Temple Garden Chambers

'One of the leading chambers in inquests and inquiries', Temple Garden Chambers has a solid track record in handling inquiries and inquests arising from deaths in custody, aviation and marine accidents, and deaths in prison, to name a few areas. Andrew O'Connor KC is instructed as leading counsel to the Dawn Sturgess Inquiry, in addition to acting for the Ministry of Defence in the Independent Inquiry relating to Afghanistan. Among the juniors, Zeenat Islam is acting for three core participants in the Lampard Inquiry, while Harriet Gilchrist represents the Department for Business and Trade in the Covid-19 Inquiry.

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Testimonials

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'Dean Norton and Keith Sharman are excellent.'
'Keith Sharman is responsive and helpful.'

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Leading Silks

KCs at the very top of their field, with a long-established record of market-defining cases, and widespread endorsement from clients and peers. All silks appointed in the last two rounds are listed further below.

Keith Morton KC

‘Keith is extremely calm in a crisis, astute and totally reassuring. He has a presence in court that is really quite something.'

Andrew O’Connor KC

‘Very experienced, intelligent and strategic.'

Cathryn McGahey KC

Dominic Adamson KC

‘Dominic is extremely bright and capable. He is very approachable and gives clear, concise and accurate advice.’

David Barr KC

Nicholas Moss KC

‘Nicholas always commands the confidence of the court. He has an unrivalled work ethic.’

Leading Juniors

Leading juniors are those with significant experience of key cases, strong market recognition from both peers and clients, and are seen as future candidates for silk.