St Philips Chambers > Birmingham, England > Set Profile
St Philips Chambers Offices

St Philips Chambers
55 TEMPLE ROW
BIRMINGHAM
B2 5LS
England
St Philips Chambers > The Legal 500 Rankings
Midland Circuit > Business and regulatory crime (including health and safety) Tier 1
St Philips Chambers’ regulatory team has substantial expertise in handling both prosecution and defence work in cases related to environment agency, trading standards matters and health and safety cases, including catastrophic injury and gross negligence manslaughter. ‘An articulate and persuasive advocate’, Ben Mills is ‘able to argue difficult points of law and fact by distilling them to the real issues that need deciding in the case’. Jonathan Barker represented a Birmingham businessman accused of selling unregulated COVID-19 tests.Leading Juniors
Testimonials
‘St. Philips Chambers is an extremely well-regarded chambers with many very fine barristers. They are of consistently high quality.’
‘The clerks are very accommodating, able to use facilities when requested and quick to resolve any listing issues.’
Work highlights
Midland Circuit > Chancery, probate, and tax Tier 1
St Philips Chambers is ‘a good set of chambers with a good variety of barristers’ that displays contentious and non-contentious expertise in Chancery-related work, including wills, trusts, tax and estate planning matters. John Randall KC successfully represented the respondents in Gill v Thind and others, a dispute concerning the ownership of shares in a number of family companies.Leading Silks
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Testimonials
‘The clerks are very helpful. In particular, Arron Snipe, who speaks well and is organised.’
‘The service of the clerks’ room is a shining example of excellence to the industry. They are diligent and responsive and foster good working relationships with their instructing solicitors. Arron Snipe must be singled out for special praise as an exceptional clerk who personifies all of the essential and preferred qualities.’
‘St Philips Chambers has an enviable collection of specialist counsel in matters of Chancery business at a variety of levels of seniority.’
‘Good set of chambers with some great barristers with a good range of skills.’
‘The set is well-organised and offers a wide range of counsel in different areas of the law.’
Work highlights
Midland Circuit > Commercial litigation Tier 1
St Philips Chambers is ‘a strong set with plenty of strength and depth’ and ‘in-depth knowledge in commercial litigation’. The barristers are highly adept at handling a range of matters, from breach of directors’ duties, shareholder disputes, unfair prejudice petitions, and fraud to injunctive relief cases. John Randall KC is known as ‘a great appeal counsel’ and is ‘a go-to leading counsel when clients require real gravitas to present the hardest cases in court’, while Robert Mundy is praised as ‘an extremely persuasive advocate who is very comfortable dealing with trials over several weeks and complicated last-minute applications’.Rising stars
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‘The clerking team is helpful and friendly. Arron Snipe and Justin Luckman stand out and are always willing to assist.’
‘Arron Snipe is an excellent clerk who looks after his clients. He is diligent, readily available and provides cost estimates and updates promptly.’
‘St Philips are a great set of chambers with a good range of barristers offering expertise in many different areas.’
‘St Philips is an excellent set of chambers with a good selection of barristers.’
‘The barristers and clerks at this set are extremely personable, helpful and proactive. Their client care is excellent.’
Work highlights
Midland Circuit > Company and insolvency Tier 1
St Philips Chambers is a ‘go-to chambers for corporate disputes and insolvency matters’, ‘offering top-quality counsel with a range of experience’, including advising on breach of directors’ duties, shareholder disputes, unfair prejudice petitions and insolvency claims. The ‘powerful and persuasive advocate’ John Randall KC is representing defendants concerning their beneficial ownership of shares in several family companies.Leading Silks
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‘The service from the clerks is exceptional. Justin Luckman and Arron Snipe, in particular, go above and beyond to make sure counsel has everything they need.’
‘Arron Snipe is an absolute star. He gets things sorted quickly, perfectly and with no fuss.’
‘St Philips Chambers is a great set with a good range of barristers.’
‘St Philips is a go-to chambers with consistently high-quality barristers.’
‘A set with strength in depth and a variety of personalities to suit client needs.’
Work highlights
Midland Circuit > Crime (general and fraud) Tier 1
St Philips Chambers is ‘one of the best set in the West Midlands’, which ‘offers a high-quality service’ across the criminal law space. The team has significant expertise across a wide range of criminal matters, including drug conspiracies, fraud, murder, sexual offences and regulatory crime. Richard Atkins KC is highly adept at handling serious crime and murder matters – he prosecuted a woman for stabbing her mother to death. Jonathan Barker is regularly involved in multi-handed murder cases and currently represented a TikTok personality accused of being part of a group who murdered two men by forcing their cars off the A46 – the prosecution’s case is that the deceased were blackmailing the defendants. Jennifer Josephs successfully appealed a sentence for attempting to incite a child to engage in sexual activity (the “child” being an undercover police officer posing as one) – at issue was how to approach sentencing for a second similar offence when the law had changed between the first and second convictions. In September 2022, Andrew Smith KC, as was, was appointed as a circuit judge, and in July 2023 Marcus Harry and William Douglas-Jones joined from St Ives Chambers, and in October Rebecca Wade KC, Amy Jackson, Sara Wyeth and Callum Church followed.Rising stars
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Testimonials
‘Hannah Rae is progressing extremely well. Andrew Rourke is reliable and always on hand if there is an issue. All of the clerks are easy to reach.’
