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Tim Green KC

“Tim is a class act.” “A fantastic advocate who’s a joy to work with. He really knows how to bring out the best in a team.” “He is meticulous, hard working and very friendly.”

Chambers UK and Legal 500 2024


Call
1996
Silk
2022

Tim Green KC is an exceptional advocate and highly trusted board-level advisor at moments of existential corporate risk, practising at the point where criminal, civil and regulatory investigations overlap. With a practice grounded in product liability, the unusual scope and depth of Tim’s skill set is recognised by Chambers UK and Legal 500 who recommend Tim in five related fields, each a different strand of crisis management work: product liability and safety/health and safety, public inquiries and inquests, environmental law, business crime and POCA. Clients include Moderna, Medtronic, Boston Scientific, Viatris, the Kingspan Group, Tronox, Network Rail, John Murphy and Sons, the FSA, HSE and the Environment Agency.

Products: Tim has successfully responded to many complex and sensitive OPSS enforcement interventions against global manufacturers, suppliers and retailers. He is one of very few counsel who is confident in managing the interplay of product liability with Trading Standards, the OPSS, civil liability and criminal prosecution. Tim recently advised a global defence manufacturer on a £bn dispute with the MOD arising from alleged product defects and responded to a BBC investigation into allegedly dangerous consumer products on behalf of a very well-known cosmetics manufacturer.

Public Inquiries and Inquests: Tim has represented core participants in the Grenfell Tower, Covid, and Lampard public inquiries and is highly experienced in all aspect of procedure, evidence, tactics, reputational management and public law arising from public inquiry work. He has appeared in over thirty Article 2 ECHR/jury inquests, often where the death said to have arisen from defective products and industrial processes. Tim’s coronial practice is particularly strong in the construction, health care, life sciences, environmental, educational, and manufacturing sectors.

Corporate Manslaughter/Health and Safety/Environmental: Tim is currently instructed in several corporate manslaughter investigations, including for the defence of a multi-national manufacturer arising from allegedly defective products in the UK largest ever criminal investigation of any kind. In the last 10 years he has been instructed in over forty investigations arising from fatality or serious injury at work, or major environmental harm.

Offshore and Crown Dependencies: Between 2014 and 2022 Tim was directed by the Chief Minister of the Isle of Man to exercise the powers of the Attorney General IoM as an independent investigator/prosecutor in a high value, multi-jurisdictional tax and money laundering inquiry. This unique instruction combined elements of regulatory enforcement, civil asset recovery, MLA, criminal investigation and public law. Tim was twice successful before the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in subsequent proceedings, with a third matter due for hearing in December 2026. He also regularly advises the DPP in Grand Cayman on highly sensitive and politically significant investigations concerning alleged corruption and homicide.

Tim has been short-listed by Chambers UK and Legal 500 for awards as health and safety and corporate crime silk of the year. Testimonials from the 2026/25 editions of the legal directories include the following:

  • Tim Green has been superb.
  • Tim Green KC has a strong track record of acting for clients in the manufacturing and construction sectors, with considerable expertise in health and safety and product liability matters. He leverages this expertise in sensitive inquests.” 
  • Tim is extremely approachable. He has an excellent manner with clients and coroners, and is able to gain the confidence and trust of both. He handles witnesses perfectly in what are often very difficult and emotionally charged situations.” 
  • “Tim is very responsive, approachable and pragmatic when advising and representing clients. He is ready to get into the weeds on technically complex issues.” 
  • Tim is a joy to work with, he knows how to bring out the best in the team. He is also the most fantastic advocate.
  • He’s incredibly logical in the way he approaches things and he has an almost statesman-like aura around him.
  • Tim is very easy to work with. He is approachable and has strong commercial awareness.
  • A fantastic advocate who’s a joy to work with. He really knows how to bring out the best in a team.
  • Tim is a natural communicator, and has a fantastic ability to provide clear and succinct legal advice.” 
  • “A very measured and sensible barrister, who produces quality written and oral submissions, and is always prepared to talk to the clients. He’s very good for cases where the stakes are high!” 

Tim has sat as a Recorder (part-time Crown Court Judge) since 2012 and frequently appears in the appellate courts including these four recent guideline decisions heard since 2018: Evergreen v HSE (bad character evidence in H&S trials), JHSL v HSE (applying H&S Sentencing Guidelines), St Michaels Hospice v ESFRS (sentencing fire safety offences), Workchain v TpR (sentencing data crime) and Bell v HMAG (cash forfeiture arising from simultaneous criminal investigation).


