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Furnival Chambers Offices

Chambers of Oliver Blunt QC & Sally O'Neill QC
Furnival Chambers
32 FURNIVAL STREET
LONDON
EC4A 1JQ
England
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Furnival Chambers > The Legal 500 Rankings

Proceeds of crime (POCA) and asset forfeiture

Leading Juniors

Lisa Freeman - Furnival Chambers ‘ She has considerable knowledge and expertise in all POCA-related matters, is extremely intelligent and tactically astute. Lisa is committed to achieving the best result and will take on board client concerns in sensitive confiscation negotiations. ’
Ranked: Tier 2

Fraud: crime

Leading Silks

Giles Cockings QC –Furnival Chambers ‘Giles is an outstanding barrister, highly intelligent and exceptionally hardworking. He sees the bigger picture in any trial, and advances his client’s case with a tactical precision that is second to none. His ability to combine rapier-like skill with wit, humour and charm makes him a devastating opponent.'
Ranked: Tier 2
David Durose QC –Furnival Chambers ‘A well-prepared silk who knows his case in immaculate detail.’
Ranked: Tier 2
Charles Sherrard QC –Furnival Chambers ‘An exceptional defence fraud QC who demonstrates extensive case preparation and tactical awareness. He can explain difficult and complex transactions in a way juries can understand.'
Ranked: Tier 3

Crime Tier 3

Furnival Chambers is an ‘excellent set‘. The chambers has an established reputation for defence work, however it is equally adept at handling prosecution cases. Caroline Haughey QC continues to act as lead prosecution counsel in the long-running Operation Fort case, involving the trafficking of over 400 people from Poland into the UK. In another matter, Philippa McAtasney QC acted for a the oldest defendantin a multi-defendant trial concerning the death of 18-year-old Clinton Evobta in Camberwell in October 2019.

Rising stars

Shannon Revel - Furnival Chambers ‘ Shannon possesses the skills and judgement of a barrister beyond her year of call. She is robust, effective and calm under pressure. A star in the making. ’
Ranked: Tier 1

Leading Silks

Philippa McAtasney QC - Furnival Chambers ‘ She is razor-sharp and an unparalleled tactician. A fearless and formidable advocate. ’
Ranked: Tier 2
Stephen Moses QC - Furnival Chambers ‘ Stephen is an excellent advocate who sees the larger picture of a case, and has an instinctive ability to foresee how matters will unfold and play that to the client's advantage. Stephen is always willing to go the extra mile, and provides an excellent service to professional and lay clients alike. Stephen's cross-examination is excellent, and speeches have the right mix of humour and sincerity, driving the client's defence home. ’
Ranked: Tier 2
Oliver Blunt QC - Furnival Chambers ‘ Oliver is a very experienced advocate who has excellent judgment in all decision-making processes within a trial. ’
Ranked: Tier 3
Caroline Carberry QC - Furnival Chambers ‘ Caroline is a formidable advocate, who combines effortless eloquence with incisive intelligence and charm. ’
Ranked: Tier 3
Giles Cockings QC - Furnival Chambers ‘ Giles is an outstanding barrister. Highly intelligent and exceptionally hard working, he has the innate capacity to see the wider picture in any trial, so as to advance his client's case with a tactical precision that is second to none. ’
Ranked: Tier 3
Caroline Haughey QC - Furnival Chambers ‘ Caroline is a fierce cross examiner and is a real force to be reckoned with. She is highly intelligent, extremely dedicated and hardworking. ’
Ranked: Tier 3
Charles Sherrard QC - Furnival Chambers ‘ A fearless advocate – juries love him, and he is a favourite with judges. ’
Ranked: Tier 3
Julia Smart QC –Furnival Chambers ‘Julia will always go the extra mile for her clients and will leave no stone unturned in their defence. Julia is always on top of her brief and is very well liked by her clients. She is a first-class advocate who is highly regarded.’
Ranked: Tier 4
Sally O'Neill QC - Furnival Chambers ‘ A remarkable lawyer who commands respect from all in her presence. When she speaks, people listen. ’
Ranked: Tier 4

