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Temple Garden Chambers

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Temple Garden Chambers

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Health & Safety - London (Bar)

Band 3

What the Team is Known For

Temple Garden Chambers is well regarded for its handling of complex health and safety prosecutions and enforcement proceedings. Areas of expertise for the set include gross negligence manslaughter and corporate manslaughter cases, as well as prosecutions arising from workplace fatalities and rail accidents. Members are also regularly called upon to represent their clients at inquests and public inquiries. The tenants are noted for their expert representation of both defendant corporations and prosecuting authorities. Sources say that its barristers "provide excellent strategic thinking at every step." Recent work highlights include R v Glen Dimplex Home Appliances, a case relating to the death of a homeowner from carbon monoxide poisoning due to unsafe gas appliances.

Dean Norton is the senior clerk.

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Strengths

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  • The clerking team provides a good service.

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Notable Practitioners

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  • Dominic Adamson
    Dominic Adamson

    Dominic Adamson

    Dominic Adamson KC is a talented silk who represents individuals and companies across a wide range of sectors including the construction, healthcare and rail industries. He has acted in landmark public disaster cases such as Hillsborough and the Ladbroke Grove rail crash. Adamson has a strong track record of handling cases involving fires and explosions.

    • Dominic is an excellent advocate and his written submissions and advice are excellent. He is able to guide clients through the often emotional process of litigation with ease.

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    • He is an excellent all-round advocate.

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    • He is really impressive, composed, very clear with questioning and really to the point.

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    • He is excellent at dealing with challenging clients and excels at getting into the detail of a case to be able to produced sophisticated submissions.

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    • He is a brilliant KC.

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  • Fiona Canby
    Fiona Canby

    Fiona Canby

    Fiona Canby is an established health and safety lawyer who specialises in high-profile inquest work. She has been instructed in several inquests, including the Didcot Power Station collapse. She exclusively represents defendants in criminal regulatory proceedings and is routinely instructed to act for employers.

    • Fiona Canby is always extremely well prepared.

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  • Keith Morton
    Keith Morton

    Keith Morton

    Keith Morton KC has extensive experience within this field of law, exclusively acting on behalf of defendants in the most complex of health and safety cases, including corporate manslaughter cases. He is also adept at undertaking inquest work and public inquiries.

    • He is an absolute legend, he is just so impressive.

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    • He is one of the best KC's around with huge gravitas.

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    • He is superb with clients and a hard worker.

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