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1 Crown Office Row, Brighton
119 CHURCH STREET
BRIGHTON
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England
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1 Crown Office Row, Brighton > The Legal 500 Rankings
London Bar > Clinical negligence Tier 1
1 Crown Office Row is well-regarded for its ‘high-value, complex clinical negligence work’ and is described by some as ‘the premier clinical negligence set’. The team in chambers offers an impressive breadth and depth of experience in the field and is well-regarded for its ‘experience, expertise, intellect and empathy at all levels’. It is renowned in this practice area for its work on some of the highest-profile cases, acting for private and publicly funded claimants. ‘Excellent advocate’ Philip Havers KC notably represented the appellant in the Supreme Court case of Meadows v Khan, which clarified the ambit of scope of duty owed by a GP; this particular case concerned whether a woman who was negligently not advised of being a carrier of the haemophilia gene was able to recover damages connected to the child’s autism as well. Additionally, Robert Kellar KC represents the claimant in the fatal case of Healey v McGrath & Ramsay Healthcare, wherein it is alleged that the surgeons negated to check for post-operative complications; if it proceeds to trial the case will raise an issue regarding whether a non-delegable duty of care is owed by private hospitals in respect of their surgeons. Shahram Sharghy, who joined the chambers in 2021, is described as being ‘an astute barrister at the top of his game’, and rising star in the field Emma-Louise Fenelon.Rising stars
Leading Silks
2021 Silks
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Testimonials
Set
‘1 Crown Office Row are the standout set for clinical negligence.’
‘The foremost set for clinical negligence in my view. All of their barristers are extremely good.’
‘1 Crown Office Row is an excellent and well-respected clinical negligence set.’
‘A fantastic clinical negligence set with experience, expertise, intellect and empathy at all levels.’
‘The premier clinical negligence set – their expertise is unparalleled.’
Clerking
‘Clerks at 1 Crown Office Row are unrivalled – special mention for Andy Tull and John Mclaren.’
London Bar > Inquests and inquiries Tier 1
‘A very strong set with many excellent inquest and inquiry practitioners‘, 1 Crown Office Row is able to leverage both medical and public law expertise when acting in public inquiries. Neil Sheldon KC‘s track record includes substantial public inquiries and inquests relating to terrorism such as the Westminster Bridge inquests, London Bridge & Borough Market inquests, and the Manchester Arena Inquiry; and Peter Skelton KC‘s recent experience includes representing the Metropolitan Police Commissioner in the inquests concerning Stephen Port’s murders of four men in Barking in 2014 and 2015. At the junior end, Emma-Louise Fenelon routinely acts for NHS Trusts, individual doctors, charities, and bereaved families in Article 2 jury inquests that arise from deaths in custody and secure psychiatric units.Rising stars
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Set
‘A very strong set with many excellent inquest and inquiry practitioners.‘
‘One of the leading sets dealing with medical inquests.‘
‘1COR has a strong set of junior and silk inquest barristers .‘
‘A superb set with specialist expertise in this area. ‘
‘Extremely well regarded and has a strong team. Involved in many of the leading inquests and inquiries.‘
Clerking
‘The clerks at this set are outstanding. Their response times are speedy, and they are always ready to offer alternatives or find solutions when there is an issue. They are accessible by phone and email, and I find that I can email any of them and get a helpful response. ‘
South Eastern Circuit > Property and construction Tier 1
The civil team at 1 Crown Office Row, Brighton, is capable of covering all aspects of residential and commercial landlord and tenant matters. Simon Sinnatt is ‘very experienced and excellent at the complex matters’ and ‘good on his feet with advocacy’. Michael Walker is known for being ‘very patient and good with clients’. Junior Paul Ashwell and rising star Matthew Withers are the other key practitioners at the set.Leading Juniors
Testimonials
Set
‘Really good set on the south coast and very good at communicating.’
‘The set has a good breadth of experience in different types of matters and at different levels of seniority. It also offers online seminars which are helpful.’
‘The set is strong on the property and commercial support.’
‘Chambers has a highly experienced and capable range of barristers. Availability has never been a problem.’
Clerking
‘Friendly and responsive.’
‘Strong clerks, which make the process very straightforward. They are always happy to help in an urgent situation and accommodating. They are professional and always know what to do.’
Work highlights
London Bar > Professional disciplinary and regulatory law Tier 2
With ‘excellent strength in depth‘, the members at 1 Crown Office Row are regularly instructed in disciplinary work, with particular expertise in cases involving the healthcare sector. In NR v GMC, Robert Kellar KC represented a practitioner of cosmetic medicine with regard to an investigation alleging her clinic had remained open during Covid-19 lockdowns in 2020 and 2021. ‘Absolutely outstanding silk‘ Neil Sheldon KC acts for a collection of junior doctors against the GMC in proceedings concerning their alleged participation in a WhatsApp group where inappropriate messages were exchanged. In addition, in GOC v Skudder, Clodagh Bradley KC represented an osteopath accused of sexually motivated misconduct.Leading Silks
2021 Silks
Leading Juniors
Testimonials
Set
‘1 Crown Office Row has excellent strength in depth amongst its senior juniors.’
