Set Profile > 39 Essex Chambers > London, England
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39 Essex Chambers
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Leading Silks
2020 Silks
Court of Protection and community care Tier 1
39 Essex Chambers is at ‘the true epicentre of the Court of Protection Bar, with an unparalleled array of talented barristers across all levels of call and experience and who appear in the most important cases year in year out.’ It has an ‘incredibly wide pool of barristers- juniors and seniors who all provide a top-quality and prompt service. Its training is excellent (particularly the video seminars during Covid) and its Mental Capacity Newsletter is essential for anyone working in this area.’ In BH v NHS England and others Jenni Richards QC advised NHS England in a multi-party dispute concerning the capacity and needs for care and treatment of a young woman with learning difficulties and mental health problems. Fiona Paterson's and Annabel Lee's respective practices continue to go from strength to strength as they ascend the junior rankings. Parishil Patel QC, Peter Mant, and Katherine Scott are among a host of new entrants to this year's rankings.
Leading Silks
2019 Silks
Leading Juniors
Environment Tier 1
39 Essex Chambers is 'completely dominant in this area of work', according to one client. Another remarks that it is 'consistently brilliant and probably has more strength and depth in the environmental field than any of its competitors'. Members of the set's planning, environment and property group frequently appear in leading cases in the highest courts, both domestically and internationally. Stephen Tromans QC is acting for BP in a challenge by Greenpeace to consents for the Vorlich Field project on climate change grounds, which raises issues of environmental assessment. New silk Richard Wald QC acted for Trinidad’s leading environmental NGO in its challenge to a decision to grant consent for a major highway scheme passing close to a protected savannah. Clients report that the clerks are 'a real strength for the set – proactive, well organised and prompt'.
Leading Silks
2020 Silks
Leading Juniors
Personal injury, industrial disease and insurance fraud Tier 1
39 Essex Chambers is an 'elite set for personal injury work' which offers 'some of the best counsel both at junior and silk level'. Members of this 'polished and professional set' are 'regularly seen in difficult international injury cases', as well as acting in catastrophic injury cases, and, increasingly, historical abuse claims. Neil Block QC represents the defendant in the largest group personal injury case of its kind, which involves a claim by 42,000 Kenyans against the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Block QC also continues to advise several high-profile individuals on allegations of historic abuse.
Personal injury - Leading Silks
Insurance fraud - 2019 Silks
Personal injury - 2019 Silks
Insurance fraud - Leading Juniors
Personal injury - Leading Juniors
Professional disciplinary and regulatory law Tier 1
'Widely recognised as a leading chambers in professional discipline', members of 39 Essex Chambers are active for regulators, covering factually and difficult cases in medical and legal contexts. Eleanor Grey QC represented the regulator in R (Kuzmin) v GMC, in which the High Court effectively abolished the right to remain silent in proceedings by finding the tribunal could draw negative influences from a doctor declining to give evidence. In the legal space, Vikram Sachdeva QC successfully represented Amicable, a company which records couples' divorce negotiations and then fills in the court forms, which found that it was not activity regulated by the Legal Services Act. The set has 'lots of talented juniors' – David Bradly, successfully defeated an appeal to the Privy Council in Elefterescu v RCVS.
Leading Silks
2019 Silks
Leading Juniors
Administrative and public law (including elections) Tier 2
39 Essex Chambers handles a range of public law matters, with expertise across the arena. The set is comfortable with national security matters, both in the sense that its members handle work for government departments and also as special advocates. In the health space, the set having numerous members kept busy by varied challenges to NHS reorganisations. Jenni Richards QC and Jack Anderson successfully represented the defendant in R (KK) v Tavistock and Portman NHS Trust, a judicial review not to refer an IPP prisoner for gender reassignment surgery; the prisoner had been convicted as a man of child pornography offences. Deok Joo Rhee QC represented the shadow attorney general the Cherry prorogation case. Jack Holborn is unled for the Ministry of Justice in a case concerning prisoners who may lack capacity to conduct their Parole Board proceedings, and Tom Tabori is notable for his election law expertise.
Rising stars
Leading Silks
Jenni Richards QC - 39 Essex Chambers ‘Jenni is an outstanding advocate and leader. She is an excellent advocate - forensic, tough when needed, but also with tremendous empathy.’
2019 Silks
Leading Juniors
Construction Tier 2
39 Essex Chambers' 'considerable depth' of expertise in construction and engineering is displayed by its leading members acting in major disputes, including a growing arbitration practice in the Middle East and Asia. On the domestic front, Paul Darling QC has acted for Interserve in Swansea Stadium v Interserve, in a claim against the contractor for defects in paintwork, which ended in a dismissal of the claim. The 'clever and strategic' Karim Ghaly QC is currently representing an NHS Trust in a £25m TCC claim arising from the construction of a hospital. The dispute concerns the topical issue of the adequacy of the fire stopping construction at the hospital.
Leading Silks
Leading Juniors
European Union law Tier 2
Members of 39 Essex Chambers are active in a number of matters with EU law elements at play. Deok Joo Rhee QC represented the trustee in McNamara v Wilson and Maloney, a High Court case concerning potential inclusion of an Irish citizen's Irish pension in his UK bankruptcy estate. In Luxembourg, Katherine Apps represented the European Public Services Union in a case concerning the position of consultation rights of public sector employees.
Leading Silks
Leading Juniors
International arbitration: arbitrators Tier 2
39 Essex Chambers is 'a quality set' and its strong track record in international arbitration naturally feeds into its arbitrator offering. Many of its leading names, including Peter Rees QC, David Brynmor Thomas QC, and David Bateson, come from distinguished solicitor backgrounds and are noted for their commercial approach. They are very much the tip of the iceberg in terms of the set's strong roster of talent, which also includes former judges and working barristers. Construction, infrastructure, insurance and energy disputes feature high on the agenda, and the set's members are especially noted for their handling of Middle Eastern and Asian disputes.
Competition
Leading Juniors
Employment
Leading Juniors
Sport
Leading Juniors
Local government (including rating law)
Leading Silks
Planning Tier 2
39 Essex Chambers has 'exceptional breadth and depth' and remains 'a superb set for planning, environment and public law', covering a range of matters in the planning space from inquiries concerning major infrastructure projects through to Supreme Court cases on challenging issues of planning law. Peter Village QC represented the brewery in R (Samuel Smith) v North Yorkshire CC. In another Supreme Court case, Dill v SSCHLG, Richard Harwood QC represented an owner of a listed country house who was issued with an enforcement notice having sold two lead finials 15 years prior; Stratford-Upon-Avon deemed them to be part of the building. John Steel QC represents Harrow School in a dispute with its council regarding proposed new sports facilities to be erected on "green belt" land. Among the set's juniors, James Burton successfully represented the London Borough of Tower Hamlets in an appeal concerning a proposed development which would place London's last gay leather fetish club under a residential development.
Rising stars
Leading Silks
2020 Silks
Leading Juniors
Christiaan Zwart - 39 Essex Chambers ‘Christiaan is personable and able to engage with clients on a level which makes them comfortable and confident in his ability. Christiaan is particularly adapt at CPOs and I would recommend him for this work.’
Travel law (including jurisdictional issues) Tier 2
39 Essex Chambers is regularly instructed in international personal injury claims, ranging from complex group litigation actions to individual claims involving jurisdiction and choice of law issues. Food poisoning, sporting accidents, road traffic accidents, clinical negligence claims, aviation and maritime accidents and disasters, and terror attacks feature among its caseload. Michael McParland QC is most notably engaged by the defendant in Jovicic v Serbian Orthodox Church, an action brought in England claiming historic sex abuse and murder by clerics in Serbia, Bosnia, and Croatia. Bernard Doherty is instructed by the defendant in Hutchinson v Mapfre Mutualidad, a complex catastrophic personal injury claim arising from an accident in a swimming pool in Spain.
Leading Silks
Leading Juniors
Civil liberties and human rights (including actions against the police) Tier 3
39 Essex Chambers has an 'unparalleled range of exceptional juniors and leading counsel' and leverages its vast public law expertise to act on complex human rights issues including immigration, right to life, and healthcare-related human rights. Recent instructions include Lisa Giovannetti QC appearing before the Supreme Court in R (AM Zimbabwe) v SSHD concerning the deportation of foreign nationals on the basis of lack of access to health care in their home countries against the ECHR articles. James Strachan QC is the key practitioner in right to die cases on behalf of the government. Other members of note include Vikram Sachdeva QC highlighted for his 'intellectual agility and flair' and 'fearless advocate' Nigel Pleming QC. In recent news, Steve Broach has strengthened the set after joining from Monckton Chambers.
