article 2 ECHR

News | 8 June 2022

Christian Howells successfully represented the Claimant in a judicial review against the Assistant Coroner for Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire’s decision that the procedural duty to investigate…

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