‘1 Crown Office Row are one of the best sets in the field of professional regulation and have a wealth of talented barristers at their disposal.’
‘Considerable strength in depth – great set.’
‘An excellent set with many courteous opponents and colleagues.’
‘A brilliant set. All the barristers are such good quality and so clever. The silks are first class and the juniors are excellent.’
Clerking
‘Chloe Turvill is “the one”. Best clerk in town.’
Work highlights
South Eastern Circuit > Family and children law Tier 2
1 Crown Office Row, Brighton is an ‘excellent set with a wide range of barristers who are efficient and pragmatic’ and well known for providing ‘excellent client service’. Eleanor Battie is a ‘formidable advocate’ who is experienced in handling private and public law matters and ‘is meticulous when it comes to preparation’. Jane Peckham has more than two decades experience in the financial remedy sector and is a ‘pragmatic and confident negotiator with a calm and empathetic approach’. Rising star Anogika Souresh specialises in Children Act proceedings and is ‘always articulate in her work and prepares well for cases’.Rising Stars: Child Law (Public and Private)
Leading Juniors: Child Law (Public and Private)
Leading Juniors: Divorce and Financial Remedy
Testimonials
Set
‘1 Crown Office Row Brighton is an outstanding set. Chambers has barristers of excellent reputation and experience in this area of law.’
‘1 Crown Office Row Chambers provides a great service and always has barristers available, holds training sessions and provides networking events.’
‘Excellent strength across chambers with counselling that deals with children act proceedings, good mediator and arbitrator options too offered by chambers.’
‘Chambers is excellent and has a good team of experienced counsel.’
‘1 Crown Office Row has a range of barristers with varying levels of expertise.’
‘1 Crown Office Row is one of the go-to chambers. It has a good range of skilled barristers and will do its utmost to ensure that cases are appropriately covered. It offers training regularly and is affable and approachable.’
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Work highlights
London Bar > Administrative law and human rights Tier 3
1 Crown Office Row is a ‘high-quality public law chambers on the government side’ – including a number of Special Advocates – but is also increasing being instructed on the claimant side. ‘Clever and hard-working’ Junior Natasha Barnes has experience of cases involving national security and the intelligence agencies. In 2021 she appeared unled in the Court of Appeal for the Secretary of State for the Home Department in R (Mostafa Shahi) v SSHD, an appeal case examining whether a grant of interim relief should be treated as success for the purposes of granting judicial review claim costs to a claimant where the claim settles before substantive determination by the court.Leading Silks
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‘Very high quality public law chambers on the government side.’
‘1 Crown Office Row is a very experienced set and often at the forefront of difficult and ground-breaking litigation.’
‘The Chambers is highly respected as the barristers are very experienced in their individual areas of law.’
Clerking
‘Good and professional.’
London Bar > Personal injury, industrial disease and insurance fraud Tier 4
1 Crown Office Row has a reputation for being ‘a very strong set of exceptional and skilled silks and juniors’ in personal injury, with a particular specialism in abuse claims on top of cases involving physical injuries. Notable work this year includes the ‘incredibly skilled’ Elizabeth-Anne Gumbel KC‘s complex and high-value work in cases of catastrophic injury in adults and children. In addition, Henry Witcomb KC has continued his maximum severity injury cases involving brain, spine and tetraplegic injury. At the junior end, Iain O’Donnell has been promoted in the rankings for his exceptional work for historical abuse victims, particularly the claimant survivors of historical sexual abuse at a childrens’ home in Various Claimants v London Borough of Lambeth (Shirley Oaks Survivors Group claims). In addition, Dominic Ruck Keene deserves mention for his growing specialism in psychiatric injury and stress at work cases.Leading Silks
Personal injury - Leading Juniors
Testimonials
Set
‘ A really great set of barristers who know their area of law exceptionally well.’
‘A superb chambers, offering a broad range of disciplines. Undoubtedly the best set for abuse work.’
‘A very strong set of exceptional and skilled silks and juniors.’
‘1COR are a brilliant set. They are fairly diverse in their expertise. There is a coterie of counsel who specialise in abuse and high-end clinical negligence work, and it is for these strengths that we know them.’
‘1COR is one of the best common law sets of chambers at the Bar. It has strength-in-depth and and all of its members are intellectually out of the top-drawer. It is well balanced in terms of diversity and ensures that all junior members are properly supported. Overall, it is a go-to set in terms of personal injury practice.’
Clerking
‘The clerks are professional yet friendly and helpful’
London Bar > Tax: VAT and excise
Leading Juniors
South Eastern Circuit > Court of Protection and community care
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South Eastern Circuit > Employment
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South Eastern Circuit > Commercial litigation
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London Bar > Environment
Leading Silks
London Bar > Children law (including public and private law)
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Western Circuit > Inquests and inquiries
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Western Circuit > Clinical negligence
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London Bar > Immigration (including business immigration)
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London Bar > International crime and extradition
Regional Bar > South Eastern Circuit > Property and construction Tier 1
The civil team at 1 Crown Office Row, Brighton, is capable of covering all aspects of residential and commercial landlord and tenant matters. Simon Sinnatt is ‘very experienced and excellent at the complex matters’ and ‘good on his feet with advocacy’. Michael Walker is known for being ‘very patient and good with clients’. Junior Paul Ashwell and rising star Matthew Withers are the other key practitioners at the set.Leading Juniors
Testimonials
Set
‘Really good set on the south coast and very good at communicating.’
