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Fiona Canby
Position
Inquests, health and safety, personal injury. Cases include the Sean Cunningham inquest (death of red arrows pilot); the Lakanal House inquest; the inquests into the London bombings of 7 July 2005 and R v Balfour Beatty (and others) – the manslaughter prosecution arising out of the Hatfield train crash (Central Criminal Court and Court of Appeal). Fiona Canby has been recommended for her work in health and safety in the legal directories since 2007, she has particular expertise in long and complex inquests, she is well versed in the conduct of jury and article 2 inquests, she is regularly instructed in inquests arising out of road traffic accidents; accidents at work; prison/custody/detention deaths; military deaths and suicides. She is on the British Legion pro bono panel of counsel, acting for families in inquests into military deaths.
Career
Qualified 2001; Middle Temple; co-author ‘Prosecuting and Defending Health and Safety cases’. Attorney general’s junior counsel to the Crown, B panel (2013).
Memberships
PIBA; HSLA.
Education
Hull High School; Manchester University (1999 first class Hons Law).
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Health and safety
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 2Temple Garden Chambers is known for successfully handling corporate manslaughter charges at trial and on appeal. Keith Morton KC is leading Fiona Canby in representing Transport for London in the prosecution arising out of the Croydon Tram crash, and also represented the employer of a bus driver who had been run over and suffered life changing injuries while running near his depot. Dominic Adamson KC acted for Incarcare Ltd in a prosecution following a fatality at a stock car racing track in Birmingham.