Craig Hassall QC was one of 116 new silks appointed in 2021 at the silk ceremony delayed until 1st November 2021 due to Covid-19 restrictions earlier in the year. Craig is head of the regulatory and public law team at PSQB, and his regulatory practice includes serious health and safety and healthcare cases, often involving fatalities. He appears for both regulators and potential defendants at numerous inquests, and his regulatory crime practice encompasses criminal proceedings brought by a wide range of other regulators in the areas of environmental crime, trading standards, fire safety and food safety. Craig grew up in Scunthorpe in […]
Samantha Bowcock QC was one of thirty women (alongside 84 men) appointed silk at the declaration ceremony held in Westminster Hall on 16th March 2020. A Manchester University graduate, Samantha joined her present chambers as a pupil. She was called to the Bar in 1990 and is Winckley Square Chambers’ first ‘home grown’ QC. She is a family and children specialist and regularly appears in the High Court in cases dealing with allegations that death, serious injury or sexual abuse of children occurred at the hands of parents or family members. Her cases include adoption, acting for children and local […]