‘The set has a good breadth of experience in different types of matters and at different levels of seniority. It also offers online seminars which are helpful.’
‘The set is strong on the property and commercial support.’
‘Chambers has a highly experienced and capable range of barristers. Availability has never been a problem.’
Clerking
‘Friendly and responsive.’
‘Strong clerks, which make the process very straightforward. They are always happy to help in an urgent situation and accommodating. They are professional and always know what to do.’
Work highlights
Regional Bar > South Eastern Circuit > Family and children law Tier 2
1 Crown Office Row, Brighton is an ‘excellent set with a wide range of barristers who are efficient and pragmatic’ and well known for providing ‘excellent client service’. Eleanor Battie is a ‘formidable advocate’ who is experienced in handling private and public law matters and ‘is meticulous when it comes to preparation’. Jane Peckham has more than two decades experience in the financial remedy sector and is a ‘pragmatic and confident negotiator with a calm and empathetic approach’. Rising star Anogika Souresh specialises in Children Act proceedings and is ‘always articulate in her work and prepares well for cases’.Rising Stars: Child Law (Public and Private)
Leading Juniors: Child Law (Public and Private)
Leading Juniors: Divorce and Financial Remedy
Testimonials
Set
‘1 Crown Office Row Brighton is an outstanding set. Chambers has barristers of excellent reputation and experience in this area of law.’
‘1 Crown Office Row Chambers provides a great service and always has barristers available, holds training sessions and provides networking events.’
‘Excellent strength across chambers with counselling that deals with children act proceedings, good mediator and arbitrator options too offered by chambers.’
‘Chambers is excellent and has a good team of experienced counsel.’
‘1 Crown Office Row has a range of barristers with varying levels of expertise.’
‘1 Crown Office Row is one of the go-to chambers. It has a good range of skilled barristers and will do its utmost to ensure that cases are appropriately covered. It offers training regularly and is affable and approachable.’
Clerking
Work highlights
Regional Bar > South Eastern Circuit > Court of Protection and community care
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Regional Bar > South Eastern Circuit > Employment
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Regional Bar > South Eastern Circuit > Commercial litigation
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1 Crown Office Row, Brighton > Set Profile
A leading civil and public law set (with a large annexe in Brighton) providing advisory, advocacy and mediation services with a pre-eminent reputation for its clinical negligence and healthcare practices, its expertise in public law and human rights, professional disciplinary work and tax law.
The set: Established over 70 years ago, 1COR’s reputation for quality is reflected in the fact that it counts among its members and former members the former Lord Chief Justice Lord Woolf, five Lord/Lady Justices of Appeal and three former chairmen of the Bar. Chambers runs the highly acclaimed UK Human Rights Blog, Quarterly Medical Law Review (QMLR) and podcast, Law Pod UK.
Types of work undertaken: Members are recognised as leading practitioners in a range of areas including: clinical negligence; professional discipline; personal injury; public and administrative law; public inquiries; healthcare; environmental law; professional negligence; tax; immigration and asylum; employment and equality; costs; coroners and inquests; sports; and cyber. Many members accept instructions under the Bar Council’s Direct Access arrangements (www.1cordirectaccess.com). Chambers has a mediation service, with accredited mediators and arbitrators, including a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.
1 Crown Office Row is widely recognised as the leading set for clinical negligence. Members act for both claimants and defendants, representing individuals, groups and numerous health authorities, NHS Trusts, GP’s and consultants nationwide. Landmark cases include: Khan v Meadows, Darnley v Croydon Health Services, CN & GN v Poole BC, Montgomery v Lanarkshire Health Board, Nyang v G4S and Dr Thomas, and Meiklejohn v St George’s NHS Trust, as well as the group actions such as the Infected Blood Inquiry, Barclays Bank litigation, Paterson litigation, or arising out of benzodiazepine administration, femodene use, organ retention and MMR.
Chambers also handles personal injury litigation for claimants and defendants and has a particularly strong niche practice in handling historic child abuse claims. Cases include representing victims of the Beirut Port Explosion, Jimmy Savile, the Grafton House and Elm House abuse cases, and IICSA cases.
Healthcare work has included: the Birthrights Inquiry, right to transgender treatment for children; treatment abroad on the NHS; whether guidance on the withdrawal of artificial nutrition is compatible with human rights; and the rights of parents to be notified of their daughters seeking of an abortion. A large number of its members were heavily involved in the Mid-Staffordshire NHS Trust Public Inquiry.
Chambers has a strong practice in coronial inquests, often arising from its expertise in healthcare and public law. Members have also appeared in high profile inquests such as the Stephen Port Inquests, Belly Mujinga Inquest, Streatham Attack Inquests, Natasha Ednan-Laperouse Inquest, Perepilichny Inquest and the recent Birmingham Pub Bombings, London Bridge Inquests, Westminster Bridge Inquests and Manchester Arena Bombing Inquests. Recently members have been instructed in high profile inquests related to Covid-19.