Leading Silks
2019 Silks
Leading Juniors
Clinical negligence Tier 3
39 Essex Chambers is a 'supremely professional set' which offers 'high-quality counsel at all levels specialising in all areas of clinical negligence'. As well as its 'formidable strength in depth', the set is also valued for its 'excellent response times and extremely helpful clerks'. Practitioners have particular expertise in the assessment of quantum in very high-value cases, including cerebral palsy and spinal injury claims. Neil Block QC leads a team, which also includes James Todd QC and Romilly Cummerson, which is defending the NHS against multiple claims being brought by patients following hip replacement surgery. With her 'tactical nous', Judith Ayling is 'an outstanding junior for defendant clinical negligence work', while 'superb advocate' Emma Corkill is described as 'confident, tenacious, knowledgeable, and user-friendly'.
Leading Silks
2019 Silks
Leading Juniors
Costs Tier 3
39 Essex Chambers is a 'well-organised' and 'universally good-natured' set with highly recognised members in the costs market. One of them is Peter Hurst, who sits at the head of the team, followed by leading junior Judith Ayling, whose practice in costs budgeting issues generating from personal injury and clinical negligence claims is highly regarded; she is also recognised for her contribution to the UK Trucks Claim Limited v Fiat ChryslerAutomobile case. In February 2020, the junior end of the team was further strengthened with the addition of Shaman Kapoor, who joined from Temple Garden Chambers.
Leading Silks
Leading Juniors
Data protection Tier 3
39 Essex Chambers utilises the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) expertise of Eleanor Grey QC and Rory Dunlop QC to act for a high volume of public sector clients. In a recent highlight, Dunlop acted for the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) in Maurizi v ICO and CPS in the Upper Tribunal relating to the CPS' refusal to disclose its emails with the Swedish Prosecution Authority regarding Julian Assange; he also represented the Department for Transport in an appeal considering how public authorities should consider documents with a mixture of environmental and non-environmental information.
Leading Silks
2019 Silks
Education Tier 3
At 39 Essex Chambers, the set has 'strength in depth from junior to QC level' and 'boasts a number of genuine education specialists' who have expertise handling discrimination claims, judicial reviews, and human rights-related matters. Head of the education group, Fenella Morris QC is acting for the claimants in R (AA) v LB Tower Hamlets challenging the council's decision to close Raine's School. Jennifer Thelen is acting for the defendant in Rabia Girls School v Secretary of State for Education around the de-registering of the school against independent school standards as well as issues around gender segregation in faith schools.
Rising stars
Leading Silks
2019 Silks
Leading Juniors
Energy Tier 3
39 Essex Chambers 'has more strength and depth in the energy field than many of its competitors', according to one client. Another notes that 'its barristers appear very well skilled and have good analysis capabilities'. Its members act for oil exploration and refining companies, infrastructure contractors, utilities, governments and state-owned entities, regulators, insurers and commodity traders. Stephen Tromans QC is among the UK's leading silks for nuclear energy cases. Stuart Catchpole QC stands out for his construction work in the energy sector and he recently handled an appeal to the Privy Council in Botas v Tepe, which concerns the construction of a pipeline in Turkey. Jess Connors and Duncan Sinclair are among the set's prominent juniors. The clerks are 'all very helpful and set the benchmark for others to follow'.
Leading Silks
Leading Juniors
Immigration (including business immigration) Tier 3
39 Essex Chambers is recognised for its members work as a 'premier' defendant set on behalf of the government. The set has also been increasing the work on behalf of claimants in asylum and immigration cases: Zane Malik represented the appellant in Patel and Shah v SSHD in the Supreme Court. Lisa Giovannetti QC represented the Home Secretary in Rhuppiah v SSHD, in an appeal to the Supreme Court. Giovanetti also led Rory Dunlop QC in AM (Zimbabwe) v SSHD (Supreme Court), again representing the Home Secretary in a case with potential landmark implications on the expulsion of seriously ill foreign nationals.
Leading Silks
2019 Silks
Leading Juniors
International arbitration: counsel Tier 3
39 Essex Chambers 'has real strength in depth in the field of international arbitration'. Satisfied clients report that 'all the barristers we met and worked with are qualified professionals with deep knowledge of law and they were always valuable additions to our team'. The set stands out for its 'deep bench of construction specialists' and its reach in the Far East was cemented by the opening of premises in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur. Members regularly work together, with Paul Darling QC leading Samar Abbas on a significant HKIAC arbitration, while a highlight for Stuart Catchpole QC was assisting Tepe in Botas v Tepe, concerning a Turkish pipeline construction project.
Leading Silks
2019 Silks
Leading Juniors
Karen Gough - 39 Essex Chambers ‘Fair, sensible, pragmatic, and responsive. Presented structured, balanced and persuasive arguments to the Arbitrator and to the Court and developed a rapport with, and the respect of, the Arbitrator.’
Public international law
Leading Juniors
Health and safety
Leading Juniors
Inquests and inquiries
Leading Silks
Leading Juniors
Financial services regulation
Leading Silks
Mediators Tier 3
Edwin Glasgow CBE QC - 39 Essex Chambers Edwin Glasgow CBE QC at 39 Essex Chambers has extensive experience as a mediator, and has successfully settled over 90% of his mediation matters (both domestically and internationally). As a former founding chair of the Singapore International Mediation Centre, his experience includes matters involving Europe, Africa, the Middle East and Asia.
Professional negligence Tier 3
39 Essex Chambers is an 'excellent' set, with 'a deep roster of top QCs and very good juniors', which draws on its strength in construction matters to handle claims against engineers, architects, builders, surveyors and other construction professionals. Paul Darling QC acted for the claimant in Blue Manchester Ltd v North West Ground Rents Ltd, a claim relating to cladding defects, while Stuart Catchpole QC continues to be involved in the Grenfell Tower Public Inquiry. The set was also strengthened by the arrivals of Andrew Kearney (also an associate mediator at St John's Chambers), David Sawtell (from Lamb Chambers) and Camilla ter Haar (from Five Paper) in early 2020.
Leading Silks
Leading Juniors
Defamation and privacy
Leading Juniors
Commercial litigation
Leading Juniors
Pensions
Leading Juniors
Social housing
Leading Juniors
Agriculture
Leading Juniors
Insurance and reinsurance
Leading Silks
Leading Juniors
Property litigation
Leading Juniors
Shipping
Leading Silks
Court of Protection and community care
Following his move from No5 Barristers Chambers in June 2020, 39 Essex Chambers is the new home to well-known practitioner Ian Brownhill, who specialises in health and welfare cases, particularly those involving safeguarding concerns. Recent instructions include A Local Authority v JB, Re EOA, and The Hospital v JJ, where he acted on behalf of a student who was refusing to comply with treatment for his type 1 diabetes. Brownhill's 'good knowledge of other jurisdictions that sometimes come into play, really adds a lot of value in complicated COP matters that need someone who can tie all the disparate strings together'.
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Set overviews: England and Wales
Multidisciplinary set 39 Essex Chambers has continued to grow at an impressive rate over the last 12 months: commercial litigators Karishma Vora and Camilla ter Haar joined from 4-5 Gray’s Inn Square and 5 Paper respectively; construction specialists Andrew Kearney, David Sawtell and Niraj Modha arrived from St John's Chambers, Lamb Chambers, and Tanfield Chambers respectively; clinical negligence and personal injury specialist Ashley Pratt joined from 7BR; public law practitioners Ian Brownhill , Rachel Troup, Steve Broach, and Simon Murray moved from No.5 Barristers Chambers, Pump Court Chambers, Monckton, and 1 Chancery Lane respectively; dual-qualified advocate Vivek Kapoor joined from Stephenson Harwood; civil law experts Daniel Laking and Shaman Kapoor arrived from Temple Garden Chambers; employment lawyer David Mitchell joined from Ely Place Chambers. In other news, Richard Wald QC took silk, while Vikram Sachdeva QC and Celina Colquhoun have been appointed by the Lord Chancellor to an independent panel of six experts to look at potential reform of judicial review; a planning and environmental lawyer, Colquhoun was another recent arrival from No.5 Barristers Chambers.Clerks:
Testimonials
Clerks:
Consistently brilliant and always available. We have a strong long standing relationship with the clerks and while work patterns go up and down in terms of instruction – the relationship isn’t affected at all.
All demonstrate that elusive factor, excellence.
All very efficient and friendly; realise they need to engage with solicitors, more so than some of the more traditional sets.
Amazing service with fast response and ability to deal with matters promptly – Nikki Merrison in particular stands out.
Andy Poyser is my go-to clerk, we’ve known each other for 15 years and he has always been there for me.
We receive an excellent service from all of the clerks, and they regularly go the extra mile in terms of obtaining availability and also assisting with listings; filing Court documents etc.
Ben Sundborg and Tom Gibbons are always on hand to help. The more junior clerk, Jamie Tucker is equally impressive.
Ben Sundborg is excellent. Very knowledgeable about the personal injury sector.
Clerks are responsive, helpful and always prepared to ‘pull out all the stops’ to meet their instructing solicitors and clients’ needs.
