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David Barr KC
Position
Barrister specialising in personal injury, employment, health & safety, tort, contract, inquests, public inquiries, judicial review.
Career
Called 1993; Gray’s Inn; Treasury Counsel Common Law ‘A’ Panel 2008-2014; silk 2014.
Memberships
ALBA; ELBA; PIBA.
Education
King’s School Worcester; St John’s College Cambridge (MA); City University (Diploma in Law).
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Inquests and inquiries
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 3‘A high quality and impressive set when it comes to inquest and inquiry work‘, Temple Garden Chambers‘ team is well known for representing public bodies, government departments and bereaved families in inquests. Keith Morton KC was instructed in the high-profile inquest into the death of a woman who suffered anaphylaxis after consuming a wrap from Pret a Manger from a wrap labelled as vegan that contained traces of a dairy product. David Barr KC acts as leading counsel to the Undercover Policing Inquiry. Elsewhere in chambers, Sian Reeves has been instructed in the inquest into the death of a man who died after being hit by a train having just been discharged from hospital. Nicholas Chapman is the first junior for the Cabinet Office in the COVID-19 Inquiry.