David Barr KC > Temple Garden Chambers > London, England > Barrister Profile

Temple Garden Chambers
1 Harcourt Buildings, Temple
LONDON
EC4Y 9DA
England

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

David Barr KCTemple Garden Chambers

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.