Crown Office Chambers is 'a leading set in the specialist area of health and safety law and in defending contested and difficult cases, including gross negligence manslaughter and corporate manslaughter'. John Cooper KC is leading Sandesh Singh in R v North East London NHS Trust, a high-profile case involving allegations of corporate manslaughter arising from the death of a patient in a mental health facility. In a separate matter, Dominic Kay KC, Simon Antrobus KC, Harry Vann and Jack Murphy were all instructed in a trial relating to a prominent HSE prosecution, arising from a worker on an offshore oil rig suffering life-changing injuries after becoming trapped in a motion compensated gangway used to transfer personnel from ships to offshore platforms.
Testimonials
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- 'Toby Sparrow is a leading light in clerking and provides a seamless service from start to finish.'
- 'Toby Sparrow leads an excellent clerking team.'
- 'Toby Sparrow and Lisa Searle provide some of the best service in the industry. They provide a prompt and effective service and nothing is ever too much trouble.'
- 'Crown Office is clearly the leading H&S set in the country and has real strength in numbers with the top leading and junior counsel in this area of work.'
- 'Crown Office is our go-to chambers for health and safety barristers. Their knowledge and expertise are unrivalled.'
- 'The set has excellent strength in depth from top KC level to junior barrister level.'
- 'Crown Office has one of the strongest health and safety teams in the UK.'