‘Andrew Rourke is always friendly, efficient, available and willing to help.’
‘St Philips chambers have a comprehensive set of criminal defence barristers able to cover all aspects of defence work.’
‘St Philips Chambers are the best sets offering criminal defence work.’
‘St Philips Chambers are excellent. It will go above and beyond to assist clients with covering work.’
Work highlights
Midland Circuit > Employment Tier 1
St Philips Chambers is a ‘trusted chambers with a great selection of talented barristers’ and continues to advise claimants and respondents on discrimination, unfair dismissal and whistleblowing cases, as well as handling equal pay and restrictive covenants matters. Edmund Beever has ‘an inherent ability to put clients at ease’, and is currently representing an employer in a gross misconduct dismissal matter. Sophie Garner is representing a claimant in a discrimination and unfair dismissal matter, while Elizabeth Hodgetts is defending a local government employer against a claim for constructive unfair dismissal brought by a former employee. Theodora Hand is now head of employment at Appleby in Bermuda, and Jonathan Gidney was made an Employment Judge in April 2023.Rising stars
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Testimonials
‘The clerks are very approachable and helpful. Janita Patel and Manpreet Kaur regularly go out of their way to assist.’
‘Janita Patel and Manpreet Kaur always deliver exceptional service and are quick to help out if they can.’
‘St Philips is a set with strength in depth and a variety of personalities to suit client needs.’
‘The set is all very greatly skilled and professional.’
‘St Philips is a good chambers with an excellent range of barristers.’
Midland Circuit > Family: children and domestic violence Tier 1
In Birmingham, St Philips Chambers is ‘an excellent family set with a number of exceptionally talented and experienced counsel available at all levels’. Sara Lewis KC is ‘an exceptional silk’ who handles the most serious children law cases before the High Court, while Christopher Adams ‘is a very knowledgeable and sensitive advocate’ who regularly acts on behalf of local authorities, parents, and children in cases involving serious and medically complex injuries, as does Yolanda Pemberton. Michelle Christie and Abigail Turner joined the team in September 2023.Rising stars
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‘Kelly Fullwood, Anthony Burgess and Mark Mansell are efficient, friendly and accommodating.’
‘Kelly Fulwood and Mark Mansell are excellent and always quick to respond to queries.’
‘St Philips Chambers is a strong set with an excellent reputation on complex cases.’
‘St Philips family team are excellent. The barristers are extremely competent.’
‘St Philips is a go-to chamber for care matters. The barristers are excellent.’
Midland Circuit > Professional negligence Tier 1
St Philips Chambers handles a variety of domestic and cross-border professional negligence cases for a diverse set of clients. Key members of the team include the ‘powerful and persuasive advocate’ John Randall KC and John Brennan, whose practices include defending solicitors.Leading Silks
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‘Arron Snipe and Jake Smithers are good clerks.’
Work highlights
Midland Circuit > Property and construction Tier 1
St Philips Chambers is ‘an excellent set with very capable counsel’ who advise domestic and international clients on a range of property law. John Randall KC has ‘encyclopaedic knowledge of property law’ and is currently acting in Cayman Shores Development Ltd v Registrar of Lands, a high-profile property rights dispute in the Cayman Islands, while John Brennan successfully acted on behalf of a commercial development owner in GHC Global Holdings Ltd v MK Builders Merchants Ltd, a land recovery claim. The ‘thorough and authoritative’ advocate Anthony Verduyn has extensive experience of property litigation, and John Aldis specialises in boundaries disputes and adverse possession cases. Michelle Caney joined the team in August 2023.Rising stars
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Testimonials
‘Service from the clerks is excellent, particularly Arron Snipe.’
‘Arron Snipe provides a very good clerking service.’
‘St Philips Chambers’ barristers are exceptional at what they do.’
‘St Philips Chambers is one of the best sets in the Midlands.’
‘The clerks are extremely helpful, friendly and proactive. They answer the phone and quickly react to queries.’
Work highlights
Midland Circuit > Family: divorce and financial remedy Tier 2
St Philips Chambers is ‘a top-notch set’ with ‘a wide range of barristers with varying levels of experience and expertise’, regularly instructed in high-value cases involving a complex company and trust structures, often with international elements. Jonathan Nosworthy leads the team and is highly regarded as ‘a measured, persuasive and immensely talented advocate’ in financial remedy cases involving business structures and pre-acquired assets. ‘Fearless advocate’ Leisha Bond ‘always fights very hard for her clients’ and her practice encompasses the full spectrum of work within financial remedy proceedings. Juliet Allen is ‘an excellent advocate who has a particular strength in financial remedy cases involving businesses, pensions or novel areas of law’.Rising stars
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Testimonials
‘Mark Mansell is always available personally to ensure the best service.’