Clerks such as Andy Poyser set the benchmark for other clerks to follow.
Excellent – Sheraton Doyle and Pete Campbell deserve a special mention – always willing to go above and beyond
Jamie Tucker and Peter Campbell very helpful and respond very quickly.
I have found the clerks very helpful; Peter Campbell is excellent and has a good knowledge of instructing solicitors. A high quality service is provided by all clerks I have dealt with.
I particularly enjoy liaising with Ben Sundborg and Tom Gibbons, both exceptionally helpful and friendly clerks at 39.
Mark Winrow and Niki Merrison are proactive clerks who respond swiftly to requests for counsel bookings and go beyond what is expected.
The clerks are good. They are very good at managing expectations and timescales.
The clerks are very good and are proactive. Andy Poyser in particular is very knowledgeable in the area and you can always have a sensible conversation with him.
The clerks are very well versed in the area of law, meaning I do not have to walk them through the matter and they can advise who is available and best suited to the case. Niki Merrison is first rate and able to assist at very short notice. He has even attended our office over a weekend, to collect urgent documents in a recent matter, going well out of his way on a weekend.
The clerks at 39 Essex are fantastic. Peter Campbell and Jamie Tucker in particular deserve particular recognition for the seamless way in which they manage caseloads, papers, billing and diary clashes. The clerks are always willing and flexible to accommodate diary clashes and are extremely responsive to both emails and calls.
The clerks at 39 Essex Chambers are efficient, responsive, always available, personable and provide a service beyond what would be expected. Hannah Milne is excellent.
The prof discipline clerking team, led by Peter Campbell, is really good and he works hard to keep solicitors happy. Peter is excellent and Jamie, his assistant, has also been very helpful at times.
Set:
39 Essex are in my view a leading set in the area of professional discipline and regulation and in public law. I have instructed various members over past years. In my view, one of the particular strengths of their barristers is that their expertise in professional disciplinary cases is underpinned by a strong public law focus.
I have been impressed by the programme of remote webinars the set has quickly produced in response to the current Covid-19 situation. These have provided high-quality insight into a number of very topical legal aspects arising from the current crisis, at a time when many lawyers find themselves working in isolation with limited professional contact.
39 Essex are one of, if not, the best chambers for Court of Protection work, not many chambers can rival the number of brilliant barristers that it has with a high quality of expertise in Court of Protection work. The chambers also offers excellent training.
39 Essex are rightly regarded as one of the London heavyweight sets, especially for regulatory / public law. They are well known for their experience with public inquiries.
39 Essex are the lead set when it comes to Court of Protection and related work. They are incredibly strong across the team and provide the best resources and training in the most accessible way. No one is accepted into the team without being amongst the best in the field.
39 Essex are way ahead of their competition in the field of public law. They offer an unparalleled range of exceptional juniors and leading counsel. They are involved in all of the high-profile cases – it is becoming frequently common for multiple parties in the same high-profile case to all be represented by 39 Essex, such is their reputation and expertise.
39 Essex Chambers have a real expertise in Construction and Engineering Law, with Counsel at all levels who are able to assist clients at the appropriate level.
39 Essex Chambers is second-to-none in terms of the strength-in-depth and range of counsel. As a set they are able to offer high quality counsel at all levels specialising in all areas of clinical negligence practice. 39 Essex Chambers provide high-quality newsletters and training.
39 Essex Chambers provides the complete service in terms of personal injury. They are always able to provide high-quality counsel across the range of experience and according to the needs of the case. They have never let me down and the strength of their counsel is complimented by excellent training, newsletters and additional support.
39 Essex has a strong public law practice and are one of the go-to sets in that area.
39 Essex has a very strong international practice. They have also built up a deep bench of construction specialists.
39 Essex has unrivalled strength and depth in the energy sector – in both counsel and arbitrators.
39 Essex is a strong commercial / common law set. They have some very notable construction law barristers and arbitrators.
39 Essex is my London Chambers of choice. If preferred counsel is not available there is always somebody of at least equal calibre offered.
39 Essex offer regular training and webinars of the highest quality. I have attended a number of internal and external training arranged by this chambers and I have found them very informative. As a set, they are a leader in clinical negligence with a wealth of talent.
A large set with a wide range of practice of areas. A strong international arbitration practice.
Strength in-depth; huge talent pool from QC to juniors. Every part of this set is exceptional.
Chambers offers superior expertise in the area of community care and Court of Protection work as well as sufficient expertise is peripheral and complimentary areas. There is very good availability of junior and senior counsel with significant relevant expertise.
Strong training programmes; always available without obligation. While they have some strong key names, they have the best collective of juniors in the market for those occasions when clients simply don’t need the input or cost of a QC. The consistent strength of the wider team is in my view grossly underrated.
I (genuinely) think they are a fantastic chambers. Modern, unstuffy, really solid client care and a fantastic set of barristers and staff. Couldn’t recommend them highly enough.
One of the leading chambers in personal injury. There are many well known and respected counsel to choose from.
The whole set is brilliant. I use counsel of all levels of experience and there are many exceptional and helpful members to choose from.
There are some real PI stars here but the set is probably best recognised for its strengths in the commercial field. It is an up and coming set regarding costs.
This set has a wealth of experience in public law and specifically in the field of mental capacity law; they have been involved in many of the very high-profile cases that have hit the headlines.
Very organised and commercial approach, good range of experience amongst members of the set, training programme includes panel discussions with members of chambers looking at the same legal issues from different perspectives which is very useful and interesting.
We have worked with this set for decades. A go-to set. Great depth and range of skills and experience. My choice and constant recommendation .
This Chambers probably has more strength and depth in the Energy field than any of its competitors.
Set overviews: England and Wales
Multidisciplinary set 39 Essex Chambers has continued to grow at an impressive rate over the last 12 months: commercial litigators Karishma Vora and Camilla ter Haar joined from 4-5 Gray’s Inn Square and 5 Paper respectively; construction specialists Andrew Kearney, David Sawtell and Niraj Modha arrived from St John's Chambers, Lamb Chambers, and Tanfield Chambers respectively; clinical negligence and personal injury specialist Ashley Pratt joined from 7BR; public law practitioners Ian Brownhill , Rachel Troup, Steve Broach, and Simon Murray moved from No.5 Barristers Chambers, Pump Court Chambers, Monckton, and 1 Chancery Lane respectively; dual-qualified advocate Vivek Kapoor joined from Stephenson Harwood; civil law experts Daniel Laking and Shaman Kapoor arrived from Temple Garden Chambers; employment lawyer David Mitchell joined from Ely Place Chambers. In other news, Richard Wald QC took silk, while Vikram Sachdeva QC and Celina Colquhoun have been appointed by the Lord Chancellor to an independent panel of six experts to look at potential reform of judicial review; a planning and environmental lawyer, Colquhoun was another recent arrival from No.5 Barristers Chambers.Clerks:
Testimonials
Clerks:
Consistently brilliant and always available. We have a strong long standing relationship with the clerks and while work patterns go up and down in terms of instruction – the relationship isn’t affected at all.
All demonstrate that elusive factor, excellence.
All very efficient and friendly; realise they need to engage with solicitors, more so than some of the more traditional sets.
Amazing service with fast response and ability to deal with matters promptly – Niki Merison in particular stands out.
Andy Poyser is my go-to clerk, we’ve known each other for 15 years and he has always been there for me.
We receive an excellent service from all of the clerks, and they regularly go the extra mile in terms of obtaining availability and also assisting with listings; filing Court documents etc.
Ben Sundborg and Tom Gibbons are always on hand to help. The more junior clerk, Jamie Tucker is equally impressive.
Albie Barton is outstanding. He is engaging, flexible, courteous and represents the set immaculately.
Ben Sundborg is excellent. Very knowledgeable about the personal injury sector.
Clerks are responsive, helpful and always prepared to ‘pull out all the stops’ to meet their instructing solicitors and clients’ needs.
Clerks such as Andy Poyser set the benchmark for other clerks to follow.
Excellent – Sheraton Doyle and Pete Campbell deserve a special mention – always willing to go above and beyond
Jamie Tucker and Peter Campbell very helpful and respond very quickly.
I have found the clerks very helpful; Peter Campbell is excellent and has a good knowledge of instructing solicitors. A high-quality service is provided by all clerks I have dealt with.
I particularly enjoy liaising with Ben Sundborg and Tom Gibbons, both exceptionally helpful and friendly clerks at 39.
Mark Winrow and Niki Merison are proactive clerks who respond swiftly to requests for counsel bookings and go beyond what is expected.
The clerks are good. They are very good at managing expectations and timescales.
The clerks are very good and are proactive. Andy Poyser in particular is very knowledgeable in the area and you can always have a sensible conversation with him.
The clerks are very well versed in the area of law, meaning I do not have to walk them through the matter and they can advise who is available and best suited to the case. Niki Merison is first-rate and able to assist at very short notice. He has even attended our office over a weekend, to collect urgent documents in a recent matter, going well out of his way on a weekend.