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Expertise


Health & Safety

Tim is widely acknowledged by Chambers UK and Legal 500 as being one of the Bar’s leaders in health and safety and defective product safety work. He has been instructed in one of the most complex and serious investigations concerning corporate manslaughter and gross negligence manslaughter ever undertaken arising from alleged product failings during the Grenfell Tower fire, as well as the full spectrum of HSWA offences across a range of sectors. Tim often advises very large corporate clients and their company officers on the health and safety aspects of high value commercial disputes where timely advice and commercial sensitivity are paramount. Tim was shortlisted for Health & Safety Silk of the Year 2023 in the Chambers Bar Awards and has been consistently ranked in band 1/tier1 by Chambers UK and the Legal 500 for his health & safety practice. He is also the only KC ranked for this work on the Midlands Circuit.

Over the last ten years, Tim has defended or prosecuted over 30 cases arising from death or serious injury at work. He also has an extensive advisory practice assisting very private and public undertakings on the application of health & safety law in the context of commercial disputes. Tim has specific experience of health & safety law applied to the following sectors:

  • Agricultural – working at height; use of specialised machinery.
  • Aviation – catastrophic risk arising from defective design, manufacturing and maintenance of aircraft.
  • Construction – numerous investigations arising from falls from height; asbestos exposure; electrocution whilst conducting roof work; collapsed buildings.
  • Defence – advice and representation in the context of large commercial dispute arising from alleged defects in safety of tanks and armoured vehicles.
  • Engineering – avoidable death in a metal forge; and HAVS/CTS exposure during manufacturing process, PUWER.
  • Fire safety – Fire Safety Order applied to (i) a hospice following arson and deaths of three patients: (ii) to the company director of a housing trust managing multi-occupancy accommodation following two accidental fires.
  • Grenfell Tower Inquiry – representing very large corporate manufacturer of insulation as Core Participant.
  • Health care – avoidable deaths in care homes arising from unsuitable hospital environment.
  • Life sciences – fatalities alleged to be occasioned by the Covid vaccine; fatality alleged to be occasioned by anti-psychotic medicine; fatalities alleged to be caused by defective heart pumps.
  • Logistics – advice and representation to large civil engineering undertakings in HSE investigations arising from deaths at work and on the highways.
  • Manufacturing – advice and representation to several different multi-national corporations facing OPSS investigations into alleged breaches of UK and EU product standards.
  • Waste industry – death of a binman on waste collection rounds; multiple investigations following deaths in recycling/scrap metal works; accidental death through falling into a lorry bin.

Representative cases

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  • Re AB 2026 Ltd

    Advising and representing building contractor arising from fatality during the management of construction site.

  • Re T 2026 Ltd

    Advising and representing global chemical manufacturing business during HSE investigation and prosecution arising from serious accident during logistics,

  • Re RM 2026

    Advising and representing a family business during investigation inquest and corporate manslaughter. Prosecution arising from fatality during a factory clearance.

  • Re AY 2024

    Representing very large US pharmaceutical manufacturer at A2 jury inquest said to arise from reaction to Covid vaccine. Conclusion was death by natural causes – vaccine non-causative.

  • Re JL 2024

    Representing very large US medical manufacturer in jury inquest said to arise from defective heart pump. Conclusion was death by natural causes – heart pump failure not attributable to manufacturer.

  • R v K Ltd 2024

    Representing a £4bn corporation and its company officers during a uniquely sensitive and complex investigation into corporate manslaughter, environmental and health and safety offences and fraud arising from a catastrophic fire.

Environment

Tim has been recognised as one of the UK’s leading advocates in environmental law since he successfully appeared for the defence in the leading environmental case of EA v Thorn International [2008] EWHC 2595 (Admin). Tim is an expert in environmental work as it affects the following sectors: waste, nuclear, biofuels, water, PFAS chemical nuisance, energy and logistics. He has particular expertise in the use of civil sanctions and POCA in the context of alleged infringements of environmental law and regularly represents company directors accused of consenting or conniving in the alleged offending of their respective organisations. In 2012 he was appointed to the Attorney General’s “A Panel” of approved regulatory counsel and has been ranked by Chambers UK as a leader in this field for 15 years.

Representative cases

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  • Re A Very Large Manufacturer 2022-26

    Instructed to represent a very large manufacturer and its company officers facing corporate manslaughter allegations, environmental offences, HSWA offences and fraud in highly complex and sensitive investigation.

  • MCA v Port of London Authority (“PLA”) and others Snaresbrook CC 2019

    Successful defence of the PLA accused of serious maritime safety offences arising from a fatality on the Thames when a tugboat was “run over” by a barge it was towing down the River Thames. Trial before Thornton J lasting 7 weeks and hearing evidence from eight maritime experts. Acquitted.

  • Re a global telephone mobile telephone distributor and officers 2019

    Advised multi-national company on compliance with EU waste law following acquisition of competitor.

  • Re CFL and AD 2019

    Represented corporate landlord and director in proceedings following alleged breach of listed building consent for large scale commercial gain.

  • Re AW 2018

    Advised a large-scale waste management company to settle a prosecution brought by the EA for the alleged deliberate breach of the EPR using civil undertakings as an alternative.