The human rights practice is founded on their medical and public law expertise. Recently this has included challenges to the legality of lockdown and coronavirus restrictions. Significant cases include R v Jogee, as well as the healthcare cases mentioned above. Chambers has a long experience of public inquiries, including the Jermaine Baker Inquiry, Brook House Inquiry, Grenfell Tower Inquiry, Infected Blood Inquiry, Al-Sweady Inquiry, the Leveson Inquiry, the Detainee Inquiry and the inquiry into the death of Baha Mousa in Iraq, and the Victoria Climbie and Alder Hey Inquiries.
The environmental practice includes: Duarte Agostinho & 5 Others v Portugal & 32 Others (landmark ECtHR climate change case), saving Askham Bog, Japanese Knotweed, M4 Road Relief case, the test case on the applicability of new pollution regulations; measures to mitigate the problem of dolphin by-catch in fishing nets; flooding; claims for water and methane escape from mines; waste and land fill issues; asbestos and groundwater pollution; aircraft noise; dust pollution; interference with TV reception and judicial review of abatement notices.
Chambers is regularly involved in disciplinary work involving all types of professionals and internal inquiries into the competence and conduct of clinicians, solicitors, architects, surveyors and accountants. Cases include Dr. Michalak v GMC & Ors, Dr Wakefield and subsequent appeals (MMR scare representing three parties, including the GMC); the Dr Waney Squier case (shaken baby) and Webster v Liddington (the Isolagen litigation).
The tax team act for both taxpayers and HMRC. Cases include Build-a-Bear UK Holdings Ltd v HMRC, Mainpay Ltd v HMRC, Royal Opera House v HMRC, injunction reviews of the ‘Alcohol Wholesalers registration scheme’, recently in the Supreme Court in OWD and another v HMRC, Court of Appeal case concerning ‘Talacre’ carve out (Case C-251/05), the Supreme Court judgment on third party consideration in Airtours Holidays Transport Limited v HMRC and Volkswagen Financial Services (UK) Ltd v Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs [2017] UKSC 26 as well as Loyalty Management (UK) Ltd, BAA Ltd, Newnham College and Mayflower Theatre.
In costs and funding matters, members have appeared in a number of leading cases including: Thimmaya v Lancashire NHS Foundation Trust, CN & GN v Poole BC, Church v Great Western Hospitals, Cashman v Mid Essex Hospitals, and Hall v Everton FC.
For our Brighton Annex specialising in family law and civil law on the South-Eastern Circuit, please visit www.1cor.com/Brighton.
Please visit the careers section on our website for more details on our two Pupillages (recruited via the Pupillage Gateway), traditional Mini-Pupillages and Assessed Mini-Pupillages aimed at widening access to the Bar. Find out how we promote inclusion at the Bar and reducing our environmental impact as a chambers on our website.
Main Contacts
| Department | Name | Telephone | |
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| Head of Chambers | BOOTH KC, Richard (1993) | ||
| Senior Clerk | PHIPPS, Matthew | ||
| Chambers Director | PETRIE, John | ||
| Member of Chambers | HAVERS KC, Philip (1974) | ||
| Member of Chambers | GUMBEL KC, Elizabeth-Anne (1974) | ||
| Member of Chambers | REES KC, Paul (1980) | ||
| Member of Chambers | BOWRON KC, Margaret (1978) | ||
| Member of Chambers | HART KC, David (1982) | ||
| Member of Chambers | FORDE KC, Martin (1984) | ||
| Member of Chambers | McCULLOUGH KC, Angus (1990) | ||
| Member of Chambers | WHITTING KC, John (1991) | ||
| Member of Chambers | EVANS KC, David (1988) | ||
| Member of Chambers | WHEELER KC, Marina (1987) | ||
| Member of Chambers | WITCOMB KC, Henry (1989) | ||
| Member of Chambers | THOMAS KC, Owain (1995) | ||
| Member of Chambers | HYAM KC, Jeremy (1995) | ||
| Member of Chambers | BRADLEY KC, Clodagh (1996) | ||
| Member of Chambers | SKELTON KC, Peter (1997) | ||
| Member of Chambers | SANDERS, KC Oliver (1995) | ||
| Member of Chambers | RAHMAN, KC Shaheen (1996) | ||
| Member of Chambers | LAMBERT KC, Sarah (1994) | ||
| Member of Chambers | SINGH KC, Sarabjit (2001) | ||
| Member of Chambers | SHELDON KC, Neil (1998) | ||
| Member of Chambers | KELLAR KC, Robert (1999) | ||
| Member of Chambers | KENNEDY KC, Andrew | ||
| Member of Chambers | GIMLETTE, John (1986) | ||
| Member of Chambers | DOWNS, Martin (1990) | ||
| Member of Chambers | COLIN, Giles (1994) | ||
| Member of Chambers | CHAWATAMA, Sydney (1994) | ||
| Member of Chambers | LEVINSON, Justin (1994) | ||
| Member of Chambers | SMITH, Richard (1999) | ||
| Member of Chambers | MELLOR, Christopher (1999) | ||
| Member of Chambers | BARNES, Matthew (2000) | ||
| Member of Chambers | O'DONNELL, Iain (2000) | ||
| Member of Chambers | GUTHRIE, Cara (2000) | ||
| Member of Chambers | SHARGHY, Shahram (2000) | ||
| Member of Chambers | MANKNELL, David (2001) | ||
| Member of Chambers | LAMBERT, Suzanne (2002) | ||
| Member of Chambers | ROGERSON, Judith (2003) | ||
