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David Barr KC KC
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‘Renowned for the quality lawyers within the set that specialise in inquest and inquiry work’, Temple Garden Chambers has a ‘brilliant reputation‘ for major inquiries and high-profile inquests: David Barr KC is leading counsel to the Undercover Policing inquiry, while Andrew O’Connor is instructed as one of the Leading Counsel to the Covid-19 inquiry, and Nicholas Moss KC is instructed as lead Counsel for the Department for Business and Trade in the same. In inquests, Keith Morton KC represented the Marine Accident Investigation Branch in R (Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service) v HM Assistant Coroner for Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire, a judicial review concerning the interaction between MAIB investigations and inquests. Susan Jones joined the set from 3 Paper Buildings in December 2023.