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Bernard Richmond KC

Assistant Coroner (Inner West London); Head of Chambers, Lamb Building Chambers / Inner West London Coroner's Court

Lamb Building Chambers / Inner West London Coroner's Court is based in Cities of London and Westminster — the organisation’s base, not a personal address.

Press citations

1

Topic

1

Hospital discharge / bed-blocking

Last quoted

Aug 2026

Bernard Richmond KC: key facts

Kind of voice
Regulator
Role
Assistant Coroner (Inner West London); Head of Chambers
Organisation
Lamb Building Chambers / Inner West London Coroner's Court
Organisation based in
Cities of London and Westminster
Quoted on
Hospital discharge / bed-blocking
Tracked press citations
1
Most recently quoted
27 Aug 2026

Who Bernard Richmond KC is

Bernard Richmond KC was called to the Bar in 1988 and has been Head of Chambers at Lamb Building, Temple, London since 2013. He sits as an Assistant Coroner for Inner West London (appointed 2012) and as a Recorder. He specialises in criminal defence and inquest law, with particular experience in cases involving vulnerable individuals, mental health, and expert medical and forensic evidence. He was appointed counsel to the Grenfell Tower Inquiry in 2017, leading the seven days of commemoration hearings. He is an Honorary Professor at Kent Law School and was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Laws by the University of Kent in 2026.

“The duty to protect someone in a mental health ward from injuring themself with items seems to me to be a fundamental obligation of the ward. The failure to search adequately is so fundamental, it easily passes the Jamieson test … She did precisely the thing she should have been guarded against.”

References for this biography

  1. 1.Bernard Richmond KC – Lamb Building Chambers — Head of Chambers since 2013, called 1988, KC 2006, specialisms, Assistant Coroner appointment, honorary doctorate
  2. 2.Mr Bernard Richmond QC – Coroner Society of England and Wales — Confirms position as Assistant Coroner, South Eastern England – London Coroners Group, area London Inner West
  3. 3.Who's who at Inner West London Coroner's Court — Confirms Bernard Richmond KC listed as assistant coroner at Inner West London Coroner's Court
  4. 4.Bernard Richmond QC appointed to The Grenfell Tower Inquiry – Central Chambers Manchester — Appointment as counsel to the Grenfell Tower Inquiry
  5. 5.Bernard Richmond KC will be made Doctor of Laws – Central Chambers Manchester — Honorary Doctor of Laws awarded by University of Kent, 2026
  6. 6.Bernard Richmond QC Represents Family In Beachy Head Suicide Inquest – Central Chambers Manchester — Inquest work involving mental health and GP referral failures; coroner wrote to Secretary of State for Health
  7. 7.Professor Bernard Richmond KC – Kent Law School, University of Kent — Honorary Professor at Kent Law School; career background; Grenfell Inquiry; Baby P case; legal education roles
  8. 8.Bernard Richmond KC – Counsel Magazine — Head of Chambers at Lamb Building; practises criminal and inquest law; sits as Recorder and Assistant Coroner; Bencher at Middle Temple

Notable achievements

  • Appointed one of three counsel to the Grenfell Tower Inquiry in 2017, responsible for vulnerability issues and designed and led the seven days of commemoration hearings. Source ↗
  • Awarded Honorary Doctor of Laws by the University of Kent in 2026 in recognition of his distinguished career and outstanding contribution to legal education. Source ↗
  • Appointed Assistant Coroner for Inner West London in 2012, covering the City of Westminster and the boroughs of Kensington, Chelsea, Wandsworth and Merton. Source ↗
  • Led inquest in which the coroner exercised his power to write to the Secretary of State for Health identifying the need for a more simplified and streamlined process for GP referrals and family/carer contact with mental health services. Source ↗

Where Bernard Richmond KC has been quoted

  1. Woman killed herself after south London hospital neglect, coroner concludestheguardian.com · 27 Aug 2026

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