| Member of Chambers | MANNION, Amy (2003) | ||
| Member of Chambers | MUMFORD, Richard (2004) | ||
| Member of Chambers | WOODS, Leanne (2005) | ||
| Member of Chambers | MARCUS, Rachel (2005) | ||
| Member of Chambers | RATHOD, Pritesh (2006) | ||
| Member of Chambers | CROSS, Caroline (2006) | ||
| Member of Chambers | DONMALL, Matthew (2006) | ||
| Member of Chambers | PAULIN, Michael (2007) | ||
| Member of Chambers | WALKER, Amelia (2007) | ||
| Member of Chambers | McARDLE, Isabel (2008) | ||
| Member of Chambers | HENDERSON, Alasdair (2009) | ||
| Member of Chambers | McGREGOR, Claire (2009) | ||
| Member of Chambers | HILL, Matthew (2009) | ||
| Member of Chambers | FLINN, Matthew (2010) | ||
| Member of Chambers | BARNES, Natasha (2010) | ||
| Member of Chambers | REYNOLDS, Paul (2010) | ||
| Member of Chambers | BADENOCH, Rory (2010) | ||
| Member of Chambers | WALDEGRAVE, Edward (2011) | ||
| Member of Chambers | WILLIAMS, Lois (2012) | ||
| Member of Chambers | DUFFY, Jim (2012) | ||
| Member of Chambers | RUCK KEENE, Dominic (2012) | ||
| Member of Chambers | ELLIOTT, Jessica (2013) | ||
| Member of Chambers | NOYCE, Hannah (2013) | ||
| Members of Chambers | COATES-WALKER, Marcus (2013) | ||
| Member of Chambers | DEACON, Michael (2014) | ||
| Member of Chambers | CHALMERS, Rhoderick (2014) | ||
| Member of Chambers | FENELON, Emma-Louise (2015) | ||
| Member of Chambers | BARTH, Gideon (2015) | ||
| Member of Chambers | MOORE, Jo (2015) | ||
| Member of Chambers | METZER, Jonathan (2016) | ||
| Member of Chambers | WILLIAMS, Amelia (2016) | ||
| Member of Chambers | BARHEY, Rajkiran (2017) | ||
| Member of Chambers | COFFEY, Darragh (2018) | ||
| Member of Chambers | BEAMONT, Thomas (2019) | ||
| Member of Chambers | KUZMENKO, Alice (2018) | ||
| Member of Chambers | GOLD, Jasper (2021) | ||
| Member of Chambers | McCANN, Lucy (2020) | ||
| Member of Chambers | HAYES, Thomas (2021) | ||
| Member of Chambers | RHYS, Gareth (2019) | ||
| Academic Consultant | ENGLISH, Rosalind (1993) |
Barrister Profiles
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| Richard Ager | Richard has a very strong reputation in all the area of Children… | View Profile |
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| Paul Ashwell | Paul Ashwell offers expertise across the full range of commercial and property… | View Profile |
 | Rachel Baker | Rachel accepts instructions across a range of civil and Court of Protection… | View Profile |
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| Eleanor Battie | Eleanor has been specialising in family law since 2004. She has a… | View Profile |
 | Laura Bayley | Laura is a specialist in family law and represents children, parents and… | View Profile |
 | Timothy Bergin | Tim is a highly experienced family barrister with over 30 years’ experience… | View Profile |
 | Kriston Berlevy | Kris has 20 years of specialist experience practising in both regulatory crime… | View Profile |
 | Jeremy Cave | Jeremy Cave’s practice covers Financial Remedies (and financial provision for children), Trusts… | View Profile |
 | Tara Celikoz | Tara is a highly experienced family law practitioner. She was called to… | View Profile |
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| Clare Ciborowska | Clare Ciborowska is a specialist family practitioner. Clare accepts instructions in private… | View Profile |
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| Rachael Claridge | Over the last 20 years, Rachael Claridge has developed a practice in… | View Profile |
 | Leo Cogin | Leo Cogin’s practice is in family law. He accepts instructions in all… | View Profile |
 | Rebecca Davies | Rebecca Davies has over 20 years experience in the law as it… | View Profile |
 | Claire Fox | Claire Fox is a family practitioner, with particular interest and specialism in… | View Profile |
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| Rachel Gimson | Rachel is an experienced Family Law practitioner, representing parents, children and Local… | View Profile |
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| Katelyn Gottschling | Katelyn was called in 2016, and accepts instructions in all areas of… | View Profile |
 | Susan Healey | Susan has wide ranging experience in all aspects of Public Law acting… | View Profile |
 | Matthew Heywood | Matthew Heywood is a well regarded leading junior. He is known for his… | View Profile |
 | Gavin Howe | Gavin predominantly practises in the field of Family Law: child protection work… | View Profile |
 | Tim Hussein | Tim’s background is in both criminal and family law but his practice… | View Profile |
 | Natasha Isaac | Natasha accepts instructions in all areas of family law including financial remedies,… | View Profile |
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| Kirsten Japp | Kirsten joined Chambers in July 2017 and specialises in family law. She… | View Profile |
 | James King-smith | James King-Smith’s practice has evolved over the years from that of a… | View Profile |