  • EA v A Ltd and directors 2018

    Instructed by the EA in respect of unlawful storage of huge quantities of highly flammable waste creating serious risk of category 1 pollution event (very large fire in an urban area beside A roads). Complex fire risk and confiscation proceedings.

Inquests, Inquiries & Investigations

Public inquiries and inquests are a central part of Tim’s practice. He was instructed between 2019 and 2024 by Kingspan Insulation Ltd in the Grenfell Tower Inquiry and represents the HSE in both the Covid Inquiry and Lampard Inquiry. His solicitor clients in this field include the leading international firms in the field including Hogan Lovells, Gowlings, BLM, DWF, DAC Beachcroft, Knights, Addleshaw Goddard, Kennedy’s, Fisher Boyles, VWV, and Birketts. He has appeared in over fifty A2 and jury inquests and is very well versed in the sensitive and complex disclosure and tactical issues that arise in simultaneous coronial, criminal and civil inquiries. Tim has particular experience in the dynamic role of inquiries and inquests in driving mass tort claims and group actions where they concern defective products.

Tim has special experience with the Traffic Commissioner and has recently represented FTSE 250 companies concerned with revocation of vehicle licences at public inquiries.

 

Representative cases

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  • Re DC 2026

    Advising and representing a well-known chain of Academy Schools arising from death of a student.

  • Re NB 2026

    Advising and representing Medtronic during highly sensitive and complex inquest arising from a failure of heart pump to re-start.

  • Re DS 2026

    Advising and representing Boston Scientific during inquest hearing multiple experts arising from alleged defective medical device.

  • The Covid Inquiry 2023 on-going

    Representing and leading the HSE response in this highly complex and sensitive Public Inquiry into the UK’s response to the pandemic.

  • Lampard Inquiry 2025 on-going

    Representing the HSE in the inquiry into mental health deaths in Essex between 2000 and 2023.

  • Re Grenfell Tower Inquiry 2019-24

    Representing a very large corporation as a Core Participant in the Grenfell Tower Inquiry which manufactured insulation that was used in the cladding system at the Tower. Unprecedented sensitivity and complexity.

Product Safety

Tim Green KC is one of the Bar’s leading experts in product liability, product regulation, safety and enforcement. He has appeared in precedent setting contested applications against enforcement notices and product recall before the OPSS for various very large manufacturers, as well as against trading standards in negotiation, enforcement and trials arising out alleged defects in products and services. Tim frequently advises many global manufacturers in the engineering, bioscience and defence sectors on all aspects of product standards, safety, compliance and enforcement both before and during litigation and enforcement.

Representative cases

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  • Re a large cosmetics manufacture 2026

     Advising a well-known cosmetics brand in OPSS investigation and subsequent negotiations following adverse BBC coverage of alleged flammable products

  • Re a fire safety device manufacturer

    Advising a specialist manufacturer in OPSS investigation and negotiation arising from alleged defective fire safety products.

  • Re AY 2024

    Representing a very large US pharmaceutical manufacturer  in A2 jury inquest arising from death of a young construction worker from heart attack following Covid vaccination. Conclusion: death by natural causes – vaccine non-causative.

  • Re JL 2024

    Representing a very large US medical products manufacturer in inquest arising from death of a patient following implant of HVAD device and failure of device to re-start. Conclusion: alleged defects in HVAD device non-causative.

  • Re AB 2024

    Representing a very large US medical products concern c in inquest arising from death of patient implanted with heart pump. Conclusion: failure of heart pump not causative of death.

  • Re a US manufacturer 2023

    Advice and negotiation with trading standards in respect of self-reporting, enforcement and litigation risk for large US based home furnishings manufacturer.

Business Regulation

In 2012 Tim was seconded to a “Technical Specialist” role in the FCA Enforcement Division and subsequently led FCA enforcement activity against banks, hedge funds, investment houses, retail financial services firms and senior managers. This practical experience working for the Authority gives him a unique insight into FCA principles, rules, powers and processes.

As a result of his experience both at the Authority, and since, Tim now frequently advises and represents large commercial concerns and their officer’s facing investigation by the FCA, SFO, HMRC, Trading Standards, FRC, The Pensions Regulator (“TPR”) and other financial regulators. He regularly defends company officers against TPR allegations of malfeasance arising from the administration of company pension schemes and was recently instructed by The Pensions Regulator to bring its first ever prosecution for general economic crime arising out of deliberate and systematic abuse of the automatic enrolment scheme for workplace pensions by a large company and its officers.

Between 2014 and 2022 Tim was directed to exercise the statutory functions of the Attorney General of the Isle of Man in respect of the Island’s largest ever investigation into tax fraud, perjury and money laundering. He successfully resisted two Doleance (judicial review) claims before the IoM High Court and Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (“JCPC”) as well succeeding in the IoM largest ever cash forfeiture and confiscation, also heard before the JCPC. Tim is now regularly instructed in the IoM, Grand Cayman and other offshore centres.