‘Anthony Burgess is a smashing clerk who excels in his role.’
‘St Philips Chambers are one of the leading chambers in Birmingham.’
‘St Phillips Chambers is an extremely reliable set of chambers.’
‘St Philips Chambers is one of the go-to sets in Birmingham / Warwickshire and nationally. It has a particular strength in financial remedy work.’
Midland Circuit > Personal injury Tier 2
St Philips Chambers garners praise as ‘an excellent set to work with that always provides exceptional service’ on personal injury-related issues. Sofia Ashraf is a ‘very sound’ advocate who specialises in claims brought by minors or protected parties. Lorna Badham has ‘an excellent eye for detail’ and has significant expertise in cross-border matters. Andrew Evans recently represented the claimants in a case arising after a person suffered serious orthopaedic and psychiatric injuries after being hit on the side of the road by a trailer.Rising stars
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Testimonials
‘Janita Patel and Manpreet Kaur are some of the most diligent and effective clerks. They are a credit to their chambers and excellent at retaining and growing instructions.’
‘Manpreet Kaur is always accommodating.’
‘St Philips Chambers is a great chambers with a decent selection of barristers.’
‘An excellent set to work with, from the brilliant staff at reception to the clerks and barristers.’
‘St Philips Chambers is a great set with good strength in depth in personal injury.’
Work highlights
Midland Circuit > Clinical negligence Tier 3
St Philips Chambers continues to handle the full range of clinical negligence claims, including birth injuries and cases involving delayed diagnosis or treatment. Andrew Evans and Colin Baran are particularly active in cases involving cosmetic surgery.Leading Juniors
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‘The set has an excellent clerking team. Janita Patel is ever-efficient and responsive.’
‘The set is very responsive and happy to accommodate last-minute matters. It has a good spread of expertise.’
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North Eastern Circuit > Employment
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North Eastern Circuit > Crime (general and fraud)
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Midland Circuit > Costs
Midland Circuit > Inquests and inquiries
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Midland Circuit > Licensing
Midland Circuit > Social housing
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St Philips Chambers > Set Profile
St Philips is an award-winning, multi-disciplinary set of barristers, widely recognised as one of the most forward-looking chambers in the UK.
The set: It is committed to expanding upon the first-class service it is renowned for, reinforcing its objective to make its exceptional team of barristers the first choice for clients nationally and internationally. Chambers serves a range of clients, including international companies, local authorities, sporting authorities, trade unions, public bodies and regulators. Members of chambers also accept instructions under the Direct Access rules.
St Philips attributes its continued success to a forward-thinking and flexible strategy coupled with innovation. Chambers has a reputation for being friendly and approachable. Strong client relationships and an understanding of clients’ needs are central to how it operates, how it assists its clients in achieving their goals, and how it seeks to excel on their behalf. St Philips’ specialist groups of barristers are supported by dedicated teams of clerks led by the chambers director, Joe Wilson. St Philips also has the benefit of in-house teams of support staff in IT, HR, marketing, finance and business development.
Types of work undertaken: St Philips offers a specialist service in administrative law, ADR, arbitration (domestic and international), banking, clinical negligence, commercial, construction, criminal, employment, family, fraud (civil and criminal), immigration, insolvency, intellectual property, personal injury, private international law, property, public law, regulatory, trusts, and wills and probate. Members are actively involved in writing academic articles and some members have published books. Chambers’ members offer a wide range of seminars, lectures, workshops and other training events, both in-house and externally.
St Philips business and property group currently has specialist teams in the following areas: ADR, banking and financial services, commercial and chancery litigation, commercial fraud and asset tracing, company and partnership, construction, contentious wills, trusts and probate, insolvency and restructuring, international arbitration, intellectual property, private international law, professional liability, real estate, and restraint of trade and confidentiality.
St Philips employment group offers a truly nationwide service with members providing advice, drafting and advocacy in tribunals, county courts, the High Court and the EAT. Members have particular expertise in cases with issues of discrimination, religion and belief, and in conducting complex group claims.
St Philips personal injury group acts for claimants and defendants and offers particular expertise in cases of fatal accidents, catastrophic injuries, industrial disease (including stress), fraud and allegations of fraud, and travel and holiday claims.
St Philips clinical negligence group has gained a reputation for providing first-class legal advice and attracts work from nationally recognised leading firms in this field. The team has particular expertise in the areas of birth injury, cosmetic surgery, hospital-acquired infections, coroners’ inquests, maximum severity spinal injury and amputations, product liability, multi-party actions, human rights claims, dental claims and negligence in general practice.
St Philips family group is one of the largest in the country, having a leading reputation nationally for providing high-quality advice and representation across family finance, public law care and adoption, private law children and domestic abuse, and Court of Protection and social care. Members have appellate experience in the High Court and Court of Appeal, and extensive experience in the judicial review of local authority decisions.