 | Aviva Le Prevost | Aviva Le Prevost is an experienced Family Law Practioner. She specialises in… | View Profile |
 | David Lewis-Hall | David is an associate member of Chambers who specialized in civil and… | View Profile |
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| Dinah Loeb | Dinah Loeb specialises in complex family litigation. With more than 20 years’… | View Profile |
 | Nicola Logan | Nicola Logan joined Chambers as a tenant in October 2022, following the… | View Profile |
 | Vanessa Long | Vanessa regularly appears in care proceedings representing local authorities, parents and children… | View Profile |
 | Lynn McFadyen | Lynn specialises in family law, principally in public law care proceedings and… | View Profile |
 | Karen Mclaughlin | Karen McLaughlin has been practising family law for over 25 years, specialising… | View Profile |
 | Daniel Miller | Daniel Miller is the current Deputy Head of One Crown Office Row’s… | View Profile |
 | Delia Minoprio | Delia Minoprio is a specialist family practitioner. She joined Chambers in January… | View Profile |
 | Amanda Minto | Amanda is now an associate member of Chambers having taken a role… | View Profile |
 | Luisa Morelli | Luisa has over 25 years’ experience in all aspects of Family Law,… | View Profile |
 | Charlotte Morrish | Charlotte is now an associate member of Chambers having taken a position… | View Profile |
 | Catriona Murdoch | Catriona is an associate member who specialises in human rights and criminal… | View Profile |
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| Jane Peckham | Jane Peckham is the Head of the Financial Remedies Team in Chambers… | View Profile |
 | David Reader | David accepts instructions across a range of areas of chambers’ work with… | View Profile |
 | Christopher Rice | Christopher Rice has practised in London and Sussex since his call in… | View Profile |
 | Kate Richmond | Kate is an experienced practitioner with a busy civil practice specialising in… | View Profile |
 | Jacqueline Roach | Jacqueline Roach’s practice covers the full range of public law children cases.… | View Profile |
 | Pegah Sharghy | Pegah Sharghy is a specialist financial remedy practitioner. Pegah’s core practice is… | View Profile |
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| Simon Sinnatt | Simon Sinnatt is the current Head of One Crown Office Row’s Brighton… | View Profile |
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| Adam Smith | Adam Smith has been a family law specialist for over 30 years.… | View Profile |
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| Anogika Souresh | Call: 2018 Anogika accepts instructions across all of Chambers’ practice areas with… | View Profile |
 | Hope Spalding | Hope accepts instructions in both Public and Private Family Law matters. Hope… | View Profile |
 | Julie Stather | Julie has been practising in family law for over 20 years and… | View Profile |
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| Scott Storey | Scott Storey’s practice has a focus on Court of Protection proceedings, public law… | View Profile |
 | Nigel Taylor | Nigel Taylor is an experienced family law advocate. His practice includes public… | View Profile |
 | Lloyd Thomas | Lloyd joined Chambers as a tenant in October 2022 after successfully completing… | View Profile |
 | Bruce Tregoning | Bruce Tregoning is an experienced Family Lawyer. Since joining Chambers in 2009 Bruce… | View Profile |
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| Michael Walker | Michael Walker has a busy civil practice and regularly accepts instructions in… | View Profile |
 | Francesca Wiley | Francesca practices at the very highest level in both Private and Public… | View Profile |
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| Matthew Withers | Matthew Withers has a busy civil practice and regularly accepts instructions in… | View Profile |
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| Stuart Wright | Stuart Wright is our Head of Civil Litigation and an ADR Group… | View Profile |
 | Charlotte Youdan | Charlotte Youdan is an experienced Family Lawyer as well as being appointed… | View Profile |
Staff Figures
Matthew Phipps : Senior Clerk Andrew Tull : 1st Junior Clerk John Mclaren : 1st Junior Clerk Chloe Turvill : 2nd Junior Clerk Connor Curtin : 3rd Junior Clerk Alexander Fletcher : 4th Junior Clerk Mason Chavoush : 6th Junior Clerk Morgan Burns : 7th Junior Clerk Macy Steans : 8th Junior Clerk1 Crown Office Row, Brighton > Set Profile
Chambers is a well established set in Brighton and is an annex of 1 Crown Office Row in the Temple, which has maintained strong Sussex connections for over 50 years. It is recognised as a leading set status for its family and civil work as well as for their charitable initiatives and events. Members practice from centrally located modern premises only a few minutes walk away from the Brighton District Registry and county and magistrates courts.
