Simon Antrobus KC

Ranked in 3 Practice Areas

Star Individuals

Health & Safety

London (Bar)

21 Years Ranked

Band 2

Consumer Law

London (Bar)

21 Years Ranked

Band 2

Inquests & Public Inquiries

London (Bar)

6 Years Ranked

About

Provided by Simon Antrobus KC

UK Bar

Practice Areas

Criminal regulatory law, including manslaughter (corporate and gross negligence manslaughter), health and safety, fire safety, consumer, environmental, trading law and judicial review.

Career

Simon has for more than 20 years been one of the leading barristers in the field of criminal regulatory law, appearing in the highest profile safety prosecutions and trials. He has particular expertise in defending in corporate and gross negligence manslaughter prosecutions, successfully defending directors (e.g. dismissing the case against one of three directors in R. v. Lion Steel Equipment & Ors), senior managers (e.g. R v Lakin-Hall, the acquittal of a site manager of a construction site in Mayfair from which a huge window frame had collapsed on a passing bystander), and companies (acquittal of a waste recycling company charged with corporate manslaughter: R. v. Ace Waste Haulage Ltd). In the trial relating to the catastrophic explosion at Bosley wood mill that left 4 workers dead, Simon ran a successful submission of no case to answer on behalf of the Managing Director of the company and then successfully persuaded the Court of Appeal to uphold the trial judge’s decision (R. v. Wood Treatment Ltd & George Boden [2021] EWCA Crim 618). More recently, Simon has obtained the successful acquittal of a large insurance company for the death of one of its employees at a factory owned by a Formula 1 motor racing company, and also the acquittal of a waste recycling company for the death of a contractor at its site.

Professional Memberships

Health and Safety Lawyers’ Association (HSLA)

Chambers Review

Provided by Chambers

UK-Bar

Health & Safety - London (Bar)

Star Individuals

Individual Editorial

Simon Antrobus KC represents companies in high-profile health and safety prosecutions and corporate manslaughter cases, and is considered a go-to barrister for a long list of major corporations and private individuals. He is regularly instructed to undertake the most serious fatality cases.

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Inquests & Public Inquiries - London (Bar)

Band 2

Individual Editorial

Simon Antrobus KC is a renowned health and safety specialist who has significant experience handling very high-profile inquests and public inquiries. He typically acts on behalf of commercial clients in inquests and in related health and safety prosecutions.

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Consumer Law - London (Bar)

Band 2

Individual Editorial

Simon Antrobus KC has a high-profile national client following across the retail, food and media sectors, and regularly defends criminal investigations of a highly sensitive nature. He has extensive recent experience in consumer matters related to the marketing of medical foods.

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Strengths

Provided by Chambers

Simon is first class. He is incredibly clever, practical, and clients are really impressed with him. He is very strong and deserves to be at the top.

Health & Safety respondent
UK-Bar

Simon is exceptional when it comes to managing clients, and academically he is superb. He is modest, thoughtful in his strategy and among the best in his ability to analyse cases.

Health & Safety respondent
UK-Bar

Simon is really strategic and always has his eye on where the case will end up. He doesn't get bogged down in the detail.

Health & Safety respondent
UK-Bar

Simon is detailed and considered. He gets the job done.

Inquests & Public Inquiries respondent
UK-Bar

Simon is a brilliant tactician and hugely knowledgeable.

Inquests & Public Inquiries respondent
UK-Bar

Simon is extremely talented and dedicated with a real drive to get to the bottom of tricky issues.

Consumer Law respondent
UK-Bar

Simon is first class. He is incredibly clever, practical, and clients are really impressed with him. He is very strong and deserves to be at the top.

Health & Safety respondent
UK-Bar

Simon is exceptional when it comes to managing clients, and academically he is superb. He is modest, thoughtful in his strategy and among the best in his ability to analyse cases.

Health & Safety respondent
UK-Bar

Simon is really strategic and always has his eye on where the case will end up. He doesn't get bogged down in the detail.

Health & Safety respondent
UK-Bar

Simon is detailed and considered. He gets the job done.

Inquests & Public Inquiries respondent
UK-Bar

Simon is a brilliant tactician and hugely knowledgeable.

Inquests & Public Inquiries respondent
UK-Bar

Simon is extremely talented and dedicated with a real drive to get to the bottom of tricky issues.

Consumer Law respondent
UK-Bar

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Simon Antrobus KC

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About

Practice Areas

Career

Professional Memberships

Chambers Review

UK-Bar

Health & Safety - London (Bar)

Individual Editorial

Inquests & Public Inquiries - London (Bar)

Individual Editorial

Consumer Law - London (Bar)

Individual Editorial

Strengths

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