Christian really is the full package. Clients and coroners really like his measured and thoughtful approach.Chambers and Partners, 2025
Christian Weaver is a barrister specialising in inquests and public inquiries. He is ranked as a Leading Junior by The Legal 500 2025–2026 for Inquests & Inquiries, and as Up and Coming by Chambers and Partners 2025. In 2025 he was named Barrister of the Year at the Greater Manchester Pro Bono Awards, and in 2023 he won the Legal Aid Newcomer of the Year Award at the LAPG Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year Awards.
Christian represents bereaved families in some of the most significant and high-profile inquests in England and Wales - particularly those involving deaths in state custody or care. He is currently instructed in both the UK Covid-19 Public Inquiry and the Southport Inquiry. The inquest into the death of Awaab Ishak, in which Christian represented the family, led directly to Awaab's Law - landmark legislation that now compels social landlords to act on serious hazards in the home.
Before coming to the Bar, Christian worked in the casework team at INQUEST and volunteered with Liberty's advice and information service, working directly with bereaved families and individuals seeking to hold the state to account. That experience informs every aspect of how he practises today.
Beyond the courtroom, Christian is a prominent public legal educator. He is the founder of The Law in 60 Seconds and the author of two books published by Profile Books. He has spoken at the Oxford Literary Festival, Cheltenham Literature Festival, and the Black Counsel Forum SuperPower Summit. He is a recipient of the Inner Temple Pegasus Scholarship - awarded to talented young barristers to enable them to live and work in a common law jurisdiction overseas - and will undertake his placement in Malaysia.
Ranked as a Leading Junior (Legal 500 2025/26) and Up and Coming (Chambers & Partners 2025) for Inquests and Inquiries, Christian is regularly instructed in the most factually and legally complex inquests. Many of his cases have attracted national media coverage.
His experience at INQUEST before coming to the Bar gives him an unusually acute understanding of what bereaved families face in the inquest process – and his client care reflects that.
CHRISTIAN’S MOST SIGNIFICANT CASES
Awaab Ishak
Awaab was a two-year-old boy who died following prolonged exposure to mould in his social housing. Christian represented his family at the inquest. The case generated national outcry and led directly to the enactment of Awaab’s Law – a landmark reform requiring social landlords to investigate and remediate serious hazards in the home within fixed timeframes. Covered by The Guardian.
UK Covid-19 Public Inquiry
Christian is instructed in the UK Covid-19 Public Inquiry representing two core participant groups: Covid Bereaved Families for Justice UK, who lost loved ones during the pandemic, and the Covid Vaccine Injured and Bereaved.
Southport Inquiry
Christian is instructed in the Southport Inquiry, arising from the knife attack in July 2024 in which three young girls were killed and many more injured.
Exodus Eyob
Exodus was a one-year-old boy who died after falling from a high-rise window. The case became the catalyst for a prominent campaign for mandatory window restrictors in residential tower blocks. Covered by ITV News.
Giedrius Vasiljevas
Inquest into the death of a man who was shot and killed by a Metropolitan Police firearms officer. The inquest examined whether the use of lethal force was lawful.
Alistair Taylor
Inquest into the death of a man whose home had been made subject to a compulsory purchase order by Blackpool Council – a process by which local authorities can legally force residents to sell their properties. The inquest found that the council’s conduct in pursuing that order contributed to his death.
Zainab Mohamed
Inquest into the death of a mother who died in a mental health unit. The Coroner found a catalogue of errors in her care. Covered by BBC Merseyside.
Laura Davis
Inquest into the death of a young woman took her own life at a psychiatric hospital. The inquest identified serious failures in communication in her care. Covered by BBC News.
Jeni Larmour
Inquest into the death of a student who had arrived at university only hours before she died, having been given drugs by another person. Covered by Mail Online.
Christian is regularly instructed to represent individuals serving the most serious sentences – including life and IPP prisoners – at Parole Board hearings.
“His parole board practice has really taken off and is very impressive for someone of his call.” – The Legal 500, 2023
2026 — Pegasus Scholar, Inner Temple (Malaysia)
2025 — Barrister of the Year, Greater Manchester Pro Bono Awards
2023 — Legal Aid Newcomer of the Year, LAPG Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year Awards
Alongside his practice, Christian writes, publishes, and speaks with the aim of making the law genuinely accessible to everyone. He is a contributor to iNews, and the author of two books published by Profile Books.
The Law in 60 Seconds: A Pocket Guide to Your Rights
Profile Books – Best-selling public legal education guide to everyday rights
Your Right to Protest: Understand It, Use It
Profile Books – A practical guide to protest law in England and Wales
Christian is the founder of The Law in 60 Seconds, a legal education project committed to making law genuinely accessible to everyone.
In 2022, the project co-hosted the UK’s first-ever Public Legal Education Conference with The Defendant and the University of Manchester. He has spoken at the Oxford Literary Festival, Cheltenham Literature Festival, and the Black Counsel Forum SuperPower Summit, and has collaborated with Cambridge University’s Law Faculty on public legal education content.
More information can be found here.
In summer 2026, Christian travels to Malaysia as a recipient of the prestigious Inner Temple Pegasus Scholarship, hosted by the Malaysian Inner Temple Alumni Association (MITAA). As an outgoing scholar, Christian will live and work internationally, gaining experience across a different legal framework and jurisdiction.
Christian has also represented the United Kingdom as part of the UK delegation to Congress of the Council of Europe.
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