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James Carlton represents families of 7 July London bombing victims
28 October 2010
James Carlton, solicitor in our Business Crime & Regulation department, appears in the Law Society Gazette as their ‘Lawyer in the News'. James is representing the families of 10 victims of the 7 July bombings at an inquest into the events surrounding the attack.
The original article appeared in the Law Society Gazette written by Jonathan Rayner on the 28th October, and can be viewed here.
Who? James Carlton, 44, partner in the business crime and regulatory group at national firm Russell Jones & Walker.
Why is he in the news? He is representing the families of 10 victims of the London bombings of 7 July 2005 at an inquest into the events surrounding the attack. The bombings killed 52 innocent people, and four suicide bombers who detonated explosive devices on tube trains at Aldgate, Edgware Road and Kings Cross, and on a bus at Tavistock Square. A further 700 people were injured.
The independent inquest, overseen by Lady Justice Hallett, will examine the details of the events.
Thoughts on the case: ‘These inquest proceedings have been a long time coming. They are a necessary part of the judicial process to investigate the how, when and where of the circumstances surrounding the tragic deaths of 52 innocent people. The details are graphic, harrowing and distressing for everyone directly engaged in these proceedings, and indeed for the wider public. The victims’ families have an overwhelming need to get to the truth. I very much hope that the inquest achieves this for them.’
Dealing with the media: ‘The media has been mainly supportive, but some elements of the press have intimidated families entering and leaving the proceedings. The coroner has warned the press, and I hope the families’ privacy will now be respected.’
Career high: ‘Every time a jury returns the right verdict. Waiting for the jury’s verdict never ceases to evoke in me awe and admiration for this ancient practice of determining guilt and innocence.’
Career low: ‘Early in my career a client asked me to hold, in my office for safekeeping, a picture he had painted at art classes while on remand in custody. It turned out he had actually removed it from the prison governor’s office wall. It was hastily returned, but I can now see the funny side.’
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