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Oliver Campbell KC KC
Work Department
Product liability and group actions, health and safety, environmental.
Position
Oliver specialises in health and safety, product liability, environmental and regulatory claims. For the last decade he has been engaged in many of the most significant cases in those fields including: the Mercedes group litigation; the VW emissions group litigation; the Grenfell Inquiry; the Marks & Spencer asbestos prosecution; the OCENSA Pipeline group litigation; the Network Rail and Sellafield sentencing appeals; the ‘metal on metal hip’ group litigation; the Google ‘Safari Workaround’ litigation; the prosecution arising out of the Hatfield train crash; and the British Cycling prosecution. He has particular experience of serious regulatory prosecutions, group actions and inquiries. He sits as a Recorder in the Crown Court.
Career
Called 1992; awarded advocacy prize by the Inns of Court School of Law; finalist in the Observer Mace debating competition, competing for Middle Temple; former president of the Oxford Union; trustee of the Lambeth Law Centre; former committee member of the HSLA; contributor to Halsbury’s Laws; assistant editor of ‘The International Product Law Manual’.
Memberships
Combar, Health and Safety Lawyers Association.
Education
St Hugh’s College, Oxford (BA).
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Group litigation
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 1Oliver Campbell KC – Henderson Chambers ‘Oliver is without doubt one of the standout silks in this space, absolutely at the top of his game. He has a deep strategic insight into group cases and the behaviour of defendants, and a clarity of thought that cuts through the strategic complexity. He is a brilliant advocate with a lovely relaxed style that judges appreciate.’
A pre-eminent set for group litigation, Henderson Chambers is equipped to advise on a variety of claims, including those related to product liability, environmental law, and human rights abuse. With numerous members – including Charles Gibson KC, Oliver Campbell KC, and Geraint Webb KC – continuing to act in a variety of emissions-related proceedings, the set is also lauded for providing clients with noteworthy knowledge of commercial funding and mass settlement mechanisms. Prashant Popat KC is instructed for AstraZeneca regarding claims issued by people claiming injuries and death caused by the company’s Covid-19 vaccine. Adam Heppinstall KC acts in a modern slavery group action against Tesco in relation to garment manufacturing in Thailand. Ognjen Miletic‘s busy workload extends to representing the claimant group that alleges deceit, unlawful means conspiracy and negligence regarding a property development scheme for leasehold properties intended to be sub-let for use as holiday and student accommodation.
London Bar > Health and safety
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 1Oliver Campbell KC – Henderson Chambers ‘A formidable barrister who is level-headed and tenacious.‘
Henderson Chambers is ‘a fantastic health and safety set‘, with ‘significant strength‘ in handling a broad spectrum of high-profile, complex cases. Oliver Campbell KC has an excellent track record in advising on high-profile corporate manslaughter and fatal accident prosecutions. Prashant Popat KC recently acted for a bar operator in a Health and Safety at Work Act case after a young woman was crushed to death while queueing to enter a busy venue. Toby Riley-Smith KC is sought after by clients in, among other areas, the retail, energy, construction, life sciences, oil and gas and education sectors.
London Bar > Product liability
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 1Oliver Campbell KC – Henderson Chambers ‘He is without doubt one of the standout silks in this space, absolutely at the top of his game. He has a clarity of thought that cuts through the strategic complexity. He is a brilliant advocate with a lovely relaxed style.’
London Bar > Inquests and inquiries
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 3Oliver Campbell KC – Henderson Chambers ‘Unbelievably able, knowledgeable advocate and carries enormous gravitas and respect in court and with clients.’
With ‘an impressive array of specialist barristers at all levels‘, Henderson Chambers ‘is in the forefront of the field of inquests and inquiries’. Prashant Popat KC is instructed for AstraZeneca in module four of the Covid-19 inquiry, investigating vaccines and therapeutics, alongside extensive inquests work. Oliver Campbell KC acted for Siderise, manufacturers of part of the cladding system, in the Grenfell Tower inquiry. James Purnell regularly acts for companies and public bodies in inquests, while Abigail Cohen is experienced in healthcare and health and safety inquests