2020 Silks

Leading Juniors

Alexia Power - Furnival Chambers ‘ Alexia demonstrates an incredible work ethic, legal brain and client care. She represents her clients with vigour. ’
Ranked: Tier 2
Ben Gordon - Furnival Chambers ‘ Ben has a calm and assured presence and puts clients at ease. He is a great communicator. ’
Ranked: Tier 3
Craig Harris - Furnival Chambers ‘ He is very bright, and handles complex and technical issues with ease. A compelling advocate. ’
Ranked: Tier 3
Adam Morgan - Furnival Chambers ‘ Adam is a forensic and serene advocate. He is measured, well-prepared and adopts an extremely persuasive and structured style. ’
Ranked: Tier 3
Joel Smith - Furnival Chambers ‘ Joel’s work ethic is extraordinary and there is nothing that fazes him. He is intellectually robust and can distill complex and challenging legal concepts into understandable language. ’
Ranked: Tier 3
Jon Swain –Furnival Chambers ‘Jon is a thoughtful and persuasive advocate who demonstrates good judgement.’
Ranked: Tier 3
Lucy Tapper - Furnival Chambers ‘ Lucy is an excellent barrister. She combines intellect and impressive preparation with a strong tactical approach. She has particularly sound judgement and does not advance frivolous or meritless arguments. Her advocacy is crisp and focussed. Finally, she has a superb way with clients and really connects with them and cares about them and their plight. ’
Ranked: Tier 3

Testimonials

Set

‘An excellent set.’

‘The diversity and breadth of counsel and their experience is second to none.’

‘An excellent chambers with an efficient and helpful clerking team.’

‘The benefit of using Furnival is that it has such strength in both the numbers and quality of counsel.’

Clerking

‘An excellent chambers.’

‘The clerks are fantastic.’

‘The clerks are responsive and offer a good level of service. I liaise with Stephen Ball who has always been timely, responsive and friendly.’

‘Steve Ball is much sought after and continues to bring in the very best of cases.’

‘Very good clerking team. Always a positive feeling, and when counsel of choice is not free they are ready with alternative suggestions.’

International crime and extradition Tier 3

Furnival Chambers has ‘an exceptional extradition team, with some of the leading practitioners in the field‘,  including Joel Smith, who is representing a man whose extradition is requested by India, on the grounds that the requested person allegedly entered in to a conspiracy with the Pakistani intelligence services to murder religious figures and political leaders in India as part of a Sikh separatist terror campaign. Nicholas Hearn‘s caseload features complex fraud extradition cases, while extradition specialist Amanda Bostock ‘is a tenacious barrister, with a meticulous eye for detail‘.

Leading Juniors

Amanda Bostock - Furnival Chambers ‘ Amanda is a very confident and experienced advocate. She is calm, concise and coherent with a good eye for detail. Amanda has the ability to quickly get to grips with and identify issues from a large volume of material. ’
Ranked: Tier 1
Nicholas Hearn - Furnival Chambers ‘ Nicholas is able to make his points succinctly and without the need to overstate them but so they are effective. ’
Ranked: Tier 1
Joel Smith - Furnival Chambers ‘ A senior and experienced extradition specialist, able to bring advocacy and litigation experience as treasury counsel that few others can match. ’
Ranked: Tier 1
Julia Farrant - Furnival Chambers ‘ Julia has no weaknesses, only strengths. Her knowledge of the law and awareness of the developing issues is impressive. ’
Ranked: Tier 2
Catherine Brown   - 6KBW College Hill  ‘Excellent, clever, tenacious and highly experienced. Catherine is able to adapt to the needs of a particular case and combines the qualities of a good prosecutor with those of a good defender.’
Ranked: Tier 2

Testimonials

Set

‘Furnival Chambers is an impressive set – with a particular focus on defence work. Friendly approach to clerking. The barristers work together to assist in every way that they can, it is very much a team work makes the dream work approach.’

‘Great set of chambers for extradition work. Very defence minded and have a well earned respectable reputation for within the extradition Bar.’

‘Furnival has an exceptional extradition team, with some of the leading practitioners in the field.’

‘A strong set.’

Clerking

‘The extradition clerks at Furnival are friendly, approachable and efficient. The service they provide is outstanding. All are a pleasure to work with.’

‘Fred Cross in particular is a great extradition clerk.’