St Philips criminal group offers unrivalled strength from junior through to Silk. Members prosecute and defend, in equal measure, all aspects of serious crime across the country, including murder, corporate manslaughter, serious sexual offences, white collar fraud and large scale drug conspiracies. Members appear on the preferred lists for the Attorney General, Crown Prosecution Services, Organised Crime Divisions and key national defence firms.
St Philips regulatory group defends and prosecutes on behalf of a wide range of commercial clients and regulatory bodies throughout the UK. Matters include fatal accidents, corporate manslaughter, trading standards, environmental regulation, VAT and revenue appeals, health and safety, police powers, benefit fraud, licensing and inquests. In addition, several members sit on a variety of disciplinary bodies such as the RFU, ASA, BDO, The Sport Resolutions Disputes Panel, the GMC and the GDC, including one barrister who is an appointed arbitrator for the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
Main Contacts
Department | Name | Telephone | |
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Chambers Director | Joe Wilson | ||
Head of Chambers | LEWIS KC, Sara (1996) (Silk 2021) | ||
Member of Chambers | LINEHAN KC, Stephen (1970) (Silk 1993) | ||
Member of Chambers | RANDALL KC, John (1978) (Silk 1995) | ||
Member of Chambers | MILLINGTON KC, Christopher (1976) (Silk 2001)* | ||
Member of Chambers | KHANGURE KC, Avtar (1985) (Silk 2003)* | ||
Member of Chambers | HAYNES KC, Peter (1983) (Silk 2008) | ||
Member of Chambers | HEGARTY KC, Kevin (1982) (Silk 2010)* | ||
Member of Chambers | ATKINS KC, Richard (1989) (Silk 2011)* | ||
Member of Chambers | DOUGLAS-JONES, Ben (1998) (Silk 2018) | ||
Member of Chambers | MARKLEW KC, Lee (1993) (Silk 2021) | ||
Member of Chambers | DILLON, Clare (1974) | ||
Member of Chambers | SPOLLON, Guy (1976) | ||
Member of Chambers | HARRISON-HALL, Giles (1977) | ||
Member of Chambers | CLEGG, Simon (1980) | ||
Member of Chambers | MATHEW, Nergis-Anne (1981) | ||
Member of Chambers | STARCEVIC, Petar (1983) | ||
Member of Chambers | AHMAD, Dr Mirza (1984) | ||
Member of Chambers | STOCKILL, David (1985) | ||
Member of Chambers | JACKSON, Andrew (1986) | ||
Member of Chambers | ADAMS, Christopher (1986)* | ||
Member of Chambers | THOMPSON, Blondel (1987) | ||
Members of Chambers | BUXTON, Sarah (1988) | ||
Member of Chambers | RAI, Amarjit (1989) | ||
Member of Chambers | WILSON, Paul (1989) | ||
Member of Chambers | PUZEY, James (1990) | ||
Member of Chambers | GARNER, Sophie (1990) | ||
Member of Chambers | BEEVER, Edmund (1990) | ||
Member of Chambers | WILLIAMSON, Melanie (1990) | ||
Member of Chambers | GIDNEY, Jonathan (1991) | ||
Member of Chambers | SAMUEL, Glyn (1991) | ||
Member of Chambers | LEWIS, Robin (1991) | ||
Member of Chambers | BARNES, Matthew (1992) | ||
Member of Chambers | BAKER, William (1992) | ||
Member of Chambers | MOSELEY, Julie (1992) | ||
Member of Chambers | SPARROW, Julie (1992) | ||
Member of Chambers | VERDUYN, Anthony (1993)* | ||
Member of Chambers | KOLODYNSKI, Stefan (1993) | ||
Member of Chambers | JOHNSTON, Anthony (1993) | ||
Member of Chambers | WAINWRIGHT, Patrick (1994) | ||
Member of Chambers | CHARMAN, Andrew (1994)* | ||
Member of Chambers | BEARDWELL, Philip (1994) | ||
Member of Chambers | CHAND, Ragveer (1994) | ||
Member of Chambers | DUNSTAN, James (1995) | ||
Member of Chambers | JONES, Carolyn (1995) | ||
Member of Chambers | WHITEHEAD, Darron (1995) | ||
Member of Chambers | BRENNAN, John (1996) | ||
Member of Chambers | PHILLIPS, Simon (1996) | ||
Member of Chambers | JONES, Huw (1997) | ||
Member of Chambers | ALI, Huma (1997) | ||
Member of Chambers | BLATCHFORD, Charles (1997) | ||
Member of Chambers | HODGETTS, Elizabeth (1998) | ||
Member of Chambers | PUNIA, Raj (1999) | ||
Member of Chambers | BOND, Leisha (1999) | ||
Member of Chambers | WILLIAMS, Heledd (1999) | ||
Member of Chambers | AHMED, Ishfaq (1999) | ||
Member of Chambers | EVANS, Andrew (2000) | ||
Member of Chambers | SARGINSON, Jane (2000) | ||
Member of Chambers | AFZAL, Zaheer (2000) | ||
Member of Chambers | HOWELL-JONES, Nicholas (2000) | ||
Member of Chambers | JOSEPHS, Jennifer (2000) | ||
Member of Chambers | MILLS, Benedict (2000)* | ||
Member of Chambers | NOSWORTHY, Jonathan (2000) | ||
Member of Chambers | WALKLING, Tom (2001)* | ||
Member of Chambers | GRIFFITHS, David (2001) | ||
Member of Chambers | RICHARDS, Elizabeth (2001) | ||
Member of Chambers | MILLER, Wendy (2001) | ||
Member of Chambers | GILL, Rajinder (2001) | ||
Member of Chambers | PEMBERTON, Yolanda (2002) | ||
Member of Chambers | WATSON, Christopher (2003)* | ||
Member of Chambers | BARAN, Colin (2003) | ||
Member of Chambers | CANDLIN, Naomi (2003) | ||
Member of Chambers | RILEY, Davinia (2004) | ||
Member of Chambers | PARATHALINGAM, Amrisha (2004) | ||
Member of Chambers | EDMONDS, Victoria (2004) | ||
Member of Chambers | BROWN, Marc (2004)* | ||
Member of Chambers | HEARD, Jonathan (2004) | ||
Member of Chambers | BROWN, Nicholas (2005) | ||
Member of Chambers | FREW, Bruce (2005) | ||
Member of Chambers | ROZYCKI, Alexander (2005) | ||
Member of Chambers | GILES, Molly (2005) | ||
Member of Chambers | ALLEN, Juliet (2005) | ||
Member of Chambers | WILLIAMS, Ben (2006)* | ||
Member of Chambers | BARKER, Jonathan (2006) | ||
Member of Chambers | TABARI, Ali-Reza (2006) | ||
Member of Chambers | TEMPLAR-VASEY, Carl (2006) | ||
Member of Chambers | KEITH, Patrick (2006) | ||
Member of Chambers | HANCOX, Lisa (2006) | ||
Member of Chambers | TURNER, Abigail (2006) | ||
Member of Chambers | MOHAMMED, Iqbal (2007) | ||
Member of Chambers | MUNDY, Robert (2008) | ||
Member of Chambers | HARRY, Marcus (2008) | ||
Member of Chambers | RANK, Christopher (2008) | ||
Member of Chambers | MILLINGTON, Joseph (2009) | ||
Member of Chambers | GALE, Jonathan (2009) | ||
Member of Chambers | CLOSE, Ben (2009) | ||
Member of Chambers | BOWES, Gemma (2009) | ||
Member of Chambers | BUCKINGHAM, Christopher (2009) | ||
Member of Chambers | CLAYTON, Benjamin (2009) | ||
Member of Chambers | ASHRAF, Sofia (2009) | ||