The clerks at 39 Essex are fantastic. Peter Campbell and Jamie Tucker in particular deserve particular recognition for the seamless way in which they manage caseloads, papers, billing and diary clashes. The clerks are always willing and flexible to accommodate diary clashes and are extremely responsive to both emails and calls.
The clerks at 39 Essex Chambers are efficient, responsive, always available, personable and provide a service beyond what would be expected. Hannah Milne is excellent.
The prof discipline clerking team, led by Peter Campbell, is really good and he works hard to keep solicitors happy. Peter is excellent and Jamie, his assistant, has also been very helpful at times.
Set:
39 Essex are in my view a leading set in the area of professional discipline and regulation and in public law. I have instructed various members over past years. In my view, one of the particular strengths of their barristers is that their expertise in professional disciplinary cases is underpinned by a strong public law focus.
I have been impressed by the programme of remote webinars the set has quickly produced in response to the current Covid-19 situation. These have provided high-quality insight into a number of very topical legal aspects arising from the current crisis, at a time when many lawyers find themselves working in isolation with limited professional contact.
39 Essex are one of, if not, the best chambers for Court of Protection work, not many chambers can rival the number of brilliant barristers that it has with a high quality of expertise in Court of Protection work. The chambers also offers excellent training.
39 Essex are rightly regarded as one of the London heavyweight sets, especially for regulatory / public law. They are well known for their experience with public inquiries.
39 Essex are the lead set when it comes to Court of Protection and related work. They are incredibly strong across the team and provide the best resources and training in the most accessible way. No one is accepted into the team without being amongst the best in the field.
39 Essex are way ahead of their competition in the field of public law. They offer an unparalleled range of exceptional juniors and leading counsel. They are involved in all of the high-profile cases – it is becoming frequently common for multiple parties in the same high-profile case to all be represented by 39 Essex, such is their reputation and expertise.
39 Essex Chambers have a real expertise in Construction and Engineering Law, with Counsel at all levels who are able to assist clients at the appropriate level.
39 Essex Chambers is second-to-none in terms of the strength-in-depth and range of counsel. As a set they are able to offer high quality counsel at all levels specialising in all areas of clinical negligence practice. 39 Essex Chambers provide high-quality newsletters and training.
39 Essex Chambers provides the complete service in terms of personal injury. They are always able to provide high-quality counsel across the range of experience and according to the needs of the case. They have never let me down and the strength of their counsel is complimented by excellent training, newsletters and additional support.
39 Essex has a strong public law practice and are one of the go-to sets in that area.
39 Essex has a very strong international practice. They have also built up a deep bench of construction specialists.
39 Essex has unrivalled strength and depth in the energy sector – in both counsel and arbitrators.
39 Essex is a strong commercial / common law set. They have some very notable construction law barristers and arbitrators.
39 Essex is my London Chambers of choice. If preferred counsel is not available there is always somebody of at least equal calibre offered.
39 Essex offer regular training and webinars of the highest quality. I have attended a number of internal and external training arranged by this chambers and I have found them very informative. As a set, they are a leader in clinical negligence with a wealth of talent.
A large set with a wide range of practice of areas. A strong international arbitration practice.
Strength in-depth; huge talent pool from QC to juniors. Every part of this set is exceptional.
Chambers offers superior expertise in the area of community care and Court of Protection work as well as sufficient expertise is peripheral and complimentary areas. There is very good availability of junior and senior counsel with significant relevant expertise.
Strong training programmes; always available without obligation. While they have some strong key names, they have the best collective of juniors in the market for those occasions when clients simply don’t need the input or cost of a QC. The consistent strength of the wider team is in my view grossly underrated.
I (genuinely) think they are a fantastic chambers. Modern, unstuffy, really solid client care and a fantastic set of barristers and staff. Couldn’t recommend them highly enough.
One of the leading chambers in personal injury. There are many well known and respected counsel to choose from.
The whole set is brilliant. I use counsel of all levels of experience and there are many exceptional and helpful members to choose from.
There are some real PI stars here but the set is probably best recognised for its strengths in the commercial field. It is an up and coming set regarding costs.
This set has a wealth of experience in public law and specifically in the field of mental capacity law; they have been involved in many of the very high-profile cases that have hit the headlines.
Very organised and commercial approach, good range of experience amongst members of the set, training programme includes panel discussions with members of chambers looking at the same legal issues from different perspectives which is very useful and interesting.
We have worked with this set for decades. A go-to set. Great depth and range of skills and experience. My choice and constant recommendation .
This Chambers probably has more strength and depth in the Energy field than any of its competitors.
Tax: corporate and VAT/indirect tax
39 Essex Chambers is most noted for VAT and indirect tax work, although barristers are also instructed on contentious corporate tax. Nigel Pleming QC is often instructed by HMRC for advisory work, focusing on tax avoidance issues. Kelly Stricklin-Coutinho is a senior junior with EU and international tax expertise, and currently representing the taxpayer in Beebombs Ltd v HMRC, a case concerning the VAT treatment of the client's product, and whether a bee counts as an animal within the meaning in the 1994 VAT Act.
Tax: corporate - Leading Silks
Tax: VAT - Leading silks
Tax: corporate - Leading Juniors
Tax: VAT Leading juniors
Regional Bar > Western Circuit > Court of Protection and community care
Following his move from No5 Barristers Chambers in June 2020, 39 Essex Chambers is the new home to well-known practitioner Ian Brownhill, who specialises in health and welfare cases, particularly those involving safeguarding concerns. Recent instructions include A Local Authority v JB, Re EOA, and The Hospital v JJ, where he acted on behalf of a student who was refusing to comply with treatment for his type 1 diabetes. Brownhill's 'good knowledge of other jurisdictions that sometimes come into play, really adds a lot of value in complicated COP matters that need someone who can tie all the disparate strings together'.
Leading Juniors
Regional Bar > Set overviews: England and Wales
Multidisciplinary set 39 Essex Chambers has continued to grow at an impressive rate over the last 12 months: commercial litigators Karishma Vora and Camilla ter Haar joined from 4-5 Gray’s Inn Square and 5 Paper respectively; construction specialists Andrew Kearney, David Sawtell and Niraj Modha arrived from St John's Chambers, Lamb Chambers, and Tanfield Chambers respectively; clinical negligence and personal injury specialist Ashley Pratt joined from 7BR; public law practitioners Ian Brownhill , Rachel Troup, Steve Broach, and Simon Murray moved from No.5 Barristers Chambers, Pump Court Chambers, Monckton, and 1 Chancery Lane respectively; dual-qualified advocate Vivek Kapoor joined from Stephenson Harwood; civil law experts Daniel Laking and Shaman Kapoor arrived from Temple Garden Chambers; employment lawyer David Mitchell joined from Ely Place Chambers. In other news, Richard Wald QC took silk, while Vikram Sachdeva QC and Celina Colquhoun have been appointed by the Lord Chancellor to an independent panel of six experts to look at potential reform of judicial review; a planning and environmental lawyer, Colquhoun was another recent arrival from No.5 Barristers Chambers.Clerks:
Testimonials
Clerks:
Consistently brilliant and always available. We have a strong long standing relationship with the clerks and while work patterns go up and down in terms of instruction – the relationship isn’t affected at all.
All demonstrate that elusive factor, excellence.
All very efficient and friendly; realise they need to engage with solicitors, more so than some of the more traditional sets.
Amazing service with fast response and ability to deal with matters promptly – Nikki Merrison in particular stands out.
Andy Poyser is my go-to clerk, we’ve known each other for 15 years and he has always been there for me.
We receive an excellent service from all of the clerks, and they regularly go the extra mile in terms of obtaining availability and also assisting with listings; filing Court documents etc.
Ben Sundborg and Tom Gibbons are always on hand to help. The more junior clerk, Jamie Tucker is equally impressive.
Ben Sundborg is excellent. Very knowledgeable about the personal injury sector.
Clerks are responsive, helpful and always prepared to ‘pull out all the stops’ to meet their instructing solicitors and clients’ needs.
Clerks such as Andy Poyser set the benchmark for other clerks to follow.
Excellent – Sheraton Doyle and Pete Campbell deserve a special mention – always willing to go above and beyond
Jamie Tucker and Peter Campbell very helpful and respond very quickly.
I have found the clerks very helpful; Peter Campbell is excellent and has a good knowledge of instructing solicitors. A high quality service is provided by all clerks I have dealt with.
I particularly enjoy liaising with Ben Sundborg and Tom Gibbons, both exceptionally helpful and friendly clerks at 39.
Mark Winrow and Niki Merrison are proactive clerks who respond swiftly to requests for counsel bookings and go beyond what is expected.
The clerks are good. They are very good at managing expectations and timescales.
The clerks are very good and are proactive. Andy Poyser in particular is very knowledgeable in the area and you can always have a sensible conversation with him.