The set: For some time, 1COR are the only regional set to have won preferred set status with Brighton and Hove City Council for its family, civil and criminal work.
The set has grown quickly in recent years, to its current strength of 54 members based in Brighton. Its turnover has grown significantly in recent years, reflecting the dynamism of the local legal scene and chambers success in capturing an increasing share of the work available. It now services clients along a wide stretch of the South coast, from Portsmouth to Hastings, and clients in Hampshire, Surrey and Kent, in addition to Sussex.
The heart of the civil practice group’s work is commercial dispute resolution and property litigation. It acts for and against public authorities, companies, partnerships and individuals. The commercial practice ranges from contracts to shareholder and director disputes. Property litigation includes sales and purchases of land, options, easements, boundaries, leasehold enfranchisement and town and country planning. The group also has expertise in probate and trusts, personal injury, professional negligence and employment law.
Chambers has a fully committed family law team who undertake the whole range of family proceedings. We have specialists in both public and private law children, financial remedies, domestic violence and Injunctions. The team comprises advocates that excel in their field with strength in numbers and expertise from senior counsel to junior members. Uniquely, we offer accredited arbitrators for child arbitration and family mediation to help families resolve disputes quickly outside of the court system.
Our regulatory crime team is committed to providing advocacy and advice to the highest possible standard. Our highly experienced team generally covers courts from Portsmouth in the West to Canterbury in the East and up to and including London in the North. However, Members of the team are happy to travel beyond this region to cater for clients’ needs.
Members of the family team ensure they are approachable, and sensitive to the client’s needs. Our local practice gives us extensive experience and knowledge of local judicial practice. We have superb conference facilities in the centre of Brighton location conveniently located close to the major family centres of Sussex as well as the courts. With extensive expertise in civil and family law, One Crown Office Row is able to pride itself both on client care and professional excellence. We are available for emergency applications and can normally accept instructions at very short notice.
Members and clerks are active in the local community and frequently raise funds to support charities close to out hearts. As a set, we are committed to promoting inclusion at the Bar and developing sustainable working practices.
Types of work undertaken: Chambers undertakes all types of general common law work, civil and family. While it is particularly widely recognised for its strength in all types of family proceedings, chambers also has wide experience of landlord and tenant and building work, professional negligence, personal injury, employment and licensing, and regulatory crime. In many of these practice areas (eg in matrimonial finance and personal injury), practitioners benefit from having access to leading silks in these areas, based in 1 Crown Office Row, London. A good number of members are also trained mediators (www.disputesmediated.com) and many accept instructions under the Bar Council’s Direct Access arrangements (www.1cordirectaccess.com).
Recruitment: up to two pupils are taken annually, each with an award of £30,000. £15,000 paid monthly in advance as a grant in the first six months and a guaranteed level of earnings of £15,000 for the second six. Applications shall be made through the Pupillage Gateway. Please visit the careers section on our website for more details.
Main Contacts
| Department | Name | Telephone | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head of Brighton Chambers | SINNATT, Simon (1993) | ||
| Practice Director | BINGHAM, David | ||
| Chambers Director | PETRIE, John | ||
| Member of Chambers | HOWE KC, Darren (1992) | ||
| Member of Chambers | WILEY KC, Francesca (1996) | ||
| Member of Chambers | ASHWELL, Paul (1977) | ||
| Member of Chambers | KING-SMITH, James (1980) | ||
| Member of Chambers | McLAUGHLIN, Karen (1982) | ||
| Member of Chambers | SMITH, Adam (1987) | ||
| Member of Chambers | BERGIN, Timothy (1987) | ||
| Member of Chambers | LE PREVOST, Aviva (1990) | ||
| Member of Chambers | RICE, Christopher (1991) | ||
| Members of Chambers | CAVE, Jeremy (1992) | ||
| Member of Chambers | TAYLOR, Nigel (1993) | ||
| Member of Chambers | MORELLI, Luisa (1993) | ||
| Member of Chambers | HUSSEIN, Tim (1993) | ||
| Member of Chambers | HEALEY, Susan (1995) | ||
| Member of Chambers | CLARIDGE, Rachael (1996) | ||
| Member of Chambers | ROACH, Jacqueline (1996) | ||
| Member of Chambers | DAVIES, Rebecca (1996) | ||
| Member of Chambers | SHARGHY, Pegah (1998) | ||
| Member of Chambers | BAYLEY, Laura (1998) | ||
| Member of Chambers | PECKHAM, Jane (1999) | ||
| Member of Chambers | WRIGHT, Stuart (2000) | ||
| Member of Chambers | COGIN, Leo (2000) | ||
| Member of Chambers | STATHER, Julie (2000) | ||
| Member of Chambers | BAKER, Rachel (2000) | ||
| Member of Chambers | BERLEVY, Kriston (2002) | ||
