Appendix 8. Core Participants and legal representation

¶Families of babies named on the indictment – Family Group 1 Counsel Peter Skelton KC

Shahram Sharghy Leanne Woods

¶Solicitors Tamlin Bolton, Switalskis then Irwin Mitchell

¶Tim Annett, Irwin Mitchell Families of babies named on the indictment – Family Groups 2 & 3 Counsel Richard Baker KC

Alex Jamieson Sara Sutherland Rochelle Rong

¶Solicitors Richard Scorer, Slater & Gordon

Linda Schermer-Jones then Kerry Goulden, Oliver & Co Sara Stanger then Carla Duprey, Bond Turner Elen Roberts, Mackenzie Jones Emma Scourfield, Harding Evans then Slater & Gordon

¶Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health Counsel Fiona Scolding KC Solicitor Stuart Merchant, Bevan Brittan Department of Health and Social Care Counsel Neil Sheldon KC

Jonathan Dixey Robert Cohen Jennifer Wright

¶Solicitors James McArthur and Georgia Bain, Government Legal Department Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Counsel Andrew Kennedy KC

¶Thomas Hayes Solicitor Emma Stockwell, Hill Dickinson

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¶Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) Counsel Victoria Butler-Cole KC

¶Samantha Jones Solicitor Zahra Anderson Nanji, NMC Care Quality Commission (CQC) Counsel Jenni Richards KC

¶Andrew Deakin Solicitor Ross Clark, CQC NHS England Counsel Jason Beer KC Solicitor Charlotte Harpin, Browne Jacobson then DAC Beachcroft Tony Chambers, Ian Harvey, Sue Hodkinson, Alison Kelly Counsel Kate Blackwell KC

¶Alex Tampakopoulos Solicitor Anna Naylor, Weightmans

¶Correct as at August 2026

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