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Drystone Chambers is a leading London-based criminal chambers with an outstanding reputation in criminal litigation, local authority and trading standards, and regulatory and professional discipline. Members of Chambers appear in a diverse range of serious and complex cases throughout London and the South East and on circuit in the Midlands and East Anglia, both defending and prosecuting.

The set: Members have acted at every level of the criminal justice system in general crime, corporate crime, VAT and tax fraud, and proceeds of crime.

Chambers provides advice and advocacy across a range of practice areas including consumer and regulatory law, extradition, immigration, professional discipline, prison law, military law, aviation and sports law. The focus of chambers’ ethos is to provide outstanding advice and advocacy at every level of seniority, while understanding and respecting the need for clear communication with professional and lay clients alike.

Types of work undertaken
Crime: prosecuting and defending in cases ranging from murder, fraud (including cases involving money laundering and confiscation), corporate crime often including an international element (currently practitioners are working in the Cayman Islands), drugs and sexual offences to motoring matters. Chambers has acted in many cases of notoriety and importance, including the ‘Cheeki Rafiki’ negligence manslaughter, the Soham murders, the Huntingdon Life Sciences campaigners, Fallon racing fraud, Operation Mellor (sham marriages), the Millenium Dome robbery, 21/07 terrorism trial, Damilola Taylor murder and the Allied Irish £750m mortgage fraud.

Consumer protection: the set acts for businesses, individuals and regulators across the full -range of consumer protection and trading standards work, from large-scale rogue trader cases and fatal food safety investigations to intricate product safety matters.

Professional discipline and regulatory law: members of chambers provide a comprehensive service assisting professionals with advice on their regulatory obligations from registration requirements, negotiations with the regulator and all stages of proceedings from interim orders to appeals.

Extradition: members of Drystone Chambers have shaped the law of extradition under the 2003 Act. The set has extensive knowledge of international human rights standards and understands how to deploy the right evidence to its clients’ advantage. In the last year Drystone Chambers has acted in cases concerning requesting states as diverse as Iraq, Peru, UAE and the US as well as securing its clients’ discharge in EAWs issued by Greece, Romania and Poland among many others.

Immigration law: Drystone Chambers provides advice and representation in all aspects of immigration law including asylum, deportation, applications under the EEA Regulations and applications under the points-based system. The set appears regularly in the first tier and the upper tier immigration tribunals. Its strong public law background means that it has particular skill in judicial review applications.

Administration: a dedicated and progressive team of clerks is at the heart of the administration, assisting in the development of each barrister’s practice and implementing chambers’ growth and development plans. They are praised in legal directories for their professionalism and efficiency as well as their accommodating service. The presence of a marketing director, working closely with the senior clerk, enables chambers to focus upon the retention and servicing of existing clients, coupled with the timely pursuit of broader categories of work through business development and recruitment.