Member of Chambers | McLEOD, Gavin (2010) | ||
Member of Chambers | DOUGLAS JONES, William (2011) | ||
Member of Chambers | ROBERTS, Dominic (2011) | ||
Member of Chambers | HAFEEZ, Mohammad (2011) | ||
Member of Chambers | WHITE, Kirsty (2011) | ||
Member of Chambers | WILLIAMSON, Emma (2013) | ||
Member of Chambers | HUGHES, Sharon (2013) | ||
Member of Chambers | DUANE, Julie (2013) | ||
Member of Chambers | GITTINS, Steven (2014) | ||
Member of Chambers | TRIVEDI, Raghav (2014) | ||
Member of Chambers | GRANT, Mark (2015) | ||
Member of Chambers | BADHAM, Lorna (2015) | ||
Member of Chambers | MACMILLAN, Alexander (2015) | ||
Member of Chambers | KEARNEY, Natalie (2015) | ||
Member of Chambers | KENDALL, Emma (2016) | ||
Member of Chambers | ALDIS, John (2016) | ||
Member of Chambers | HORWOOD, William (2016) | ||
Member of Chambers | DHAMI, Harinderpal (2016) | ||
Member of Chambers | BARBOUR, Alexander (2017) | ||
Member of Chambers | RAVENSCROFT, Catherine (2017) | ||
Member of Chambers | PEASTON, Anna (2017) | ||
Member of Chambers | CULLEN, Matthew (2018) | ||
Member of Chambers | ETHAKADA, Sandamini (2018) | ||
Member of Chambers | HODGINS, Ryan (2019) | ||
Member of Chambers | TALLIS, Luke (2019) | ||
Member of Chambers | ARMITAGE, Bethany (2019) | ||
Member of Chambers | COTON, Laura (2019) | ||
Member of Chambers | HARTY, Sarah (2019) | ||
Member of Chambers | JAMIESON, Ruby (2019) | ||
Member of Chambers | MORTIN, Francis (2020) | ||
Member of Chambers | LAURENCE, SOPHIE (2020) | ||
Member of Chambers | STOKES, Paris (2020) | ||
Member of Chambers | BEST. Jack (2021) | ||
Member of Chambers | ILANGARATNE, Chevan (2021) | ||
Member of Chambers | KAUR, Amanprit (2021) | ||
Member of Chambers | LOPEZ. Miranda (2021) | ||
Member of Chambers | RAWSTHORNE, Meredith (2021) | ||
Member of Chambers | RENNIE, Clare (2022) | ||
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Barrister Profiles
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Christopher Adams | Christopher joined Number 2 Fountain Court in 1988 and initially practised in… | View Profile |
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Zaheer Afzal | Zaheer has a strong and established criminal practice currently focusing mainly on… | View Profile |
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Dr Mirza Ahmad | Called to the Bar in 1984, Mirza is nationally recognised as an… | View Profile |
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Ishfaq Ahmed | Ishfaq Ahmed has over 20 years of experience, maintaining a rounded and… | View Profile |
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John Aldis | Specialises in commercial law, real estate and wills, trusts and probate. | View Profile |
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Huma Ali | Huma started her career in Sussex. Having practised on the northern circuit… | View Profile |
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Juliet Allen | Juliet is a matrimonial finance and family trusts specialist. She is experienced… | View Profile |
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Bethany Artmitage | Beth accepts instructions in all areas of public law and private law… | View Profile |
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Sofia Ashraf | Sofia accepts instructions in the following practice areas: Costs, Civil Litigation, Fraud,… | View Profile |
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Richard Atkins | Richard practises in crime and regulatory offences. He specialises in murder (including… | View Profile |
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Lorna Badham | Specialises in employment law, personal injury and clinical negligence. | View Profile |
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William Baker | William specialises in the law relating to children. He acts for parents,… | View Profile |
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Colin Baran | Colin practices primarily in clinical negligence and personal injury law, which he… | View Profile |
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Alexander Barbour | Practises in crime and regulatory. | View Profile |
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Jonathan Barker | Jonathan is a specialist criminal practitioner. He has established a practice far… | View Profile |
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Matthew Barnes | Matthew is a specialist advocate in the field of criminal law. Having… | View Profile |
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Philip Beardwell | Before joining St Philips Chambers in March 2017, Philip worked for 10… | View Profile |
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Edmund Beever | Ed is a specialist employment practitioner with substantial commercial litigation experience. Ed… | View Profile |
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Jack Best | Jack is taking instructions involving financial remedies, private children and care. | View Profile |
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Charles Blatchford | Specialising in criminal law and regulatory work Charles has a heavyweight practice.… | View Profile |
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Leisha Bond | Leisha is a matrimonial finance specialist dealing primarily in ancillary relief. Her… | View Profile |
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Gemma Bowes | Specialises in public children law. | View Profile |
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John Brennan | John’s practice encompasses a very broad range of chancery and commercial work.… | View Profile |
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Nicholas Brown | Nick has been at St Philips since pupillage in 2005 and now… | View Profile |
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Marc Brown | Marc undertakes work across a broad spectrum of commercial work, with a… | View Profile |
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Nicholas Brown | Nick has been at St Philips since pupillage in 2005 and now… | View Profile |
