Bridget Dolan QC & Jamie Mathieson appointed as counsel to the Geoff Gray ‘Deepcut’ Inquest

His Hon Peter Rook, Q.C. has appointed Bridget Dolan QC and Jamie Mathieson as Counsel to the Inquest into the death of Private Geoff Gray. This is the third fresh inquest into a death of a trainee at Deepcut Barracks in Surrey. It follows the inquests into the deaths of Ms Cheryl James and Mr Sean Benton.

The inquest hearings will commence in 2019. At the next pre-inquest review hearing, which will be held on Friday 20th July 2018, the judge will hear the family’s application for a jury.

The Chief Constable of Surrey Police, who is an interested person at the inquest, is represented by John Beggs QC and Cecily White.