Criminal defence and appealsInquests and public inquiriesInternational lawPrison lawPublic law (judicial review)
Pete is a human rights barrister who practices domestically in public inquiries, inquests, criminal, public, prison and police law.
He is a both a trial and appellate lawyer.
Pete has appeared at all domestic court levels and before the European Court of Human Rights, including the Grand Chamber. He specialises in cases involving miscarriages of justice, freedom of expression, extradition and ‘terrorism’, and he has a particular expertise in statutory interpretation.
Pete led the team representing 22 of the bereaved Hillsborough families at the new inquests, and continues to act for them in a number of matters, including their campaign to get the Public Authorities (Accountability) Bill 2017 (‘Hillsborough Law’) enacted. He was one of the drafters of the Bill which seeks to provide a lasting legacy and prevent what happened to the families happening to others.
Since the conclusion of the Hillsborough inquests, Pete has appeared for the partner of Anthony Grainger at the Public Inquiry into his death (a police shooting), and represented 80 of the victims of the Grenfell disaster during phase one of the Inquiry, and more recently he appeared for bereaved victims of the Manchester Arena bombing outrage at the inquests.
He currently leads the team representing the Covid Bereaved Families for Justice group in the UK Covid-19 Inquiry.
Pete was founding member of Garden Court North Chambers and, although he has always practised from Manchester, he is also a door tenant at Garden Court. Pete is a member of the Executive of the Bar Human Rights Committee.
English
BSc (Hons)