2 Hare Court | London Barristers Chambers - One of the UK's leading sets

Members of 2 Hare Court are instructed to represent a wide range of corporate clients and individuals who face proceedings brought by the CPS (Special Casework), Health and Safety Executive and local authorities. All members of the team are highly experienced criminal advocates, who over the last ten to fifteen years have specialised in regulatory crime.

Whilst our primary focus is always on the legal outcomes for clients, we are highly sensitive to the commercial and reputational issues involved in a regulatory prosecution and this is reflected in both the advice and the strategy adopted in each individual case.

Our experience extends across the entire range of industry sectors, including construction, transport, agriculture, food, healthcare, education, pharmaceuticals, oil and gas / energy, manufacturing and engineering.

Members have appeared in some of the most high-profile cases in recent years and deal with the entire range of safety work from corporate and gross negligence manslaughter to appeals against enforcement notices. Examples of recent instructions include Prince’s Sporting Club, the Didcot A power station collapse, Monavon Construction Ltd, Pret-a-Manger, Morrisons, Hugo Boss, Crossrail and Spire Healthcare.

2 Hare Court is ranked as a leading set for Health and Safety in both Chambers and Partners and the Legal 500.

"2 Hare Court have quality running right through the set."

Legal 500 UK 2025

"Always helpful clerking team and excellent counsel available."

Legal 500 UK 2025

Key Contact

Julian Campbell, Director of Clerking

For more information please contact Julian Campbell on 020 7869 7806 or email juliancampbell@2harecourt.com.

We will guide you through our simple and transparent process and ensure you obtain the best representation.

Health & Safety Barristers

King's Counsel

Jonathan Laidlaw KC

Call 1982 | Silk 2008

Martin Heslop KC

Call 1972 | Silk 1995

Peter Wright KC

Call 1981 | Silk 1999

Brian O’Neill KC

Call 1987 | Silk 2010

Kate Blackwell KC

Call 1992 | Silk 2012

Michael Hayton KC

Call 1993 | Silk 2013

Oliver Glasgow KC

Call 1995 | Silk 2016

David Whittaker KC

Call 1986 | Silk 2019

Leon Kazakos KC

Call 1999 | Silk 2020

Junior Counsel

Peter Gray KC (Scotland)

Call 1992 | Silk 2002 (Scotland)

Craig Ferguson

Call 1992

Iain Daniels

Call 1992

James Buchanan

Call 1993

Scott Ivill

Call 1997

Richard Heller

Call 1998

“Paul is excellent at dealing with fragile clients, and navigating them through their evidence and the inquest process.”

Quinn Hawkins

Call 1999

Angus Bunyan

Call 1999

Michael Rawlinson

Call 2002

Julia Faure Walker

Call 2004

Sarah Przybylska

Call 2006

Tom Day

Call 2008

Will Martin

Call 2010

Paul Renteurs

Call 2013

Lewis MacDonald

Call 2014

Neelam Gomersall

Call 2017

Harry Laidlaw

Call 2018

Redmond Traynor

Call 2019

Thomas Beardsworth

Call 2021

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