Gold Jennings represent the family of Johanna (‘Jo’) Line in inquest proceedings touching on her death. Jo took her own life in June 2020 at the age of 28 very shortly after twice reporting serious domestic abuse to Gloucestershire Constabulary. Despite the police and other agencies...
Staffordshire Police have agreed to pay damages to our client, Stanley Iredale, after he was detained and assaulted by officers on Easter Sunday in 2022. Stanley was driving home with his brother when their vehicle was pulled over by two police officers. Unprovoked, one of the...
Gold Jennings represent the family of Gemma Marjoram who was killed by her husband, Michael Cowey, on 19 June 2020 at a disused hospital site near Norwich. Gemma was just 38 when she died leaving behind three children. Prior to her death, Gemma had been...
Before HM Area Coroner Darren Stewart OBE Winchester Coroner’s Court 2-18 December 2024 Gold Jennings represented the family of Lucy Rushton, 30, who died on 23 June 2019. Lucy was murdered at home by her estranged husband, Shaun Dyson. Lucy died from multiple blunt force injuries that...
Before HM Assistant Coroner Edmund Gritt South London Coroner’s Court 7 – 15 October 2024 Gold Jennings represented the family of Chenise Gregory, 29, who died at the Majestic Hotel in Harrogate on 4 May 2021 having suffered 22 stab wounds inflicted by her partner, Michael...
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...
We are pleased to announce that Gold Jennings has once again been included in the prestigious Chambers and Partners UK Rankings for 2023 in Band 3 in both the Police Law and Administrative and Public Law categories. In the Police Law category our firm is recognised...
Gold Jennings are delighted to be recognised for another year in the Legal 500 rankings. Legal 500 is widely recognised as the world’s largest legal referral guide. The 2022 rankings recognises that Gold Jennings “punches well above its weight in civil liberties and human rights...
The High Court has ordered by consent that the Coroner for Portsmouth, Hampshire and Southampton resume an Article 2 inquest into the death of Lucy-Anne Dyson. Lucy-Anne was killed in June 2019 by her husband Sean Dyson, who pleaded guilty to murder part way through...
Matthew Gold & Co have successfully settled a claim for damages brought by a female former prisoner against the Ministry of Justice after she was groomed and sexually abused by a male prison officer. Our client, Ms P, was very vulnerable on her arrival at the...
Following judicial review proceedings brought by MG&Co, the High Court has ruled that Sussex Police unlawfully disclosed our teenage client’s vulnerability to child exploitation to a Business Crime Reduction Partnership. The Honourable Mrs Justice Lieven ruled that the disclosure breached the Claimant’s rights under the Data...
Both Matthew Gold and Clare Jennings have been recognised in the 2017 edition of Chambers and Partners. Matthew is listed as a noted practitioner in the Police Law: Mainly Claimant section, while Clare is described as "a very committed and able lawyer" in the Up...