Ben Compton KC
‘A real master of his craft.’
With a particularly strong maritime and rail-related health and safety practice, Outer Temple Chambers is also highly regarded as 'the go-to set for corporate defendants and company officers facing health and safety investigations and prosecutions‘. Ben Compton KC is representing the explosives contractors in ongoing proceedings arising from the Didcot Power Station collapse in 2016, which resulted in four fatalities. In a separate matter, James Leonard KC successfully defended a construction company in a health and safety case arising from a fatal accident on a construction site. Oliver Powell is routinely instructed in maritime-related health and safety cases, and is prosecuting for the Maritime and Coastguard Agency in MCA v Intrada Ships Management Ltd (’Scot Carrier’), a long-running case concerning a double fatality following a fatal vessel collision in 2021.
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- 'Nick Levett is the senior health and safety clerk. He has a great reputation, and solicitors love him. Wonderful to work with.'
- 'Nick Levett is an excellent clerk and moves mountains to make counsel available.'
- 'Nick Levett is exceptional.'
- 'The barristers are supported by an excellent team of clerks, particularly Nick Levett who will go the extra mile to help.'
- 'Outer Temple Chambers has good strength in depth in health and safety and regulatory matters.'
- 'Outer Temple is a first-choice chambers. The barristers are genuine experts in their field.'
- 'A very respected health and safety set.'
- 'Outer Temple Chambers is one of the leading H&S chambers. They have class everywhere. Their barristers are learned in the area, but also very user-friendly to deal with.'
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