The clerks are very well versed in the area of law, meaning I do not have to walk them through the matter and they can advise who is available and best suited to the case. Niki Merrison is first rate and able to assist at very short notice. He has even attended our office over a weekend, to collect urgent documents in a recent matter, going well out of his way on a weekend.
The clerks at 39 Essex are fantastic. Peter Campbell and Jamie Tucker in particular deserve particular recognition for the seamless way in which they manage caseloads, papers, billing and diary clashes. The clerks are always willing and flexible to accommodate diary clashes and are extremely responsive to both emails and calls.
The clerks at 39 Essex Chambers are efficient, responsive, always available, personable and provide a service beyond what would be expected. Hannah Milne is excellent.
The prof discipline clerking team, led by Peter Campbell, is really good and he works hard to keep solicitors happy. Peter is excellent and Jamie, his assistant, has also been very helpful at times.
Set:
39 Essex are in my view a leading set in the area of professional discipline and regulation and in public law. I have instructed various members over past years. In my view, one of the particular strengths of their barristers is that their expertise in professional disciplinary cases is underpinned by a strong public law focus.
I have been impressed by the programme of remote webinars the set has quickly produced in response to the current Covid-19 situation. These have provided high-quality insight into a number of very topical legal aspects arising from the current crisis, at a time when many lawyers find themselves working in isolation with limited professional contact.
39 Essex are one of, if not, the best chambers for Court of Protection work, not many chambers can rival the number of brilliant barristers that it has with a high quality of expertise in Court of Protection work. The chambers also offers excellent training.
39 Essex are rightly regarded as one of the London heavyweight sets, especially for regulatory / public law. They are well known for their experience with public inquiries.
39 Essex are the lead set when it comes to Court of Protection and related work. They are incredibly strong across the team and provide the best resources and training in the most accessible way. No one is accepted into the team without being amongst the best in the field.
39 Essex are way ahead of their competition in the field of public law. They offer an unparalleled range of exceptional juniors and leading counsel. They are involved in all of the high-profile cases – it is becoming frequently common for multiple parties in the same high-profile case to all be represented by 39 Essex, such is their reputation and expertise.
39 Essex Chambers have a real expertise in Construction and Engineering Law, with Counsel at all levels who are able to assist clients at the appropriate level.
39 Essex Chambers is second-to-none in terms of the strength-in-depth and range of counsel. As a set they are able to offer high quality counsel at all levels specialising in all areas of clinical negligence practice. 39 Essex Chambers provide high-quality newsletters and training.
39 Essex Chambers provides the complete service in terms of personal injury. They are always able to provide high-quality counsel across the range of experience and according to the needs of the case. They have never let me down and the strength of their counsel is complimented by excellent training, newsletters and additional support.
39 Essex has a strong public law practice and are one of the go-to sets in that area.
39 Essex has a very strong international practice. They have also built up a deep bench of construction specialists.
39 Essex has unrivalled strength and depth in the energy sector – in both counsel and arbitrators.
39 Essex is a strong commercial / common law set. They have some very notable construction law barristers and arbitrators.
39 Essex is my London Chambers of choice. If preferred counsel is not available there is always somebody of at least equal calibre offered.
39 Essex offer regular training and webinars of the highest quality. I have attended a number of internal and external training arranged by this chambers and I have found them very informative. As a set, they are a leader in clinical negligence with a wealth of talent.
A large set with a wide range of practice of areas. A strong international arbitration practice.
Strength in-depth; huge talent pool from QC to juniors. Every part of this set is exceptional.
Chambers offers superior expertise in the area of community care and Court of Protection work as well as sufficient expertise is peripheral and complimentary areas. There is very good availability of junior and senior counsel with significant relevant expertise.
Strong training programmes; always available without obligation. While they have some strong key names, they have the best collective of juniors in the market for those occasions when clients simply don’t need the input or cost of a QC. The consistent strength of the wider team is in my view grossly underrated.
I (genuinely) think they are a fantastic chambers. Modern, unstuffy, really solid client care and a fantastic set of barristers and staff. Couldn’t recommend them highly enough.
One of the leading chambers in personal injury. There are many well known and respected counsel to choose from.
The whole set is brilliant. I use counsel of all levels of experience and there are many exceptional and helpful members to choose from.
There are some real PI stars here but the set is probably best recognised for its strengths in the commercial field. It is an up and coming set regarding costs.
This set has a wealth of experience in public law and specifically in the field of mental capacity law; they have been involved in many of the very high-profile cases that have hit the headlines.
Very organised and commercial approach, good range of experience amongst members of the set, training programme includes panel discussions with members of chambers looking at the same legal issues from different perspectives which is very useful and interesting.
We have worked with this set for decades. A go-to set. Great depth and range of skills and experience. My choice and constant recommendation .
This Chambers probably has more strength and depth in the Energy field than any of its competitors.
39 Essex Chambers > Set Profile
39 Essex Chambers is a long established set with 47 Queen’s Counsel and 87 juniors. With offices in London, Manchester, Singapore and Kuala Lumpur, the set offers substantial expertise in almost every aspect of civil liability, commercial, construction and engineering, commercial fraud, financial services, costs and litigation funding, aviation, energy, planning, environmental and property, personal injury and clinical negligence, public, regulatory and disciplinary law, shipping and alternative dispute resolution, both in the UK and worldwide. Members of chambers have wide experience of all courts and tribunals including the Supreme Court, Privy Council, Court of Appeal, the European Court of Human Rights and the European Court of Justice, specialist courts, tribunals and planning and other public inquiries, as well as of domestic and international arbitrations. Members have participated in many significant investigations before Parliamentary Select Committees and 23 members are on the Attorney General’s Panel of Counsel instructed on behalf of the Crown. Members also undertake pro bono work for public interest organisations.
WORK UNDERTAKEN
Administrative and public: judicial review and public law, including civil liberties and human rights, education, local authorities, health trusts, mental health, community care, court of protection, housing and housing associations, immigration, VAT and customs and excise.
Aviation and aerospace: leading experts who advise and represent clients on issues across the aviation and aerospace sector in the UK and internationally. This includes: planning and development of airports, heliports and aviation-related infrastructure; environmental; commercial; construction; civil liability and regulatory disputes; advice on compulsory purchase; surface access; noise and emission controls; AAIB inquiries and air accidents; air traffic services; the effects of wind turbines on radar and ATC; lease finance; airport, aircraft, pilot and crew licensing; engineering and management; taxation; aircraft leasing and sales; passenger claims; cases involving UK and foreign governments; ICAO, EASA and the RAA; competition; and European and international law.
Commercial: insurance and reinsurance, commodities and derivatives, funding disputes, banking, mergers and acquisitions, sale and carriage of goods, insolvency, company law, financial services law, professional negligence and professional indemnity work for auditors, legal advisors and international commercial arbitration.
Construction and engineering: litigation and related claims, including professional negligence and indemnity work, from major international ventures to smaller domestic contracts, acting for employers, contractors, subcontractors and professional advisors. Members act as advocates, mediators and arbitrators in the United Kingdom, the EU and worldwide.
Costs: members of chambers appear in every court and tribunal where costs issues arise. Members also carry out advisory work on potential funding arrangements and in drafting cost documentation including CFAs, CCFA and legal expenses insurance policies.
Employment: work for employers and employees, local authorities and central government. An emphasis is on public law-related work, discrimination, restrictive covenants, wrongful dismissal and breach of fiduciary duties.
Energy: a unique capability to cover corporate/commercial, construction, engineering, projects, environmental, planning, public and regulatory work in the electricity, nuclear, oil and gas and renewable sectors.
Entertainment and sports: entertainment and media-related work including performers’ contracts, passing off, breach of confidence, film and management agreements and broadcasting regulation. Sports-related work includes public liability of sports clubs for acts of their players, employer’s liability, disciplinary tribunals, disputes concerning control of clubs, transfer fee disputes, EU free movement and other employment issues.
European: EU law before domestic and EU courts, including competition, discrimination and equality law, public procurement, free movement, state aids and milk quotas.
Human rights: members regularly appear in domestic Human Rights Act cases and also have extensive experience as advocates before the European Court of Human Rights and in courts overseas. Members have appeared in leading cases with a human rights dimension in diverse fields including civil liberties, commercial law, healthcare, housing, immigration, local government, mental health, community care, planning, police and prisoners.
Personal injury and clinical negligence: sea, air and crowd disasters, group actions, industrial disease, sports injuries, injuries of maximum severity, pharmaceuticals, product liability and high profile and complex matters, ranging from sensitive consent-to-treatment cases to those involving serious disability and death.
Planning, environmental and property: compulsory purchase, contaminated land, environmental civil liability, environmental regulation, European law and human rights, health and safety and product liability, insurance, international environmental law, licensing, marine environment, parliamentary and public affairs, planning law, nuisance and rating.
