Gold Jennings represented the family of a patient who was permitted to leave an acute psychiatric ward at Springfield Hospital, managed by South West London and St Georges Mental Health NHS Trust, when they should not have been. The Coroner concluded that a series of failures...
Gold Jennings has been ranked by Legal 500 in its 2026 UK-wide guide for excellence in law, receiving recognition in three key public sector categories: Administrative and Public Law, Civil Liberties and Human Rights, and Healthcare. Clare Jennings, Director and Head of Public Law and Community...
09 July 2025 – Aishah AlBader, a former graduate student, has taken the first step in civil proceedings against Bangor University. Ms AlBader’s claim arises from her graduation last year when she intended to peacefully protest her own university’s investments in companies complicit in human...
South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust and West Yorkshire Police have agreed to pay £50,000 in damages following the murder of our client’s step-father, JU. JU was killed by our client’s brother, WT, in 2017 shortly after WT had been released from a mental-health inpatient...
The Lincolnshire Senior Coroner sitting with a jury has returned a conclusion of unlawful killing following the death of Daniela Santo on 9 April 2020. The jury, having heard evidence from officers of Lincolnshire Police, gave a narrative conclusion and made critical findings of the officers...
The Bolton Area Coroner sitting with a Jury has returned a verdict of unlawful killing following the murder of Regan Tierney on the 5th June 2019 by her former partner Daniel Patten. The jury, having heard evidence from officers of Greater Manchester Police, gave a narrative...
Matthew Gold of Gold Jennings represents David and Shannon Tierney, the father and daughter of Regan Tierney who was brutally murdered by her partner Daniel Patten on the 5th June 2019. The inquest into Regan’s death commenced on the 11th July 2024 and is being held...
Sobhia Khan died on 27 May 2017 at the hands of her partner Ataul Mustafa, who was being monitored in the community as a restricted patient under the direct care and supervision of the Ministry of Justice, Derbyshire NHS Healthcare Trust and the Derby City...
We are delighted that once again we have been recognised by Legal 500 and Chambers and Partners directories. In the prestigious Chambers and Partners 2024 guide, the firm as a whole has risen from Band 3 to Band 2 for Administrative and Public Law: Traditional Claimant,...
We are delighted to welcome experienced solicitor Louise Eardley back to Gold Jennings. Having originally trained with us, Louise took up a position at Sinclairs Law upon qualification in August 2019. Louise has an excellent reputation in education law, community care, public and administrative law and human...
Matthew Gold, director of Gold Jennings has settled a civil claim against the Chief Constable of Surrey Police for £850,000 subject to Court approval. Matthew represents the surviving children whose mother was murdered by their father following an abusive relationship. Surrey Police accepted liability for...
In its two judgments of 25 March 2022 and 14 October 2022 (published 11 November 2022) in the case of R (HM, MA & KH) v Secretary of State for the Home Department, the High Court has comprehensively ruled that the Home Office’s secret and...