The Lord Chancellor has approved the appointment of Kate Eves and
Andrew Harris as members of the Independent Advisory Panel on
Deaths in Custody.
The Lord Chancellor has approved the appointment of Kate Eves and
Andrew Harris as members of the Independent Advisory Panel on
Deaths in Custody for a period of 3 years for 3 December 2024 for
Andrew Harris, and 10 December 2024 for Kate Eves.
Established in 2009, the Independent Advisory Panel on Deaths in
Custody (IAPDC) forms part of the Ministerial Council on Deaths
in Custody in England and Wales. The IAPDC provides expert advice
and challenge to Ministers, departments, and agencies with the
central aim of preventing deaths in custody.
This appointment is made by the Secretary of State for Justice in
consultation with the Department of Health and Social Care and
the Home Office, who co-sponsor and co-fund the IAPDC.
Appointments are regulated by the Commissioner for Public
Appointments and recruitment processes comply with the Governance
Code on Public Appointments.
Biographies
Kate Eves
Until January 2023 was the Chair of the Brook House Inquiry,
investigating mistreatment at Brook House Immigration Removal
Centre. Prior to this she has been the Senior Advisor to the
Prison Rape Elimination Act Resource Centre in the USA and has
worked as an Assistant Ombudsman (Head of Suicide and Homicide
Investigation Team) for the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman and
as a Researcher for HM Chief Inspector of Prisons. She has also
previously worked as First Secretary to the Forum for Preventing
Deaths in Custody.
Andrew Harris
Coroner Andrew Harris recently retired after 13 years as Senior
Coroner for London Inner South, where he sat on over 60 inquests
into deaths in detention and is now a part -time Assistant
Coroner in South London. He is an Honorary Professor in Coronial
Law at William Harvey Research Institute, Queen Mary's University
of London. In 2016 he was called to give evidence to the
Independent Review of Deaths in Police Custody (Angiolini
Report). He is dually qualified in medicine and law, having
practised as a public health consultant. He has published in
various journals, recently on suicide inquests, and is author of
four chapters of the standard law textbook “Jervis on Coroners”.
