Dominic Kay KC

Dominic Kay KC is recognised by the various directories as a leading Silk in the fields of Health & Safety, Environmental law and Inquests & Inquiries. He took Silk in 2017 having spent many years working exclusively in the field of regulatory law. He is a former winner of both the Health & Safety Silk and Junior of the Year categories at the Bar Awards, having been shortlisted as Silk of the Year in each of 2018, 2020 and 2023.

His practice involves representing the UK’s largest companies and their directors in relation to fatal accidents across multiple sectors including healthcare, construction, agriculture, utilities, food manufacture, education and transport. He specialises in cases involving significant quantities of technical evidence. He has undertaken a large number of corporate and individual manslaughter trials and is instructed in the area’s most high profile cases. In 2021 he was described as “by far the best of the young Silks in this area”. His practice includes representing interested persons and core participants in health and safety-related inquests and inquiries.

Dominic’s Environmental work involves representing companies charged in relation to major pollution incidents, often but not exclusively of the watercourse. He is currently retained to represent several of the UK’s water companies in relation to Environment Agency prosecutions and other investigations regarding the water industry. He has experience of dual agency prosecutions and his experience extends to Judicial Review proceedings in relation to his work areas. He lectures in relation to all areas of his practice