Show Notes
Matt Campbell's brother Jeff died in the North Tower on September 11th 2001. The official inquest spent two minutes on his life and death. No investigation into cause of death. No evidence examined. The coroner signed off the wrong year of death on the paperwork. When Matt submitted a 2,500 page application to the UK Attorney General requesting a new inquest the answer was no. Twice. The reason — the Attorney General claimed the decision was immune to judicial review entirely.
In this episode of The Middle Ground Mic Matt Campbell walks through the complete legal timeline. What an inquest actually is and why it matters. What the 2,500 pages of evidence contained including sworn statements from first responders, expert testimony from physicists and chemists, and video evidence never placed before the original coroner. Why the High Court lost in June 2024 but wrote a ruling so favorable it opened the door directly to the Supreme Court. How a leapfrog certificate fast tracked the case past the Court of Appeal entirely. And why the UK Supreme Court agreed to hear it with a hearing now scheduled for October 14th and 15th 2025 — described by Matt's senior barrister as the largest constitutional case on the UK Supreme Court docket this year.
The constitutional question at the center — whether the Attorney General is above judicial review — is the same legal shield used to block the David Kelly inquest in 2003. It is a mechanism any government can use against any family. That is why the Supreme Court agreed to hear it. And that is why this conversation matters regardless of what you believe happened on September 11th 2001.
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CHAPTERS
* 00:00 A Brother Lost on 9/11 * 00:47 Matt Campbell Introduces Himself * 02:15 The Day the World Changed — A Family on Holiday * 07:15 Starting to Ask Questions * 12:49 Building 7 and Freefall Acceleration * 18:44 Watching the North Tower Fall * 23:41 The Legal Fight Begins — What Is an Inquest * 27:45 The Evidence That Was Never Heard * 38:43 The Attorney General Says No — Twice * 41:28 The Get Out of Jail Free Card * 45:52 The Supreme Court Agrees to Hear the Case * 50:09 Using Time as a Weapon * 55:30 His Mum Turned 80. He Just Turned 57. * 57:08 October 14th — What Happens If He Wins * 1:00:05 Two Minutes. That's What the Inquest Gave His Brother. * 1:04:53 Why His Barrister Said — Why Are We Even Here * 1:07:01 The Question for the Audience
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