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Mr Christopher Buckingham | Christopher is a Chancery Commercial practitioner. His work covers a range of… | View Profile |
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Sarah Buxton | Sarah began her career in Birmingham and remained there until she left… | View Profile |
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Naomi Candlin | Naomi’s practice primarily covers property, private client and planning. She was appointed… | View Profile |
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Ms Michelle Caney | Michelle Caney was called to the Bar in 2004 and has been… | View Profile |
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Mr Ragveer Chand | Ragveer specialises in criminal defence work and his practice includes fraud, drugs,… | View Profile |
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Andrew Charman | Andrew possesses substantial expertise and experience in chancery work and commercial litigation… | View Profile |
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Benjamin Clayton | As a result of attending in excess of 5000 hearings, he has… | View Profile |
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Simon Clegg | Simon has extensive experience of a wide range of commercial litigation. His… | View Profile |
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Ben Close | Ben has been a specialist criminal practitioner since he was called to… | View Profile |
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Laura Cotton | Laura Coton is developing her advocacy practice in criminal and regulatory law… | View Profile |
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Matthew Cullen | Matthew Cullen has quickly developed a strong criminal and regulatory practice. He… | View Profile |
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Mr Harinderpal Dhami | Before joining chambers in December 2017, Paul was employed by West Midlands… | View Profile |
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Clare Dillon | Clare was called to the Bar in 1974 and joined Number 1… | View Profile |
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William Douglas-Jones | William Douglas-Jones has a strong criminal practice in the Crown Court and… | View Profile |
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Ben Douglas-Jones | Ben Douglas-Jones KC is a leading silk in financial, serious, consumer, appellate… | View Profile |
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Julie Duane | Julie is an employment law specialist and former Solicitor-advocate working across the… | View Profile |
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James Dunstan | James was a scholarship winner at King Edward’s School, Edgbaston and a… | View Profile |
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Victoria Edmonds | Since completing her pupillage in 2005 Victoria has specialised in family law.… | View Profile |
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Sandamini Ethakada | Sandamini regularly acts in care proceedings and welcomes instructions on behalf of… | View Profile |
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Andrew Evans | Andrew has an established practice in claimant and defendant personal injury work,… | View Profile |
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Bruce Frew | Bruce has an extensive practice specialising in employment law. He represents both… | View Profile |
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Jonathan Gale | Jonathan regularly acts for finance houses on disputes surrounding hire purchase and… | View Profile |
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Sophie Garner | Sophie is an experienced specialist in employment and discrimination law whose caseload… | View Profile |
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Jonathan Gidney | Jonathan has been recognised as a leading junior in the Midlands for… | View Profile |
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Molly Giles | Specialises in both public and private law children cases. | View Profile |
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Mr Rajinder Gill | Rajinder Gill is an experienced specialist in serious crime and regulatory law… | View Profile |
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Steven Gittens | Steven accepts instructions to undertake pleadings, Schedules of Loss, and to advise,… | View Profile |
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Mark Grant | Specialising in commercial disputes. | View Profile |
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David Griffiths | David practises in the areas of general commercial litigation, personal injury and… | View Profile |
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Mohammad Hafeez | Specialises in criminal law. | View Profile |
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Lisa Hancox | Specialises in criminal law. | View Profile |
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Giles Harrison Hall | Barrister specialising in personal injury, commercial and Chancery. | View Profile |
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Mr Marcus Harry | Marcus Harry is a Barrister specialising in Criminal and Regulatory law. Marcus… | View Profile |
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Sarah Harty | Sarah accepts instructions across the full range of employment law, including High… | View Profile |
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Peter Haynes | Peter has practised as a criminal courts advocate throughout his career. Domestically,… | View Profile |
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Jonathan Heard | Employment law specialist. | View Profile |
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Kevin Hegarty | Kevin is a regulatory and financial crime specialist. His approach is particularly… | View Profile |
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Elizabeth Hodgetts | Elizabeth practises exclusively in employment law and employment-related civil litigation. She is… | View Profile |
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Ryan Hodgins | Ryan is instructed by both prosecution and defence. His developing criminal practice… | View Profile |