Public inquiries: members of chambers have been instructed in most of the major public inquiries over the past ten years including BSE, the King’s Cross fire and, more recently, the Bristol Royal Infirmary, Victoria Climbie, the Saville inquiry, the Hutton inquiry, Hillsborough, the Leveson Inquiry and the Bristol Review.
Regulatory and disciplinary: appearing in tribunals and hearings, and carrying out advisory work across the entire medical sphere, appearing before the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal and in challenges to interventions by the Law Society, social care, education, financial services, broadcasting, communications and the media, sport, transport and health and safety, buildings and housing, local government standards, licensing.
INTERNATIONAL: 39 Essex Chambers has a number of members who have been called to the Bars of various international and offshore jurisdications including California, France, Hong Kong, New South Wales, South Africa, Trinidad and Tobago and the British Virgin Islands. Chambers also has experience of acting in disputes in various foreign jurisdictions including Western and Central Europe, Africa, the USA, India, China and Hong Kong SAR, Malaysia, Singapore, the Middle East and the Caribbean.
RECRUITMENT: the set is a member of Pupillage Gateway and also advertises recruitment via its website.
Main Contacts
Department | Name | Telephone | |
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Chief executive officer and director of clerking | Lindsay Scott | ||
Members of Chambers | CORY-WRIGHT QC, Charlie (1984) | ||
Members of Chambers | HARWOOD OBE QC, Richard (1993) | ||
Members of Chambers | GOLDBLATT QC, Simon (1953) | ||
Members of Chambers | TACKABERRY QC, John (1967) | ||
Members of Chambers | GLASGOW CBE QC, Edwin (1969) | ||
Members of Chambers | ASH QC, Brian (1975) | ||
Members of Chambers | PLEMING QC, Nigel (1971) | ||
Members of Chambers | STEEL QC, John (1978) | ||
Members of Chambers | WILMOT-SMITH QC, Richard (1978) | ||
Members of Chambers | SPEARMAN QC, Richard (1977) | ||
Members of Chambers | NORRIS QC, William (1974) | ||
Members of Chambers | KELLY QC, Matthias (1979) | ||
Members of Chambers | DARLING OBE QC, Paul (1999) | ||
Members of Chambers | TREVERTON-JONES QC, Gregory (1977) | ||
Members of Chambers | BLOCK QC, Neil (1980) | ||
Members of Chambers | RODWAY QC, Susan (1981) | ||
Members of Chambers | CATCHPOLE QC, Stuart (1987) | ||
Members of Chambers | VILLAGE QC, Peter (1983) | ||
Members of Chambers | McCAUL QC, Colin (1978) | ||
Members of Chambers | LYONS QC, Timothy (1980) | ||
Members of Chambers | HUGHES QC, Adrian (1984) | ||
Members of Chambers | TROMANS QC, Stephen (1999) | ||
Members of Chambers | MANZONI QC, Charles (1988) | ||
Members of Chambers | HILL QC, Thomas (1988) | ||
Members of Chambers | REES QC, Peter (2014) | ||
Members of Chambers | KOVATS QC, Steven (1989) | ||
Members of Chambers | GREY QC, Eleanor (1990) | ||
Members of Chambers | GIOVANNETTI QC, Lisa (1991) | ||
Members of Chambers | RICHARDS QC, Jenni (1991) | ||
Members of Chambers | STINCHCOMBE QC, Paul (1985) | ||
Members of Chambers | MORRIS QC, Fenella (1990) | ||
Members of Chambers | STRACHAN QC, James (1996) | ||
Members of Chambers | SMITH QC, Marion (1981) | ||
Members of Chambers | SACHDEVA QC, Vikram (1998) | ||
Members of Chambers | O'SULLIVAN QC, Derek (1990) | ||
Members of Chambers | MCPARLAND QC, Michael (1983) | ||
Members of Chambers | TABACHNIK QC, Andrew (1991) | ||
Members of Chambers | GRANGE QC, Kate (1998) | ||
Members of Chambers | RHEE QC, Deok Joo (1998) | ||
Members of Chambers | GHALY QC, Karim (2001) | ||
Members of Chambers | PATTERSON QC, Lindy (2017) | ||
Members of Chambers | ROBB QC, Adam (1995) | ||
Members of Chambers | PATEL QC, Parishil (1996) | ||
Members of Chambers | TODD QC, James (1990) | ||
Members of Chambers | BRYNMOR THOMAS QC, David (2011) | ||
Members of Chambers | DUNLOP QC, Rory (2002) | ||
Members of Chambers | BUTLER-COLE QC, Victoria (2005) | ||
Members of Chambers | PUGH-SMITH, John (1977) | ||
Members of Chambers | JUDGE, John (1977) | ||
Members of Chambers | EDWARDS, Simon (1978) | ||
Members of Chambers | BATESON, David (arbitrator/ non-barrister) | ||
Members of Chambers | BROWN, Geoffrey (1981) | ||
Members of Chambers | DU CANN, Christian (1982) | ||
Members of Chambers | GOUGH, Karen (1983) | ||
Members of Chambers | BELLAMY, Jonathan (1986) | ||
Members of Chambers | BRADLY, David (1987) | ||
Members of Chambers | MALINTOPPI, Loretta (1987) | ||
Members of Chambers | DOHERTY, Bernard (1990) | ||
Members of Chambers | COLQUHOUN, Celina (1990) | ||
Members of Chambers | KEARNEY, Andrew (2007) | ||
Members of Chambers | FORMBY, Emily (1993) | ||
Members of Chambers | FALKOWSKI, Damian (1994) | ||
Members of Chambers | SINCLAIR, Duncan (1996) | ||
Members of Chambers | FULLWOOD, Adam (1996) | ||
Members of Chambers | ZWART, Christiaan (1997) | ||
Members of Chambers | WALD, Richard (1997) | ||
Members of Chambers | DENIS-SMITH, John (1998) | ||
Members of Chambers | AYLING, Judith (1998) | ||
Members of Chambers | TRUSCOTT, Caroline (1998) | ||
Members of Chambers | CHURCH, Camilla (1998) | ||
Members of Chambers | CUMMERSON, Romilly (1998) | ||
Members of Chambers | GREANEY, Nicola (1999) | ||
Members of Chambers | THOMANN, Colin (1999) | ||
Members of Chambers | ALLEN, Neil (1999) | ||
Members of Chambers | DAVIES, Sian (1999) | ||
Members of Chambers | EDWARDS, Anthony (1999) | ||
Members of Chambers | KAPOOR, Shaman (1999) | ||
Members of Chambers | SCOTT, Katharine (2000) | ||
Members of Chambers | CONNORS, Jess (2000) | ||
Members of Chambers | MURRAY, Simon (2000) | ||
Members of Chambers | BURTON, James (2001) | ||
Members of Chambers | RUCK KEENE, Alexander (2002) | ||
Members of Chambers | STAKER, Christopher (2003) | ||
Members of Chambers | OLBOURNE, Ben (2003) | ||
Members of Chambers | PATERSON, Fiona (2003) | ||
Members of Chambers | BODNAR, Alexandra (2004) | ||
Members of Chambers | CRAPPER, Sadie (2004) | ||
Members of Chambers | LAZARUS, Robert (2004) | ||
Members of Chambers | MITCHELL, David (2004) | ||
Members of Chambers | WENBAN-SMITH, Mungo (2004) | ||
Members of Chambers | ALLEN, Caroline (2005) | ||
Members of Chambers | HEARNDEN, Alexis (2005) | ||
Members of Chambers | TROUP, Rachel (2005) | ||
Members of Chambers | SAWTELL, David (2005) | ||
Members of Chambers | TER HAAR, Camilla (2005) | ||
Members of Chambers | MANT, Peter (2006) | ||
Members of Chambers | DEAKIN, Andrew (2006) | ||
Members of Chambers | FRASER, Quintin (2006) | ||
Members of Chambers | HELME, Ned (2006) | ||
Members of Chambers | ANDERSON, Jack (2006) | ||
Members of Chambers | STRICKLIN-COUTINHO, Kelly (2006) | ||
Members of Chambers | TOWNSEND, Edmund (2006) | ||
Members of Chambers | APPS, Katherine (2006) | ||
Members of Chambers | PRATT, Ashley (2006) | ||
Members of Chambers | DRAKE, Rebecca (2007) | ||
Members of Chambers | AMRAOUI, Thomas (2007) | ||
Members of Chambers | THELEN, Jennifer (2007) | ||
Members of Chambers | MALIK, Zane (2007) | ||
Members of Chambers | HOLBORN, Jack (2008) | ||
Members of Chambers | JACKSON, Philippa (2008) | ||
Members of Chambers | BROACH, Steve (2008) | ||
Members of Chambers | DOBSON, Catherine (2009) | ||
Members of Chambers | TANKEL, Benjamin (2009) | ||
Members of Chambers | JACOB, Vaughan (2009) | ||
Members of Chambers | BROWNHILL, Ian (2009) | ||
Members of Chambers | HENNESSEY, Patrick (2010) | ||
Members of Chambers | GROGAN, Rose (2010) | ||
Members of Chambers | RAINEY, Angela (2010) | ||
Members of Chambers | McCARTHY, Hannah (2010) | ||
Members of Chambers | LEE, Annabel (2010) | ||
Members of Chambers | CORKILL, Emma (2010) | ||
Members of Chambers | MODHA, Niraj (2010) | ||
Members of Chambers | STEDMAN JONES, Daniel (2011) | ||
Members of Chambers | KAZMI ABBAS, Samar (2011) | ||
Members of Chambers | TABORI, Tom (2011) | ||
Members of Chambers | SHIPLEY, Melissa (2011) | ||
Members of Chambers | HUTTON, Victoria (2011) | ||
Members of Chambers | VORA, Karishma (2011) | ||
Members of Chambers | DARBY, Jonathan (2012) | ||
Members of Chambers | KOHN, Nicola (2012) | ||
Members of Chambers | JONES, Samantha (2012) | ||
Members of Chambers | BOUKRAA, Adam (2013) | ||
Members of Chambers | BOUSFIELD, Sarah (2013) | ||
Members of Chambers | SCOTT, Rosie (2013) | ||
Members of Chambers | HOPKINS, David (2013) | ||
Members of Chambers | STANDING, Michael (2013) | ||
Members of Chambers | BARNES, Katherine (2014) | ||
Members of Chambers | SULLIVAN, Rachel (2015) | ||
Members of Chambers | LAKING, Daniel (2015) | ||
Members of Chambers | DAVID, Stephanie (2016) | ||
Members of Chambers | BENEDYK, Daniel (2016) | ||
Members of Chambers | BRADFORD, James (2016) | ||
Members of Chambers | HO, Joe-han (2016) | ||
Members of Chambers | KEATING, Ruth (2017) | ||
Members of Chambers | THOMAS, Gethin (2017) | ||
Members of Chambers | KOZELKO, Daniel (2018) | ||
Members of Chambers | HIGGS, Nicholas (2018) | ||
Members of Chambers | KUHNE, Philippe (2017) | ||
Members of Chambers | VAN DER KLUGT, Tom (2019) | ||
Members of Chambers | LANE, Patrick SC (South Africa) (1999)* | ||
Members of Chambers | ULLSTEIN QC, Augustus (1970) | ||
Members of Chambers | HAYES QC, Paul (2005)* | ||
Members of Chambers | BUNNI, Prof Dr Nael G ** | ||
Members of Chambers | CHAKRABATI CBE, Shami (1994) | ||
Members of Chambers | DYSON, Lord John Rt Hon (1968)* | ||
Members of Chambers | FINDLAY, Archibald SC (South Africa) (1999)* | ||
Members of Chambers | HORTON QC, Matthew (1969) | ||
Members of Chambers | HICKEY, Denys (1975) | ||
Members of Chambers | HURST LLB MPHIL FCIARB, Peter** | ||
Members of Chambers | KEENE ACIArb, Sir David Rt Hon (1964) | ||
Members of Chambers | WILLIAMS, Sir Wyn (1974)* | ||
Member of Chambers | LIM, Steven (1992) | ||
Members of Chambers | MAYHEW, David (2011)* | ||
Members of Chambers | MACKAY, Sir Colin (1967)* | ||
Members of Chambers | McCLEARY CMG CVO, Boyd** | ||
Members of Chambers | PRATLEY, Michelle (2006) | ||
Members of Chambers | STERN, Kristina SC (South Africa) (1996)* | ||
Members of Chambers | TAN, Swee Im (1987)* | ||
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Caroline Allen | General common law, especially personal injury. Costs, commercial and insurance work. Environmental,… | View Profile |
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Neil Allen | Court of Protection, particularly deprivation of liberty issues. G v E and… | View Profile |
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Thomas Amraoui | Barrister dealing with education law (in particular special educational needs, school admissions… | View Profile |
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Jack Anderson | Barrister dealing with all areas of public law, education, planning, employment and… | View Profile |
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Katherine Apps | Barrister | View Profile |
