Instructed by the Government Legal Department, Brad Lewis represented the Ministry of Justice (‘MOJ’) in a sensitive 'Article 2 ECHR' jury inquest involved the death of a man in custody. The case involved accepted failures by a number of prison staff.
Brad made legal submissions which were accepted by the coroner on why neglect should not be left for the jury as a possible conclusion. The coroner was also persuaded by the evidence of improvement called on behalf of the MOJ and the prison not to issue a prevention of future deaths report against the MOJ, His Majesty’s Prison & Probation Service, and the prison.
Brad Lewis