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Business and regulatory crime (including health and safety)

Chambers of Kate Blackwell KC

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Lincoln House Chambers offers a broad range of expertise, from prosecuting and defending in Environment Agency, Trading Standards, and DEFRA cases, to health and safety and national public interest cases. Austin Welch is a health and safety specialist, and he represented Safran Seats GB Limited in a prosecution by the HSE arising from an employee falling from a height at a warehouse and suffering serious injuries. David Pojur specialises in gross negligence manslaughter cases, while Richard Dawson is especially skilled in transport law. Matthew Howarth is another noble junior at the set handling regulatory work. Specialist regulatory barrister Leila Ghahhary regularly acts for local authorities, companies, and individuals. Simon Gurney boasts expertise in defending clients facing significant fraud prosecutions. Lee Hughes successfully prosecuted for HSE in a fatal accidents case in which an employee was crushed beneath a vehicle at a garage in Liverpool.

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Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • 'Clerks here go the extra mile, and special mention to David Wright, Andy McGuinness, and Ty Price who are professional, courteous, and keen to assist.'
  • 'David Wright is an excellent senior clerk. He knows his barristers inside out and has a great handle on the various work streams. He is unfailingly professional but with a great personality, which leads him to instructing solicitors.'
  • 'David Wright is a very good leader and understands the importance of positive working relationships between counsel, chambers, and solicitors. He will go out of his way to ensure the same is achieved. Ty Price and Andy McGuinness are top of their game and genuinely great clerks as well as very nice folks to deal with.'
  • 'David Wright is an excellent clerk. He is responsive and efficient, as are his colleagues.'
  • 'Absolutely fantastic. Ty Price in particular is a rising star, he goes the extra mile, and always makes cases work smoothly.'
  • 'The clerks are great. Ty Price is a stand out.'
  • 'Ty Price is a fantastic clerk whose opinion on suitable counsel for each case is highly regarded and trusted.'
  • 'David Wright and Ty Price are excellent, and they provide a first-class service all round.'

Silks

Juniors

Leading Juniors
Leading juniors are those with significant experience of key cases, strong market recognition from both peers and clients, and are seen as future candidates for silk.
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Austin Welch
Lincoln House Chambers
 'Austin is a no-nonsense barrister who quickly gets to grips with the issues in a case and provides sound and pragmatic advice. He is fantastic with clients and fellow professionals alike and his advocacy skills, whether in court or before a regulatory panel, are second-to-none.'
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David Pojur
Lincoln House Chambers
 'David is extremely organised, understands briefs very quickly, and provides practical and constructive advice to clients. He is also very communicative with solicitors, is good at devising strategy, and his advocacy is second-to-none.'
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Lee Hughes
Lincoln House Chambers
 'Lee is a formidable barrister with skills beyond his year of call. His background as a solicitor means that he is hands on with the preparation and approach to any case, he places lay clients at ease, and immediately instils confidence.'
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Leila Ghahhary
Lincoln House Chambers
 'Leila has excellent judgement and insight and is able to think through particularly difficult problems with ease and good humour. She is particularly skilled at being able to see the big picture in matters where it is often easy to get lost in granular detail, and she is also an absolute pleasure to work with, including under highly stressful and pressured conditions.'
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Simon Gurney
Lincoln House Chambers
 'Simon is exceptionally bright and a joy to work with, as his preparation is second-to-none and he is a go-to counsel for serious complex financial and business fraud cases. His written work is excellent and his advocacy exceptional; a true star and future silk.'
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Richard Dawson
Lincoln House Chambers
 'Richard is excellent at putting clients at ease and providing sound advice in a way which can be easily understood. He is strategic, intelligent, and leaves no stone unturned, and his approachable and likeable manner makes for an engaging trial advocate who juries can really get on board with.'

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