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About
Provided by Alexandra Tampakopoulos
Practice Areas
Alexandra is a leading criminal regulatory and inquest & public inquiry barrister. Her practice has built upon her years of experience defending and prosecuting serious crime.
Alexandra has developed her expertise in inquests & public inquiries through her involvement in numerous complex and high profile cases including in relation to the death of Alexander Litvinenko, the Hillsborough stadium disaster, the ‘SAS Inquest’ involving the death of three army reservists from heat illness in the Brecon Beacons and most recently the public inquiries into the Grenfell Tower fire and the Manchester Arena bombings.
Alexandra has a parallel expertise in Health & Safety, Fire Safety and Food Safety and is a leading defence specialist. She has significant experience advising and acting for individuals and major corporate clients across a wide range of industries including Energy, Utilities, Construction, Manufacturing, Agriculture and Food.
Alexandra speaks fluent Russian and is often instructed in matters requiring her Russian language skills and specialist knowledge of Russia and the CIS region.
Career
Called 2007
Professional Memberships
Attorney General’s Civil Panel C
Criminal Bar Association
Health & Safety Lawyers Association
Association of Regulatory and Disciplinary Lawyers
Chambers Review
UK Bar
Alexandra Tampakopoulos is a highly sought-after barrister for complex inquests and inquiries. She is noted for her expertise in health and safety inquests and parallel prosecutions. She represents all interested parties, including bereaved families, businesses, individuals and state agents.
Alexandra Tampakopoulos handles a diverse caseload of regulatory work and acts for the defence in highly complex health and safety cases, many of which arise from fatalities. She appears in high-profile inquests.She is also regularly called upon to advise on food safety matters.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"What she doesn't know about inquests isn't worth knowing. She very quickly puts the clients at ease and adapts her approach for the client depending on what they are like."
"Alexandra is my go-to person, especially if it is very sensitive. She has no lack of ability, grit and advocacy skills, and her manner with clients is just super."
"We really love her approach and how she works."
"Alexandrais brilliant. She has a really high level of attention to detail, a keen eye and is all over the documents. She is extremely personable and is fantastic on her feet."
"She has ability, grit and advocacy, and her manner with clients is just super, especially if the case is very sensitive."
"What she doesn't know about inquests isn't worth knowing. She very quickly puts the clients at ease and adapts her approach for the client depending on what they are like."
"Alexandra is my go-to person, especially if it is very sensitive. She has no lack of ability, grit and advocacy skills, and her manner with clients is just super."
"We really love her approach and how she works."
"Alexandrais brilliant. She has a really high level of attention to detail, a keen eye and is all over the documents. She is extremely personable and is fantastic on her feet."
"She has ability, grit and advocacy, and her manner with clients is just super, especially if the case is very sensitive."
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