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Brian Ash QC | Barrister whose work includes: appearances at a substantial number and variety of… | View Profile |
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Judith Ayling | Barrister specialising in personal injury, general common law, costs, insurance, professional negligence. | View Profile |
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Mr David Bateson | An international arbitration specialist in all forms of dispute resolution including arbitration,… | View Profile |
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Mr Jonathan Bellamy | Jonathan has an established litigation, arbitration and advisory practice in commercial law.… | View Profile |
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Mr Daniel Benedyk | Commercial and construction disuptes, international arbitration, financial services and public and regulatory… | View Profile |
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Neil Block QC | Joint head of Chambers. Barrister specialising in professional negligence (including clinical negligence);… | View Profile |
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Alexandra Bodnar | Alexandra practises in the fields of construction, commercial and insurance law. She… | View Profile |
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Mr Adam Boukraa | Public law and human rights, regulatory law, and environmental and planning. | View Profile |
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Steve Broach | Steve is a specialist public lawyer with a particular interest in disability… | View Profile |
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Geoffrey Brown | Barrister practising in professional negligence, insurance, personal injury, fire and flood damage… | View Profile |
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Ian Brownhill | Ian has a broad public law and human rights practice which focusses… | View Profile |
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David Brynmor Thomas QC | Counsel in international commercial arbitrations, also sits as an arbitrator. Honorary Senior… | View Profile |
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Prof Dr Nael G Bunni | Barrister | View Profile |
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Mr James Burton | Specialises in planning, environmental and common law. | View Profile |
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Victoria Butler-cole QC | View Profile | |
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Stuart Catchpole QC | Barrister specialising in construction, commercial, administrative and public law; detail of reported… | View Profile |
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Camilla Church | Camilla specialises in personal injury and clinical negligence. She has acted both… | View Profile |
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Celina Colquhoun | Celina Colquhoun specialises in all aspects of Planning, Environmental and Compulsory Purchase… | View Profile |
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Jess Connors | Barrister specialising in general commercial, construction and insurance and financial services. | View Profile |
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Emma Corkill | Personal injury and Fraud, Clinical negligence, Product liability and Property damage. | View Profile |
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Charlie Cory-wright QC | Charlie specialises in private law work including personal injury (in particular catastrophic… | View Profile |
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Sadie Crapper | Sadie’s practice concentrates on clinical negligence and personal injury, with a particular… | View Profile |
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Romilly Cummerson | Romilly is an established insurance practitioner, specialising in clinical negligence, personal injury,… | View Profile |
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Stephanie David | Planning and environmental law, public law and human rights, commercial and construction,… | View Profile |
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Sian Davies | View Profile | |
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Andrew Deakin | Andrew has a broad public law and human rights practice with a… | View Profile |
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John Denis-smith | John joined Thirty Nine Essex Street in 2006. His practice focuses primarily… | View Profile |
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Catherine Dobson | View Profile | |
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Bernard Doherty | Barrister specialising in clinical negligence, personal injury and professional negligence. | View Profile |
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Rebecca Drake | Barrister dealing with construction law, commercial law and common law. | View Profile |
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Christian Du Cann | Barrister specialising in personal injury (either side), clinical negligence (either side) and… | View Profile |
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Mr Rory Dunlop QC | Barrister specialising in public law, human rights, immigration and employment law. He… | View Profile |
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Simon Edwards | Specialises in general commercial, costs, personal injury, and professional negligence. | View Profile |
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Damian Falkowski | Property: landlord and tenant (residential and business), service charges, enfranchisement, mortgages, easements,… | View Profile |
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Archibald Findlay SC | Barrister. | View Profile |
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Emily Formby | Extensive personal injury and clinical negligence practice; within these specialisations she has… | View Profile |
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Adam Fullwood | Administrative and Public, Regulatory and Disciplinary | View Profile |
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Mr Karim Ghaly QC | Barrister. | View Profile |
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Lisa Giovannetti QC | Public law, asylum and immigration, human rights, local government. Cases include: Januzi… | View Profile |
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Mr Edwin Glasgow QC | Barrister specialising in commercial litigation: Svenska Bank v Sun Alliance (commercial mortgage… | View Profile |
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Simon Goldblatt QC | Barrister specialising in commercial, construction and company law. | View Profile |
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Karen Gough | Construction; professional negligence, domestic and international arbitration and ADR. Cases have included… | View Profile |
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Kate Grange QC | Barrister specialising in commercial, construction, public law and human rights. | View Profile |
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Nicola Greaney | Barrister specialising in all areas of public and administrative law (including health,… | View Profile |
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Eleanor Grey QC | Barrister specialising in public and administrative law, especially public inquiries, healthcare regulation,… | View Profile |
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Rose Grogan | Commercial: Rose’s practice includes commercial and construction disputes; international arbitration; planning and… | View Profile |
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Mr Richard Harwood QC | Barrister specialising in planning, environmental, local government, public law, parliamentary and public… | View Profile |
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Paul Hayes | Barrister | View Profile |
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Alexis Hearnden | View Profile | |
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Ned Helme | Barrister specialising in environmental, energy and planning law, administrative and public law,… | View Profile |
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Patrick Hennessey | Commercial, construction, common, regulatory and disciplinary, and administration and public. | View Profile |
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Denys Hickey | Barrister. | View Profile |
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Mr Thomas Hill QC | Barrister whose principal area of practice is administrative law, with particular emphasis… | View Profile |
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Jack Holborn | Barrister dealing with personal injury (both sides), property damage; administrative and public… | View Profile |
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David Hopkins | View Profile | |
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Mr Matthew Horton QC | View Profile | |
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Mr Adrian Hughes QC | Barrister specialising in complex commercial contract work. Main areas of expertise lie… | View Profile |
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Peter Hurst | Peter Hurst LLB MPhil ACIArb was the Senior Costs Judge of England… | View Profile |
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Victoria Hutton | Victoria is rated as one of the top ten planning barristers under… | View Profile |
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Philippa Jackson | Philippa has a broad practice encompassing public law, planning and environmental law,… | View Profile |
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Samantha Jones | Samantha has a broad civil litigation and public law practice, with particular… | View Profile |
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Shaman Kapoor | Barrister – Mediator – Deputy District Judge | View Profile |
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David Keene ACIArb | Barrister. | View Profile |
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Matthias Kelly QC | Specialises in enquiries, personal injury and professional negligence work. Represents both claimants… | View Profile |
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Nicola Kohn | Barrister. | View Profile |
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Mr Steven Kovats QC | Barrister specialising in administrative and public law. | View Profile |
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Patrick Lane Sc | Arbitration, banking, commercial law, construction, contract, insolvency, insurance, landlord and tenant, mining… | View Profile |
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Robert Lazarus | Barrister specialising in healthcare and other professional disciplinary and regulatory matters; clinical… | View Profile |
