Inquiry team

Chairman of the Inquiry

Sir Martin Moore-Bick was called to the Bar in 1969 and appointed Queen’s Counsel in 1986. He was appointed to the High Court in 1995 and to the Court of Appeal in 2005. During his twenty years as a judge he heard a wide variety of commercial, civil and criminal cases. He retired as a Lord Justice of Appeal in December 2016. He is supported by Counsel to the Inquiry and a team of civil servants, seconded to the Inquiry from a range of Government Departments.

Panel

Thouria Istephan has been appointed by the Prime Minister to serve as a member of the panel. She is an architect and a registered Health and Safety Practitioner. For the last 23 years she has worked for the internationally respected Architects Foster + Partners as a Partner and Deputy of Technical Design. She also served as a Construction Specialist Inspector at the HSE and was instrumental in the implementation of the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations (CDM). Her experience and knowledge include fire safety, buildability, accessibility and inclusive design.

Director General and Secretary to the Inquiry

Mark Fisher started work as Director General and Secretary to the Inquiry on 26 June 2017. He was previously Director of the Office for Civil Society and Innovation in the Cabinet Office. Mark has been in the public service for 34 years, mainly in the Department for Work and Pensions.

Counsel

Counsel to the Inquiry

Richard Millett QC has been appointed as Lead Counsel to the Inquiry. Richard was called to the Bar in 1985 and was appointed Queen’s Counsel in 2003. He has extensive experience of handling complex commercial disputes in a range of specialist areas, with an emphasis on advocacy in court, arbitration and other tribunals. He also sits as a Deputy High Court Judge.

Richard will be assisted by Kate Grange QC and Andrew Kinnier QC.

Kate Grange QC was called to the Bar in 1998 and was appointed Queen’s Counsel in 2017. She has particular expertise in relation to commercial, construction, public and inquiry law.

Andrew Kinnier QC was called to the Bar in 1996 and was appointed Queen's Counsel in 2018. He has particular expertise in product liability law, public procurement, public and administrative law, local government law, health and safety law and environmental law.

Junior Counsel

Bilal Rawat
Dermot Keating
Adam Gadd
Rachel Troup
Camilla Ter Haar
Kelly Stricklin-Coutinho
Priya Malhotra
Rose Grogan
Hannah Curtain
Alex Ustych
Chloe Campbell
Samantha Jones
Ayesha Omar
Zeenat Islam
Emma Hynes
Scarlett Milligan
Daniel Laking
Shanthi Sivakumaran
Rachel Sullivan
Helena Drage
Emily Hamilton
Alex Cameron
Daniel O'Donoghue
George Eyre
Kirsty Lea
Kate Chidgey
Sarah Read
Rebecca Penfold
Joseph Byrne

The Inquiry is also supported by a document review team comprising junior barristers and paralegals.

Solicitors

Solicitor to the Inquiry

Caroline Featherstone qualified as a registered nurse in 1986. She worked in the NHS until she changed career in 1998 when she was admitted as a solicitor. Having spent some years working in private practice, Caroline joined the Government Legal Department in 2006 and was most recently a Deputy Director leading a large litigation team.

Deputy Solicitors

Cathy Kennedy
Julia Dickins
Ross Howarth
Shafi Nasser

Assistant Solicitors

Anna Venturino
Emily Schwikkard
Erin Peck
Holly Waldron
Luke Jacob
Rosalynn Try-Hane
Thomas Wood
Victoria O'Brien
Hollie Waugh
Hanae Bennani
Erica Berki

Secretariat

Director and Deputy Secretary to the Inquiry

Dileeni Daniel-Selvaratnam was called to the Bar in 1999. She joined the civil service in 2004 and has spent much of her career at the Ministry of Justice in roles spanning strategy, policy and project delivery. Prior to joining the Inquiry she was the Director of Strategy and Change at the Insolvency Service.

Team

Aisha-Asher Morgan
Bushra Kherallah
Charlotte Woodall
Curtis Moise
Hannah Bryant
Kathy Knox
Laura Brooks
Lucy Johnson
Mel Peffer
Mike Thomas
Paul Edens
Paul Soundararajah
Sam Herrod
Thomas Blackburn