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Eleanor Sanderson
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Eleanor Sanderson is an expert practitioner in the fields of regulatory, criminal, environment and inquest law and specialises in the defence of corporates, individuals and public bodies against regulatory enforcement. She is recognised for her expertise in high profile and complex cases, often where proceedings attract public or political interest.
She defends in criminal prosecutions brought by the Health and Safety Executive, the Care Quality Commission, the Environment Agency, Fire Authorities, and Local Authorities. She is an expert inquest advocate. Eleanor also appears for companies and individuals before their professional regulators; and for corporates and individuals in complex fraud and SFO prosecutions. Eleanor also acts for public and private healthcare providers and individual clinicians in the field of healthcare regulation.
Cases include: The Paterson Inquests, Re CT (inquest re death on the underground); CQC v Rotherham NHS Trust (failures in paediatric assessment); R v VAL (corporate and gross negligence manslaughter); Re: SJW (fire death in psychiatric hospital); HSE v Bupa [2019] EWCA Crim 1691 (sentencing of very large organisations); the Grenfell Tower Inquiry; R v Cushman & Wakefield (fatality in storm Doris); Millmore v Environment Agency (obstruction of EA officers); EURIBOR prosecutions (conspiracy to rig ECB rate); CAA v Amazon (dangerous goods regulations); the Hillsborough Inquests (instructed by the Home Office); R. ex.p Southwark BC (judicial review re fire safety); R v DJ (News of the World prosecutions); R. v. Pyranha (corporate manslaughter); R. v. Sellafield (leading pre-guideline authority); Lakanal Inquests (Peckham tower block fire).
Career
Called to the Bar 2005
Recorder of the Crown Court 2023
Memberships
South Eastern Circuit, Health and Safety Lawyers Association
Education
New College, Oxford,
City University, London
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Health and safety
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 2Eleanor Sanderson – One Mayfair Place ‘Eleanor is first-class. She is fun to work with, all over the detail, empathetic and razor-sharp.’