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Mr William Horwood | William undertook pupillage in chambers in 2016/17, and joined chambers on completion… | View Profile |
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Nicholas Howell-Jones | Nick joined St Philips Chambers from St Ives Chambers in February 2012.… | View Profile |
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Sharon Hughes | Sharon regularly appeared before the High Court as well as Circuit and… | View Profile |
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Chevan Ilangaratne | Chevan accepts instructions to draft pleadings, Schedules of Loss, and to advise… | View Profile |
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Andrew Jackson | Andrew has established a strong practice in criminal law. A polished advocate… | View Profile |
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Anthony Johnston | Anthony has practised in Birmingham throughout his professional life, starting at 1… | View Profile |
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Carolyn Jones | Carolyn is a specialist family practitioner who practises in all areas of… | View Profile |
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Huw Jones | Huw was called to the Bar in 1997 after 12 years’ commissioned… | View Profile |
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Jennifer Josephs | Jennifer is a leading junior on the Midland Circuit who prosecutes and… | View Profile |
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Amanprit Kaur | Amanprit Kaur began a specialist Business and Property pupillage in October 2021… | View Profile |
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Natalie Kearney | Natalie appears regularly as sole counsel in the County Court and High… | View Profile |
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Patrick Keith | Patrick is instructed across the whole spectrum of employment law, with a… | View Profile |
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Miss Emma Kendall | Between 2011 and 2016 Emma specialised in public law children proceedings as… | View Profile |
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Avtar Khangure | Avtar was called to the Bar by Gray’s Inn in 1985. Having… | View Profile |
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Stefan Kolodynski | Stefan is an experienced practitioner whose core areas are property and serious… | View Profile |
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Robin Lewis | Robin undertook pupillage at Number 1 Serjeants’ Inn, London and began practice… | View Profile |
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Sara Lewis | Family practitioner specialising in public law cases. | View Profile |
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Stephen Linehan | Stephen is a specialist criminal practitioner, instructed by both prosecution and defence… | View Profile |
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Stephen Linehan | Stephen is a specialist criminal practitioner, instructed by both prosecution and defence… | View Profile |
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Miranda Lopez | Miranda Lopez started her pupillage in October 2021 and started accepting work… | View Profile |
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Alexander MacMillan | Specialising in commercial litigation and employment law. | View Profile |
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Lee Marklew | Lee is regularly instructed to appear for both the prosecution and the… | View Profile |
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Nergis-Anne Mathew | After having completed her degree course in Manchester, Nergis-Anne completed her legal… | View Profile |
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Gavin McLeod | Gavin is an established junior who specialises in Chancery proceedings, especially real… | View Profile |
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Wendy Miller | With over twenty years’ experience in dealing with some of the most… | View Profile |
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Joseph Millington | Joseph specialises in indirect taxation. His reputation for thorough preparation and a… | View Profile |
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Christopher Millington | Chris is one of the leading and most experienced criminal silks in… | View Profile |
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Christopher Millington | Chris is one of the leading and most experienced criminal silks in… | View Profile |
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Ben Mills | For the past decade, Ben has been consistently recognised by the industry… | View Profile |
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Iqbal Mohammed | Iqbal is a specialist commercial barrister. He undertakes commercial litigation, which includes… | View Profile |
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James Morgan | James is an established commercial practitioner, with particular expertise in the fields… | View Profile |
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Francis Mortin | Francis is an employment specialist and recent transfer to the Bar from… | View Profile |
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Julie Moseley | Julie completed pupillage and became a tenant of No 7 Fountain Court,… | View Profile |
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Robert Mundy | Commercial litigation, particularly company and insolvency law. High Court employment. Also a… | View Profile |
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Jonathan Nosworthy | Jonathan undertakes all types of work relating to resolving financial issues between… | View Profile |
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Amrisha Parathalingam | Amrisha joined chambers after successfully completing a pupillage supervised by Simon Clegg… | View Profile |
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Anna Peaston | Anna Peaston is a family law specialist with an established practice in… | View Profile |
