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Yaaser Vanderman
Position
Yaaser practices in commercial dispute resolution and is recognised as a leading barrister across his specialisms of public and administrative law, human rights, planning and environmental law, and protest law. He has extensive experience in obtaining and resisting injunctive relief.
He regularly appears in the High Court, Court of Appeal and Supreme Court in high-profile and test cases. For example, he has appeared in 9 Supreme Court cases since 2019.
He works with a range of clients, including individuals, major companies, NGOs, regulatory bodies and Government, believing that he can offer the best service to all of his clients if he has the broadest experience possible. He has been appointed to the Attorney General’s B Panel of Junior Counsel and is called to the Bar of Northern Ireland.
Yaaser is the author of Manual on Protest Injunctions: Practice, Procedure and Persons Unknown (2024) – a free online resource aimed at all those involved in claims where an injunction is sought to restrain protest and trespass activity – and the website https://protestinjunctions.com/.
He is described in the directories as: “a class act and very good on his feet”, “great at understanding clients’ objectives and is creative in his approach to finding solutions”, “really great to instruct and good to deal with, and produces fantastic written work”, “A highly skilled advocate, conscientious and diligent”, “exceptionally bright and assimilates instructions and information extremely quickly” and “Smart, proactive, dedicated, extremely responsive and diligent”.
Career
Called to the Bar: 2012
Education
- Harvard Law School – LLM
- Oxford University, Keble College – BCL (Distinction)
- Cambridge University, Clare College – MA (Hons) in Law (Double First)
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Administrative law and human rights
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 3‘Very strong set‘ Brick Court Chambers is home to ‘a full range of highly talented counsel‘ in the public law arena. The ‘tenacious‘ Paul Bowen KC has ‘impressive knowledge of the law of human rights‘, and James McClelland KC‘s ‘tactical advice is spot on‘. Victoria Wakefield KC represented the Church Commissioners for England before the Privy Council in All Saints Spring Park Parochial Church Council v Church Commissioners for England, an appeal concerning the issue of whether the Church could be considered as a public authority for Human Rights Act matters. Malcolm Birdling is ‘a star of the administrative Bar‘; he and Jagoda Klimowicz successfully represented the claimants in R (L J Fairburn & Son and others) v Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, a challenge to the legality of the policy of compensation payable to farmers for the cull of poultry to curb avian influenza, which was alleged to be in violation of Article 1 Protocol 1 rights. Yaaser Vanderman joined the team in July 2024.
London Bar > Planning
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 4London Bar > Property litigation
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 5Yaaser Vanderman – Brick Court Chambers ‘Yaaser’s advocacy style is clear, organised and attentive.’