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Annabel Lee | Annabel has a particular interest in public, local government, human rights and… | View Profile |
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Steven Lim | International Arbitration – as arbitrator and counselCommercial / Corporate DisputesConstruction (Onshore &… | View Profile |
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Timothy Lyons QC | Direct and indirect tax arbitration. Timothy has a broad practice which includes… | View Profile |
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Sir Colin Mackay | Barrister. | View Profile |
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Zane Malik | View Profile | |
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Loretta Malintoppi | International Arbitration, Public International Law. | View Profile |
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Peter Mant | Public inquiries: E coli inquiry, junior for Food Standards Agency. | View Profile |
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Mr Charles Manzoni QC | Barrister specialising in international arbitration, commercial, construction, technology and telecommunications, professional negligence. | View Profile |
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Boyd McCleary | Boyd McCleary CMG CVO, is an accredited Civil and Commercial Mediator and… | View Profile |
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Michael McParland QC | View Profile | |
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Hannah Mccarthy | View Profile | |
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Mr Colin Mccaul QC | Barrister specialising in clinical negligence (claimant); professional negligence; personal injury (claimant and… | View Profile |
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David Mitchell | Specialisation in Employment, Public and Defamation, Privacy and Information law. Current /… | View Profile |
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Niraj Modha | Barrister specialising in commercial, construction, and property litigation and arbitration. | View Profile |
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Fenella Morris QC | Barrister specialising in public law, professional discipline and regulation, education and local… | View Profile |
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Mr William Norris QC | Barrister specialising in personal injury, product liability, sport and environmental claims (particularly… | View Profile |
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Ben Olbourne | Commercial, international trade and commodities, and construction. | View Profile |
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Mr Derek O’Sullivan QC | Also an associate member of ST JOHN’S CHAMBERS, Bristol. Barrister specialising in… | View Profile |
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Parishil Patel QC | Barrister specialising in personal injury (defendant and claimant), employment law, construction law,… | View Profile |
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Fiona Paterson | Before coming to the Bar, Fiona practised for nine years as a… | View Profile |
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Ms Lindy Patterson QC | Barrister | View Profile |
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Mr Nigel Pleming QC | Barrister specialising in administrative and public law, environmental law, human rights, regulation… | View Profile |
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Michelle Pratley | Barrister with a broad administrative and public law practice and particular expertise… | View Profile |
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Ashley Pratt | Barrister | View Profile |
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Mr John Pugh-smith | Barrister specialising in town and country planning, environmental, local government, highways law… | View Profile |
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Angela Rainey | Personal Injury, Clinical negligence, Aviation and Commercial. | View Profile |
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Peter Rees QC | Peter specialises in international commercial arbitration and litigation and is widely recognised… | View Profile |
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Ms Deok Joo Rhee QC | EU law, public law and human rights law. | View Profile |
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Jenni Richards QC | Jenni Richards QC has an extensive public law practice acting for individuals,… | View Profile |
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Mr Adam Robb QC | Adam Robb is a barrister specialising in construction law (including professional negligence),… | View Profile |
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Susan Rodway QC | With regard to clinical negligence work, Susan specialises in high-value claims and… | View Profile |
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Mr Alexander Ruck Keene | Barrister specialising in mental capacity and mental health. | View Profile |
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Mr Vikram Sachdeva QC | Barrister specialising in administrative and public law, human rights, European law, healthcare… | View Profile |
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Rosie Scott | Planning, Environment and Property, Civil Liability, Administrative and Public. | View Profile |
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Katharine Scott | Specialises in all aspects of costs work. Court of protection work with… | View Profile |
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Melissa Shipley | Construction, international arbitration, commercial, planning, environment and property. | View Profile |
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Mr Duncan Sinclair | Competition law (damages claims before the CAT and the High Court; investigations);… | View Profile |
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Marion Smith QC | View Profile | |
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Richard Spearman QC | Specialisation: general commercial and common law practice, including commercial fraud, media and… | View Profile |
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Dr Christopher Staker | Barrister specialising in public international law, arbitration, administrative and public law, international… | View Profile |
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Michael Standing | Personal injury and clinical negligence, fraud, regulatory and disciplinary, employment and discrimination. | View Profile |
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Daniel Stedman Jones | View Profile | |
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John Steel QC | Specialisms include: planning and environmental law, public law, judicial review, compulsory purchase… | View Profile |
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Kristina Stern SC | Barrister. | View Profile |
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Paul Stinchcombe QC | Paul was called to the Bar (1985), building up a substantial practice… | View Profile |
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Mr James Strachan QC | Areas of practice include: public and administrative; planning and environment; commercial; financial… | View Profile |
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Kelly Stricklin-Coutinho | Kelly specialises in EU law, public law, tax and commercial litigation. In… | View Profile |
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Rachel Sullivan | Administrative and public, regulatory, planning and environment, commercial and construction, civil. | View Profile |
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Mr Andrew Tabachnik QC | Areas of specialisation include: planning, environmental and compulsory purchase; commercial law, in… | View Profile |
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Tom Tabori | Tom Tabori is a specialist public law barrister, with expertise in human… | View Profile |
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Mr John Tackaberry QC | Construction ie engineering, energy and natural resources, joint ventures, consortia co-operation, commercial… | View Profile |
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Benjamin Tankel | Areas of practice include: public and administrative, human rights, local government, commercial… | View Profile |
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Jennifer Thelen | Jennifer has a broad practice encompassing regulatory and disciplinary law, general commercial… | View Profile |
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Mr Colin Thomann | Barrister dealing with environmental, public law, personal injury, employment and planning matters,… | View Profile |
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Mr James Todd QC | Barrister specialising in personal injury, general insurance and contractual disputes. | View Profile |
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Edmund Townsend | Product liability, professional negligence, property damage, commercial, clinical negligence, personal injury, fraud. | View Profile |
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Gregory Treverton-jones QC | In recent years, the principal focus of Greg Treverton-Jones QC’s practice has… | View Profile |
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Stephen Tromans QC | Barrister specialising in environmental, planning and public law; significant cases include: R… | View Profile |
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Caroline Truscott | Barrister specialising in personal injury and costs. | View Profile |
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Mr Augustus Ullstein | Professional negligence; product liability; personal injuries; class actions. Accredited mediator. | View Profile |
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Mr Peter Village QC | Peter Village QC continues to dominate high-profile cases in planning and environmental… | View Profile |
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Karishma Vora | View Profile | |
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Richard Wald | Barrister specialising in all areas of environmental, planning, compulsory purchase, administrative and… | View Profile |
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Mungo Wenban-smith | Barrister dealing with a wide range of public law, including community care,… | View Profile |
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Richard Wilmot-smith QC | Barrister specialising in construction and engineering (contentious); cases include Lanes Group PLC… | View Profile |
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Camilla ter Haar | Camilla ter Haar has a broad practice which combines commercial and construction… | View Profile |
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