Barrister Profiles

Photo	Name	Position	Profile
	Isobel Ascherson	Isobel is an experienced barrister who defends and prosecutes the most serious…	View Profile
	Mr Giles Bedloe	Giles specialises in fraud, financial crime and business regulation. Ranked in Legal…	View Profile
	Alan Birbeck	Alan’s reputation is for prepared, realistic and persuasive advocacy. He is regularly…	View Profile
	Azza Brown	Azza’s experience in all areas of serious crime is impressive. She is…	View Profile
	Robert Bryan	As both Junior and Leading Junior Robert’s work covers the wide spectrum…	View Profile
	Alex Cameron	Alex regularly appears in the Crown Court, Magistrates’ Court and Youth Court…	View Profile
	Mr Andrew Campbell-Tiech	Fraud – crime (including money laundering and asset forfeiture) – Leading silks…	View Profile
	William Carter	Will Carter has forged a reputation as an extremely able and knowledgeable…	View Profile
	Alice Carver	Associate tenant Alice Carver is currently working with Priestleys Attorneys in the…	View Profile
	Charles Chatterjee	Door Tenant Dr Charles Chatterjee combines a busy practice with his role…	View Profile
	Wayne Cleaver	Wayne is an accomplished and committed advocate with over 30 years experience…	View Profile
	Charlotte Compton	Door Tenant Charlotte has recently moved to Jersey but remains a door…	View Profile
	Lindsay Cox	Lindsay Cox has practised criminal law on the South Eastern Circuit, predominantly…	View Profile
	Richard Davies	Richard joined chambers in 2016. He accepts instructions in the fields of…	View Profile
	Unyime Davies	Unyime is a criminal law specialist with a reputation as a formidable…	View Profile
	Gary Dolan	Gary is an immigration and public law specialist practising mainly in immigration,…	View Profile
	Stephen Donnelly	Stephen has developed a substantial practice in criminal law and has broad…	View Profile
	Jacob Edwards	Jacob is an associate member and is now an unregistered barrister. He…	View Profile
	Joanne Mary Eley	Joanne Eley was called to the Bar in 1997 and joined One…	View Profile
	Rebecca Fairbairn	Rebecca has a dual criminal and family law practice which has evolved…	View Profile
	Charles Falk	Charles Falk is an experienced Criminal law specialist, regularly appearing in serious…	View Profile
	John Farmer	John Farmer has vast experience as a specialist Criminal barrister. The geographic…	View Profile
	Phillip Farr	Philip Farr is a highly able criminal practitioner with significant experience across…	View Profile
	Giles Fleming	Giles joined Chambers in 2017, and became a tenant in June 2018…	View Profile
	David Frend	Called in 1994, David completed pupillage and practised independently in a London…	View Profile
	Gemma Gillet	Gemma Gillet is currently on sabbatical. Gemma Gillet is an experienced Regulatory…	View Profile
	Henry Gordon	Henry Gordon has been appointed as Senior Crown Counsel to Montserrat. His…	View Profile
	James Gray	James Gray is a dedicated criminal advocate recommended by the Legal 500…	View Profile
	Jonathan Green	Jonathan is a leading junior with considerable experience in a wide range…	View Profile
	Alison Gurden	Alison joined us as an associate tenant in June 2018 and in…	View Profile
	Stephen Halsall	Dr. Stephen Halsall was called to the Bar in 1997 and is…	View Profile
	Nicholas Ham	Nick is a regulatory crime specialist with over 20 years’ experience. With…	View Profile
	Roger Harrison	Roger Harrison has built a reputation as an experienced barrister who can…	View Profile
	Oliver Haswell	Oliver joined Chambers in 2017 after spending his first ten years of…	View Profile
	Richard Heller	Richard is a specialist practitioner who acts for regulators, businesses and individuals…	View Profile
	Mark Himsworth	Mark is on sabbatical at present and and therefore not accepting any…	View Profile
	Hannah Hinton	Hannah is an extradition law specialist. She has appeared in many leading…	View Profile
	Sally Hobson	Sally is a senior criminal practitioner with a practice consisting predominantly of…	View Profile
	Claire Howell	Although appearing for the Prosecution in large complex cases, she is sought…	View Profile
	Daniel Jones	Daniel is a non-practising Associate Member of Drystone Chambers currently working in…	View Profile
	Nawraz Karbani	Nawraz is an experienced multidisciplinary practitioner with a particular interest in Contractual…	View Profile
	Charles Kellett	After 10 years of working on a wide range of cases in…	View Profile
	Karim Khalil	Karim Khalil appears in many of the most serious and high profile…	View Profile
	Zarif Khan	Zarif Khan is an established practitioner with over 22 years experience at…	View Profile
	Simon Kitchen	Simon is a specialist criminal law barrister. He brings his wealth of…	View Profile
	Georgia Luscombe	Georgia joined Chambers in 2017 and became a tenant after completion of…	View Profile
	Mr Michael Magarian	London Bar: Crime – Leading silks	View Profile
	Alastair Malcolm	Alastair Malcolm’s practice covers every aspect of serious crime, from murder to…	View Profile
	Michel Massih	Michel read Law at London University. In 1979 he was called to…	View Profile
	Stephen Mather	Stephen is an experienced advocate specialising in Criminal Law. Called in 1997,…	View Profile
	Claire Matthews	Claire Matthews works across the South Eastern Circuit, with an exclusively criminal…	View Profile
	John McNally	John McNally has had a broad common law practice and has appeared…	View Profile
	Trilby Millett	Trilby has been a member of chambers since 2002 and an associate…	View Profile
	Sean Minihan	Sean has developed an outstanding practice both as a junior and as…	View Profile
	Charles Myatt	Charlie Myatt prosecutes and defends in all areas of criminal law. This…	View Profile
	Julian Norman	Julian has fifteen years experience in immigration law. After ten years working…	View Profile
	Duncan O’Donnell	Duncan O’Donnell undertakes all aspects of serious crime (including murder, fraud, serious…	View Profile
	Matthew Pardoe	Matthew has built his practice on hard work, attention to detail and…	View Profile
	Rebecca Penfold	Rebecca joined Chambers in 2013 taking tenancy in November 2014, following successful…	View Profile
	Andrew Price	Andrew specialises in fraud, proceeds of crime, criminal and regulatory law. He…	View Profile
	Kaja Reiff-Musgrove	Kaja acts as a junior and leading junior in a broad spectrum…	View Profile
	Edward Renvoize	Ed Renvoize has developed an impressive practice having undertaken a common law…	View Profile
	Barnaby Shaw	Barnaby Shaw prosecutes and defends in Hampshire and Dorset and defends in…	View Profile
	Stephen Spence	Stephen Spence has considerable experience both prosecuting and defending in all aspects…	View Profile
	Allison Summers	Allison Summers is a specialist criminal law advocate undertaking a range of…	View Profile
	Mr Jack Talbot	Fraud – crime (including money laundering and asset forfeiture) Professional Discipline Consumer…	View Profile
	Ryan Thompson	Ryan is an exceptional criminal defence advocate with an enviable success rate.…	View Profile
	Hugh Vass	A former Member of East Anglian Chambers (1992-2002), Hugh Vass works in…	View Profile
	Simon Walters	Simon is an experienced advocate who practises mainly in crime, regulatory and…	View Profile
	Karen Walton	Karen Walton specialises in serious crime and maintains a practice that involves…	View Profile
	George Wills	George joined chambers in 2016 following successful completion of a third six…	View Profile
	Christopher Wing	Christopher Wing was called to the Bar in 1985 and admitted to…	View Profile