Public inquiries

Expert public inquiries law firm

Public inquiries are often high profile and attract significant media attention. Blake Morgan’s Public Inquiries team includes solicitors and barristers with significant experience in representing clients in UK based public inquiries.

We have: advised clients in their responses to Rule 9 requests for documents and witness statements; supported those called to give oral evidence at Inquiry hearings; and represented Core Participants at some of the largest UK public inquiries including the Infected Blood Inquiry and the Covid-19 Inquiry.

We will guide you through your obligations to the inquiry whilst also considering your position and how your interests may be protected.

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Main areas of practice

Being a witness in a public inquiry

Our public inquiries team can advise on formal (rule 9) and informal requests and how to ensure your evidence is clear and persuasive.

Protecting your interests

You may be engaged in a public inquiry in circumstances where you have wider interests that you need to protect as well as ensuring that you are fully co-operating with the inquiry. Our experts can provide advice on how to navigate these issues to find a workable way forward.

Disclosure requests

You may have been asked by a public inquiry to make documents available to it. There are difficult and complex decisions to make about what a party is obliged to disclose and we can offer advice and guidance on your legal obligations in such circumstances.

Ongoing liability

Our team provides advice and assistance to clients who could face further investigations arising from an inquiry. We have supported clients in relation to their response to police investigation and/or where members of staff are under investigation. Our work involves extensive communication with staff across of levels of the client organisation. A considerable number of our cases have been complex and have attracted significant media interest at both a local and national level.

Our clients

We represent private companies as well as public bodies in England and Wales including NHS England, Velindre NHS Trust and the Welsh Blood Service.

Awards, accolades and accreditations

Blake Morgan demonstrates expertise and a thorough approach to complex issues.
- Chambers and Partners, 2026

The Blake Morgan team is able to draw on their extensive knowledge in our field to provide practical and prompt advice.
- Chambers and Partners, 2025

Blake Morgan offers clear advice on the most complex issues and access to some of the most prominent experts in the field to ensure the advice is relevant and timely.
- Chambers and Partners, 2025

The team is very professional and provides high-quality advice.
- Legal 500

The lawyers' ability to interpret complex customer requests and translate them into simplified broad use guidance is very good.
- Chambers and Partners, 2025