Alex Stein > Chambers of Brian Altman KC & Jim Sturman KC > London, England > Barrister Profile

Chambers of Brian Altman KC & Jim Sturman KC
2 Bedford Row
LONDON
WC1R 4BU
England
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Work Department

2 Bedford Row

Position

Health and Safety and Regulatory Law

Career

I prosecute for the HSE and the Pensions Regulator and defend insurer funded Health and Safety and Death by Driving Cases.

I represented the Fire Service at the Hillsborough Inquests and was instructed on behalf of several ex-paras at the Ballymurphy Inquests.

I am on list A of the list of Specialist Regulatory Advocates. I am a grade 4 CPS prosecutor and prosecute work related death manslaughter cases.

I sit on the management committee of the Health and Safety Lawyers Association and regularly provide due diligence advice relating to H&S liability to corporates.

I also chair the 2 Bedford Row Health and Safety group.

Memberships

Criminal Bar Association
Health and Safety Lawyers Association
Association of Regulatory and Disciplinary Lawyers
Fraud Lawyers Association

Lawyer Rankings

London Bar > Health and safety

(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 2

Alex Stein2 Bedford Row ‘Alex is an impressive advocate, who clearly knows his tribunal well and is measured yet determined in his submissions.’

2 Bedford Row offers established expertise in individual gross negligence and corporate manslaughter cases, with members sought after for both prosecution and defence work. Christine Agnew KC prosecuted a waste disposal company and the company’s yard manager following the death of a worker who had fallen into an industrial shredder; the company was convicted of corporate manslaughter and the manager of gross negligence manslaughter. Elsewhere in chambers, Alex Stein prosecuted on behalf of the HSE in HSE v FF9 Limited, a high-profile case following a serious injury to a stunt actor during production of the film Fast & Furious 9 in 2019.

London Bar > Crime

(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 4

Alex Stein – 2 Bedford RowAlex is an authoritative advocate who immediately commands respect so people listen to him. He gets to grips extremely quickly with the facts and demonstrates great judgement as well as an ability to work efficiently.’

2 Bedford Row has an established reputation as a leading criminal set with a deep bench ranging from experienced silks to up-and-coming juniors. Christine Agnew KC specialises in homicide and sexual offences matters and is widely praised for her ‘unmatched eye for detail’. She led the prosecution of actor Kevin Spacey, who was charged with historic sexual offences against four men during a period spanning from 2001 to 2013. Christopher Martin has considerable experience defending in courts-martial across the UK and Germany, recently representing a corporal acquitted on rape charges. Alex Stein’s varied practice includes murder, kidnapping, drugs, and death by dangerous driving cases, on both the defence and prosecution side. Kieran Vaughan KC represented Arsenal winger Reiss Nelson, who entered a guilty plea to being in control of a dangerous dog after his Italian mastiff bit the former England youth international’s masseur.