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Crown Office Chambers

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Crown Office Chambers has ‘a very strong foothold in the inquest arena’, leveraging its regulatory and health and safety expertise for instructions across complex inquests and inquiries. James Maxwell-Scott KC represented three government witnesses in the Infected Blood inquiry, and represents the Ministry of Justice in the Covid-19 inquiry. In inquests work, Simon Antrobus KC and Katie Sage are instructed for Reading Borough Council in the inquest into the Forbury Gardens Terror attack. Katie Ayres is representing the Post Office in the inquiry into the Horizon scandal.
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  • 'Toby Sparrow is fantastic and works really hard to find Counsel who is the right fit.'
  • 'Toby Sparrow is extremely hardworking and very responsive.'
  • 'The clerking is second to none. Toby Sparrow leads the regulatory clerking and he is one of the best.'
  • 'Crown Office Chambers are one of the strongest sets in relation to health and safety related Inquests and Inquiries.'
  • 'The set have a very strong foothold in the inquest arena and are well known for their work in this area.'
  • 'Very efficient, organised and easy to contact.'
  • 'Crown Office Chambers are exceptional and my preferred Chambers. They have a good range of expertise and have some of the best Counsel in this area of work. '
  • 'Our go-to chambers for inquest and inquiry work.'
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