| Member of Chambers | HOWE, Gavin (2003) | ||
| Member of Chambers | McFADYEN, Lynn (2003) | ||
| Member of Chambers | FOX, Claire (2003) | ||
| Member of Chambers | AGER, Richard (2004) | ||
| Member of Chambers | BATTIE, Eleanor (2004) | ||
| Member of Chambers | LOEB, Dinah (2004) | ||
| Member of Chambers | MILLER, Daniel (2005) | ||
| Member of Chambers | HEYWOOD, Matthew (2006) | ||
| Member of Chambers | PANDYA, Abha (2007) | ||
| Member of Chambers | MINOPRIO, Delia (2007) | ||
| Member of Chambers | CELIKOZ, Tara (2007) | ||
| Member of Chambers | TREGONING, Bruce (2008) | ||
| Member of Chambers | WALKER, Michael (2008) | ||
| Member of Chambers | CIBOROWSKA, Clare (2009) | ||
| Member of Chambers | LONG, Vanessa (2014) | ||
| Member of Chambers | RICHMOND, Kate (2014) | ||
| Member of Chambers | JAPP, Kirsten (2014) | ||
| Member of Chambers | STOREY, Scott (2015) | ||
| Member of Chambers | WITHERS, Matthew (2016) | ||
| Member of Chambers | GOTTSCHLING, Katelyn (2016) | ||
| Member of Chambers | READER, David (2017) | ||
| Member of Chambers | GIMSON, Rachel (2018) | ||
| Member of Chambers | ISAAC, Natasha (2017) | ||
| Member of Chambers | SOURESH, Anogika (2018) | ||
| Member of Chambers | SPALDING, Hope (2019) | ||
| Member of Chambers | YOUDAN, Charlotte (2021) | ||
| Member of Chambers | LOGAN, Nicola (2020) | ||
| Member of Chambers | THOMAS, Lloyd (2020) | ||
| Associate Member of Chambers | LEE KC, Taryn J (1992) | ||
| Associate Member of Chambers | WAINWRIGHT KC, Jeremy (1990) | ||
| Associate Member of Chambers | HUGHES KC, Kate (1992) | ||
| Associate Member of Chambers | JENKINS, Rowan (1994) | ||
| Associate Member of Chambers | MURDOCH, Catriona (2009) | ||
| Associate Member of Chambers | MINTO, Amanda (2009) | ||
| Associate Member of Chambers | LEWIS-HALL, David (2010) | ||
| Associate Member of Chambers | MORRISH, Charlotte (2013) |
Staff Figures
DAVID BINGHAM : Practice Director MARK WORSLEY : Senior Practice Manager TOM HILLS : Senior Practice Manager JAMIE THORNTON : Senior Practice Manager GEMMA WELLING : Practice Manager BEN EARLE : Practice Manager NIAMH McCULLOCH : Junior Practice Manager NIAMH-ERIN McCARTHY : Junior Practice ManagerDiversity
We take very seriously our commitment to encouraging both equality and diversity in chambers and at the Bar generally, in recognition of the need for the profession to be representative of society as a whole. We aim to recruit from as wide a talent pool as possible, and indeed nearly half of our new tenants in the last five years have been women and a significant proportion of our members are from black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds or attended state schools.
We are conscious of the financial difficulties entrants to the Bar can face and we have adopted a number of measures to tackle this problem. Our assessed mini-pupillages and pupillages are generously funded and we were one of the first chambers to launch an inclusive mini-pupillage aimed at widening access to the Bar. We offer assessed mini-pupillages to socio-economically disadvantaged applicants and guarantee a first-round interview for pupillage to those who do well.
Within chambers we continue to support our most junior tenants through the provision of interest-free loans and the waiver of chambers’ contribution and rent payments. As part of our efforts to address the issue of the large drop-out rate at the Bar of women of 10-15+ years’ call, we have a policy designed to ensure that we retain members who return from maternity or paternity leave and our clerks are active in supporting returning parents.
We promote a culture within chambers where any issues concerning equality and diversity can be freely raised by members or staff. Through our active E&D committee and our formal and informal mentoring schemes, we encourage the discussion of such issues so that we can monitor and address any concerns as early as possible.
Head of Outreach is an important position within chambers with our previous head, Sarabjit Singh QC, now a Social Mobility Advocate for the Bar Council. Our Current Head of Outreach, Jo Moore, leads our outreach programme with the Sutton Trust working with 16-18 year olds from less advantaged backgrounds with the aim of encouraging them to consider the Bar as a career option. All of which is delivered in partnership with some of the finest universities in the country. 1COR also supports initiatives such as the Inner Temple Pegasus Scheme, Freebar and, in Brighton, the Brighton Legal Clinic.
We are proud to consider ourselves not as a chambers committed to E&D merely ‘on paper’, but committed to E&D as part of our ‘DNA’ and in everything we do in practice.
- Clinical negligence
- Inquests and inquiries
- South Eastern Circuit > Property and construction
Top Tier Set Rankings
- Professional disciplinary and regulatory law
- South Eastern Circuit > Family and children law
Set Rankings
- Tax: VAT and excise
- South Eastern Circuit > Court of Protection and community care
- South Eastern Circuit > Employment
- South Eastern Circuit > Commercial litigation
- Environment
- Children law (including public and private law)
- Western Circuit > Inquests and inquiries
- Western Circuit > Clinical negligence
- Immigration (including business immigration)
- International crime and extradition
- Regional Bar > South Eastern Circuit > Property and construction