Health and Safety, Financial Services, Contempt of Court and Sanctions, Disciplinary and Regulatory

Barrister specialising in Health and Safety, Financial Services, Contempt of Court and Sanctions, Disciplinary and Regulatory.

Called 1989; Inner Temple.

James specialises predominantly in Health, Safety & Environmental Law and has an established practice in Disciplinary & Regulatory cases. He has a considerable background in complex industrial accident cases, fraud and corruption cases, financial services, multi-jurisdictional confiscation proceedings and Public Law.

James has been a leading Junior in two Counsel cases since 2005 and was appointed King’s Counsel in 2022.

James Leonard KC’s reputation is for prompt assistance to all professional clients in all disciplines; detailed preparation, calm, reasoned and practical advice for all lay clients as well as robust advocacy, fearless cross examination and sound tactical sense in Court.

In 2014, James was the Chambers & Partners Professional Discipline Junior of the Year, and in 2017 he was the Chambers and Partners Health and Safety Junior of the Year.

As at 2022, James Leonard is one of only two barristers at the Bar of England and Wales to whom Chambers & Partners have afforded the ‘Star’ status in Health and Safety law.

Against the background of his fraud, corruption and financial services experience, James is regularly instructed in relation to allegations of Contempt of Court in relation to disobeying court orders in relation to assets and disclosure thereof.

BA Hons.