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Austin Welch

UK Bar 2026

 Lincoln House Chambers

Ranked in 2 practice areas

Health & Safety

Northern/North Eastern (Bar)

Inquests & Public Inquiries

The Regions (Bar)

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UK Bar

Health & Safety - Northern/North Eastern (Bar)

Band 1
Individual Editorial

Austin Welch is a specialist in regulatory crime who often appears in health and safety cases. He is adept at acting on behalf of clients from the construction and waste sectors. He has expertise in food safety offences and cases relating to industrial disease.

Strengths

He has a really nice way of putting clients at ease and explaining things in a manageable way.

He is very reliable, good with clients from different backgrounds, and he is a very good advocate.

He is extremely good and experienced, is a calm and good presence and knows the law and procedure well.

Austin has an extensive knowledge of the law; he is excellent on his feet and handles clients with equal measures of professionalism and being personable.

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Inquests & Public Inquiries - The Regions (Bar)

Band 1
Individual Editorial

Austin Welch offers an excellent capacity to handle difficult instructions in inquests and inquiries. He draws strength from his experience of health and safety law, and advises a list of clients comprising bereaved families, police forces, businesses and government departments.

Strengths

Austin is a fantastic advocate who is very knowledgeable, approachable and has a reassuring manner with clients and witnesses. He has a very thorough approach and leaves no stone unturned.

Austin Welch is an exceptional advocate. Moreover, he is genuine and absolutely superb with clients.

A flawless advocate in court, Austin has a fantastic approach with clients and is great at advising on tactical approaches in complex matters, leading to great results.

Austin is sensitive with clients while also being able to present robust submissions when necessary. He's a pleasure to work with.

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Northern/North Eastern (Bar)

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