Profile
Fiona Canby is a leading junior for health and safety. She also
specialises in coroners and inquests, credit hire, insurance and
personal injury. She has been recommended in the legal
directories for her work in health and safety since 2007.
From October 2010 to March 2011 she acted on behalf of Transport
for London (TfL) in the inquests into the London Bombings on 7 July
2005 conducted by Hallett LJ. Over four months she carried
out all of the witness examination on behalf of TfL in relation to
the four bomb scenes. She is regularly instructed in inquests
arising out of road traffic accidents; accidents at work and
prison/custody/detention deaths. She is well versed in the
conduct of jury and Article 2 inquests.
She has over ten years of experience in credit hire cases,
almost exclusively for the Defendant. She has particular expertise
in illegality arguments, having argued successfully for a claim for
hire charges of £51,000 to be struck out on the basis of
illegality.
In relation to her health and safety practice, she acts
exclusively for Defendants in criminal proceedings. She acts for
all types of employer from major corporations to small family run
businesses. She has particular knowledge of the transport industry
(rail; underground and surface transport); construction;
manufacturing; glass and glazing; agriculture; packing; manual
handling and work at heights. Her clients have included Amey Rail;
Balfour Beatty Rail and Costain.
She is currently being led by Andrew Prynne QC in two
multi-million pound claims for damage to train and track following
road vehicle incursions onto the railway.
She also acts for both Claimants and Defendants in most aspects
of personal injury and fatal accident claims. She is experienced in
all types of road traffic accidents including exaggerated;
contrived; staged; slam on; low speed impact and phantom passenger
claims. Her cases also include highways claims, employer's
liability; occupier's liability; claims against schools and holiday
claims.