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Yolanda Pemberton | After completing her pupillage in 2003 with St Philips, Yolanda has specialised… | View Profile |
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Simon Phillips | Currently a Grade 4 prosecutor, Simon practises across all areas of crime.… | View Profile |
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Raj Punia | Prior to joining St Philips Chambers, Raj taught the English legal system… | View Profile |
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James Puzey | James specialises in government litigation, particularly in the fields of tax and… | View Profile |
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Amarjit Rai | Amarjit has wide experience in civil litigation focusing on commercial disputes, property… | View Profile |
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John Randall | John has a broad based practice in chancery and commercial law, acting… | View Profile |
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Christopher Rank | Family law specialist. | View Profile |
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Catherine Ravenscroft | Catherine Ravenscroft specialises in criminal and regulatory law. She has a straight-forward… | View Profile |
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Meredith Rawsthorne | Meredith Rawsthorne began a specialist Family Law Pupillage in October 2021 and… | View Profile |
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Elizabeth Richards | Elizabeth undertook her pupillage with St Philips and while she initially practised… | View Profile |
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Davinia Riley | Davinia specialises in Financial Remedies and has experience of the full range… | View Profile |
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Dominic Roberts | Dominic advises on all aspects of company law, directors’ duties, corporate governance… | View Profile |
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Alexander Rozycki | Specialises in commercial and employment law. | View Profile |
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Jane Sarginson | Jane obtained a 2(1) BSc Honours degree in Pharmacology/Psychology from the University… | View Profile |
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Julie Sparrow | Julie practises in all areas of family law with an emphasis on… | View Profile |
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Ian Speed | Ian came to the Bar having retired as a senior detective officer.… | View Profile |
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Guy Spollon | Guy frequently appears in both complex and highly sensitive cases involving children… | View Profile |
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Petar Starcevic | From a grounding in common law, Petar now undertakes employment work with… | View Profile |
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David Stockill | David has a practice broadly based, so far as the commercial world… | View Profile |
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Ali Tabari | In addition to core commercial litigation, Ali’s practice focuses on fraud, insolvency… | View Profile |
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Luke Tallis | Luke is accepting instructions in all areas of public law, financial remedy… | View Profile |
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Carl Templar-Vasey | Specialises in criminal law. | View Profile |
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Blondel Thompson | Blondel has been a practising barrister for over 20 years specialising in… | View Profile |
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Raghav Trivedi | Raghav Trivedi is a member of Chambers’ Business and Property Group. He… | View Profile |
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Anthony Verduyn | Real estate litigation (including overage, restrictive covenants, boundaries, easements and trusts of… | View Profile |
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Patrick Wainwright | Following his pupillage in 1994, Patrick initially enjoyed a mixed practice with… | View Profile |
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Tom Walkling | With a specialist criminal practice, Tom has experience and expertise in all… | View Profile |
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Christopher Watson | Christopher is a children law expert and practises exclusively within that field.… | View Profile |
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Kirsty White | Specialises in commercial litigation. | View Profile |
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Darron Whitehead | Having returned home to the Midland Circuit in 2000, Darron has established… | View Profile |
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Heledd Williams | Heledd joined St Philips in August 2007 having undertaken pupillage and tenancy… | View Profile |
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Ben Williams | Ben has expertise in prosecuting and defending complex criminal cases, particularly murder,… | View Profile |
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Melanie Williamson | Specialises in regulatory and personal injury. | View Profile |
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Emma Williamson | Emma joined chambers following the successful completion of her pupillage and accepts… | View Profile |
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Mr Paul Wilson | A tribunal advocate through and through, Paul has over 20 years’ experience… | View Profile |
Staff Figures
Clerks : 22 Finance : 9 Administration : 5 Marketing & Events : 2- Midland Circuit > Business and regulatory crime (including health and safety)
- Midland Circuit > Chancery, probate, and tax
- Midland Circuit > Commercial litigation
- Midland Circuit > Company and insolvency
- Midland Circuit > Crime (general and fraud)
- Midland Circuit > Employment
- Midland Circuit > Family: children and domestic violence
- Midland Circuit > Professional negligence
- Midland Circuit > Property and construction