Jack has a specialist criminal regulatory law, inquests and public inquiries, and personal injury practice. His expertise is recognised by rankings in the major legal directories, and he was appointed to the Attorney General’s C Panel in 2021.
- He is an established member of Crown Office Chambers’ market-leading criminal regulatory law team. His practice encompasses health & safety, environmental law, and motor offences. He regularly appears in both the Magistrates’ and Crown Courts for trials and sentencing hearings. He has been led by some of the leading practitioners in the field in complex manslaughter and Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 trials.
- He has inquests experience beyond his year of call, with his expertise encompassing construction, public law, HSE and police involvement, custody, product liability, and health and social care.. He is regularly instructed as sole counsel in complex, multi-day jury inquests, and has represented both corporate clients (such as the operator of the Manchester Metrolink and Balfour Beatty) and public bodies (such as South Central Ambulance Service and Surrey County Council) in several high-profile cases. He appeared in the first well-publicised case involving unlawful killing after the Supreme Court case of Maughan; was instructed in the Forbury Gardens Terrorist Attack Inquests and the Grenfell Tower Inquiry; and is currently instructed by the MCA in the Cranston Inquiry.
- His personal injury practice encompasses both casualty and disease work, with a focus on liability disputes involving the interplay between common law regulatory duties of care. He is routinely instructed on cases valuing in excess of £500,000, as well as cases involving fraud or dishonesty allegations.
Before coming to the Bar, Jack read History at Oxford University. Aside from the life at the Bar, he is a keen sailor.
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- James Maxwell-Scott KC and Jack Murphy represent the Maritime and Coastguard Agency at The Cranston Inquiry
- Simon Antrobus KC and Jack Murphy represent a “VLO” Construction Company sentenced to a fine of £285,000 in relation to an accident involving one fatality and another serious injury
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Qualifications
- Lincoln’s Inn Denning, Bowen & Hardwicke Scholarships
- BPTC, City Law School
- GDL, City University
- BA Hons (Oxon)
Recommendations
“Jack is a rising star.”…”He has a great grasp of the law and technicality and what is needed to get the best outcome for the client.”…”His level of detail and the way in which he can translate that into conducting himself in court is so impressive.”
Chambers & Partners, 2025
“Jack is fast becoming a go-to junior within Crown Office Chambers.” He “is a very skilled and talented junior.”…”He is an all-round good barrister.”
Chambers & Partners, 2025
“Jack is very thorough, well prepared, clear, direct and makes skillful and strategic points.”
Legal 500, 2025
“He’s a really technical barrister who gets into the detail of the case really quickly.”
Chambers & Partners, 2024
“Jack is very quick and has an eye for detail. He is very much a specialist health and safety lawyer. Highly recommended.”
Legal 500, 2024
“Jack has a very astute tactical approach, and a cogent and determined advocacy style.”
Legal 500, 2024
“Jack is extremely diligent, thorough, well prepared, and has good commercial awareness.”
Legal 500, 2023
“Jack is a really thoughtful barrister and knows how to behave with various witnesses.”
Chambers & Partners, 2023
“He’s meticulous in his approach and has a lovely manner about him with clients and the courts.”
Chambers & Partners, 2022
“Very experienced, much beyond his years. Very legally and tactically astute, good eye for detail, understands strategy, and is very well prepared. Highly recommend.”
Legal 500, 2022
“He is on top of the detail, he gets the issues and he works extremely hard.”
Chambers & Partners, 2022