He is an editor of the Lexis Nexis Encyclopedia of Financial Services Law and is a contributing editor to the latest edition of The Proceeds of Crime by Millington and Sutherland Williams.

Representative cases

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  • Op W. 2024-25

    Advice to the DPP of Grand Cayman concerning alleged conspiracy to commit fraud and breach of trust in a public office, perjury and other offences against justice.

  • Op Braid 2014-22

    Exercised the statutory powers of the Attorney General IOM in respect of multi-jurisdictional tax and money laundering investigation with criminal, civil and public law cross-over.

  • Op V. 2021

    Advised on complex multi-handed pensions fraud.

  • TPR v Workchain Ltd [2019] EWCA 1422

    Instructed by the Pensions Regulator in respect of a precedent setting prosecution of a company, its directors and managers arising from unauthorised access to automatic enrolment data contrary to the Computer Misuse Act.

  • Re a large cosmetics company 2018

    Advising and representing a large cosmetics business on managing and resisting a sensitive inquiry brought in respect of products sold and services supplied.

  • Bell v HMAG [2018] 2 ES

    Successfully upheld a civil asset recovery order arising from a concurrent criminal investigation in another jurisdiction before the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council.

Proceeds of Crime

Tim Green has been recommended by Chambers UK as one of the Bar’s leaders in proceeds of crime work for the last 10 years. In a unique appointment, Tim is authorised to exercise the powers of the Attorney General of the Isle of Man in respect of a complex multi-jurisdictional money laundering investigation and is an expert in the regulation and enforcement of AML in offshore financial centres.

Tim is frequently instructed by FTSE 250 companies and their officers; international and national firms; banks, lenders and regulators to function as adviser and advocate in respect of difficult investigations arising from AML compliance, cash forfeiture, asset recovery and confiscation. He recently advised an offshore government on the investigation and prosecution of sophisticated financial crime arising from corporate malfeasance and bankruptcy. Tim was a member of the national committee of the Proceeds of Crime Lawyer Association for 5 years and is a contributing editor to OUP’s “The Proceeds of Crime”.

Representative cases

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  • Re Op B. 2015-23

    Complex multi-jurisdictional fraud and money laundering operation.

  • Re GIGL Croydon CC 2020

    Representing Global Casino brand asserting third parties’ rights to a disputed account balance following unlawful gaming.

  • Operation B. 2014-19

    Multi-jurisdictional investigation into large scale tax fraud and money laundering concerning a variety of off-shore financial centres and the professional services sector.

  • Re a Global Lender 2018

    Advice to bespoke lender applying flexible application of the KYC and due diligence rules in various EU AML Codes.

  • Bell v HMAG [2018] 2 ES

    Precedent-setting application for cash forfeiture before the Staff of Government Division of the High Court of the Isle of Man and Judicial Committee of the Privy Council.

  • Re a Gaming Firm 2017

    Off-shore AML advice arising from shareholder dispute.

 

What the directories say


"Tim Green KC of Henderson Chambers is a highly regarded barrister with extensive experience handling prosecutions for the Environment Agency. He also acts for defendants in a variety of matters. He is particularly experienced in work concerning compliance issues within the waste and biofuels industries. Green's practice also extends to environmental issues behind consent."
Chambers UK 2026

"Tim Green is very passionate, hard-working and committed. He gets the good results for us."
Chambers UK 2026

"Tim Green KC is routinely instructed to act for and advise companies and their officers facing investigations or prosecution by HMRC, the Serious Fraud Office, the Financial Conduct Authority and other financial regulators. He is well regarded for his expert handling of cases involving tax fraud."
Chambers UK 2026

"Tim is a real asset. He is a strong team player, technically very good, and really gets it in terms of what the team and client are looking for."
Chambers UK 2026

"Tim Green is competent and hard-working."
Chambers UK 2026

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Appointments
  • 2022 King’s Counsel (QC).
  • 2014 Authorised as Attorney General Isle of Man for Operation Braid.
  • 2012 to present – Recorder Crime (SSO ticket).
  • 2012 to present – “A Panel” Attorney General’s List of Approved Regulatory Counsel (reappointed 2019).
Publications
  • Contributing Editor – “Lexis Nexis Financial Services Encyclopedia”
  • Contributing Editor – “The Proceeds of Crime” by OUP
Memberships
  • HSLA
  • FSLA
  • POCLA
  • UKELA
  • Midland Circuit

 

Education
  • 1996 – Kalisher Scholarship, Grays Inn
  • 1996 – Very Competent, BVC
  • 1995 – Commendation Diploma in Law
  • 1994 – MA Magdalen College, Oxford
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