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Keith Morton KC
Position
Inquest, public inquiries, health and safety law and related proceedings. Health and Safety Silk of the year in 2017. Significant cases include: R v Geoconsult (1999) (Heathrow tunnel collapse), R v Lord Condon and Sir John Stevens (2003) (death of police officer), R v Thames Trains (2004) (Paddington rail crash), R v Southampton University Hospital (2006), R v Office of the Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis (2007) (prosecution arising out of the Stockwell shooting), R v Bulmer and Nalco (2008) (outbreak of legionnaires disease in Hereford), R v Cotswold Geotechnical Ltd (2011) (first prosecution under the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act), R v Dalkia Ltd (2011), R v Austin & McLean and Esso (2013), R v Costain Ltd (2014), R v Dynamiq Cleaning Ltd (2015), R v BAM Construciton (2017), R v Tata Steel UK Ltd (2017) (first successful appeal by a very large organisation under new Sentencing Guidelines). He has extensive experience of public inquiries (such as the Ladbroke Grove Rail Inquiry, the D Inquiry, Mid-Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust Inquiry and the Grenfell Tower Inquiry) and inquests (for example, the 7/7 London Bombings, Vauxhall Helicopter crash, Crossrail, the Shoreham Air Disaster, the Croydon Tram Disaster, work related deaths, deaths in custody, military including inquest into the deaths of 6 Royal Military Police soldiers in Iraq, air crash at RAF St Mawgan and deaths of 3 SAS recruits on the Brecon Beacons). More generally, Keith has a common law practice with a particular focus on personal injury and is accustomed to dealing with complex civil litigation.
Career
Called 1990; Lincoln’s Inn; pupillage 20 Essex Street and Temple Garden Chambers; Treasury Counsel Common Law ‘B’ Panel 1997-2003; Treasury Counsel Common Law ‘A’ Panel 2003-2008, 2009-11; QC 2011.
Memberships
Administrative Law Bar Association; JUSTICE; Health and Safety Lawyers’ Association; Personal Injury Bar Association.
Education
Hull University (1987 BSc Economics); City University (1989 Dip Law); Inns of Court School of Law (1990).
Leisure
Walking the dogs
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Health and safety
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 1Temple Garden Chambers is known for successfully handling corporate manslaughter charges at trial and on appeal. Keith Morton KC is leading Fiona Canby in representing Transport for London in the prosecution arising out of the Croydon Tram crash, and also represented the employer of a bus driver who had been run over and suffered life changing injuries while running near his depot. Dominic Adamson KC acted for Incarcare Ltd in a prosecution following a fatality at a stock car racing track in Birmingham.
London Bar > Inquests and inquiries
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 1Keith Morton KC – Temple Garden Chambers ‘Keith has vast experience in this practice area, exceptional practical knowledge, and advocacy skills. He has a calm and measured approach to court hearings and a detailed approach to trial preparation.’
‘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.