Sport

Leading Juniors

Craig Harris - Furnival Chambers ‘ Craig is a brilliant all-rounder in sports law. He’s excellent at making deals happen, working collaboratively with all involved, but when the going gets tough he’s the person you want on your side to fight a case. ’
Ranked: Tier 3

Furnival Chambers > Set Profile

THE CHAMBERS

Furnival Chambers is regarded as one of the country’s leading Criminal & White Collar sets offering an impressive and high quality list of advocates and advisors. Members specialise across practice areas of Serious and Organised Crime, Financial Crime, Bribery & Corruption, Gross Negligence Manslaughter, Regulatory / Professional Discipline, Asset Forfeiture and Extradition. Chambers’ reputation is best exemplified by involvement in most of the recent major criminal and white collar trials to be heard from Fraud to Murder, and from Gross Negligence Manslaughter to Extradition. The quality of service extends to its progressive clerking team led by a senior clerk with a justified reputation for efficiency and integrity. Individuals, professionals and corporate clients instruct chambers either through solicitors, professional advisers, or on a public direct access basis.

THE SET

Members of Chambers are renowned for appearing in high-profile criminal and white collar cases, both for the defence and the prosecution. They appear in the Crown Court, Divisional Court, Court of Appeal, Privy Council and Supreme Court, as well as the European Court of Human Rights and before Regulatory / Disciplinary panels. Members undertake high-profile work on behalf of or against the Financial Conduct Authority, HM Revenue and Customs, the Serious Fraud Office, the Department of Work and Pensions, the Crown Prosecution Service, the Football Association and other sports and disciplinary/regulatory bodies. Members also regularly advise corporates on issues concerning the Bribery Act 2010.

Furnival Is a ‘go to set’ for high-profile, complex cases and those involving novel law including defending in the first ‘Judge alone trial’; the first Bribery Act prosecution; the first Modern Slavery trial (and most of the subsequent significant cases under MSA); and the first successful FGM trial (both prosecution and defence). Members have experience in cold cases and Criminal Case Review Commission applications and also conduct cases in Commonwealth & other jurisdictions (including the Caribbean).

WORK UNDERTAKEN Chambers enjoys particular expertise in the following fields:

Corporate & Financial Crime. Chambers offers considerable experience in all areas of corporate and financial (white collar) crime in both UK & international jurisdictions. Members advise companies and National Newspapers on issues arising out of the Bribery & Corruption Act 2010; Members are instructed on some of the largest high value fraud and asset forfeiture cases in recent years including Operation Yuletide (a merchant banker assisting in the laundering of €100m defrauded from a Dutch shipbuilding company), Operation Banjax (£100m VAT fraud), Operation Stagecoach (£7m rare earth metal boiler room), bribery allegations within the building and construction industry (Polycarpou). Other recent high profile frauds have included UBS Rogue Trader Case (Adoboli), Goldman Sachs (Wilkins), and multi-million carbon credit fraud (R-v-H) as well as the first professional cricket ‘spot fixing’ case. Members experience includes all forms of fraud, MTIC/VAT tribunal hearings, market abuse including insider dealing and rate manipulation, through to asset recovery, forfeiture, restraint and confiscation. Members are also experienced in providing specialist advisory services to clients, both individual and corporate both generally (in relation to compliance) and in connection to specific investigations. Members have been retained to advise and act for and against the SFO, FCA (FSA), CPS, UKBA, the police, HMRC and public companies and high-net worth individuals in international / multi-jurisdictional proceedings, recently including global dividend-arbitrage and withholding tax reclaim investigations and the Alstom bribery investigation.

Serious & Organised Crime: Chambers has long been instructed in top-end work at trial and appellate levels including R-v-Twomey, the first Judge alone trial, the first post-Jogee murder appeals, the News International phone hacking (Operation Elvedon) trials, the Hatton Garden heist, the ‘Pentonville murder’ trial, the Jodie Chesney murder, the Stephen Lawrence murder, the murder of ‘Baby P’, the ‘Witchcraft murder’ Ife -the successful defence of those tried for the death of a family member following ‘botched exorcism’, the ‘Gypsy Slavery’ cases, Operation Fort (Panorama featured) – one of largest MSA prosecutions, as well as the Jonty Bravery case and the Sally Challen appeal, to name but a few.

Terrorism: Members have appeared in terrorism trials for decades including the Gloucester shoe bomber, the first Al Qa’eda funding prosecution post 9/11, the Afghan Stansted hijacking, the ‘Ricin’ conspiracy, a number of recent Al Qa’eda and Syria-related cases, together with significant IRA trials in the past. As well as trials, members are also instructed in collateral proceedings such as Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures (TPIMs).

Sexual Offences: Members have appeared in Operation Yewtree cases, Operation Goldfinch (Welsh Children’s Home Child Abuse cases); the Aylesbury & Oxford sex ring case, the prosecution of Rolf Harris, the prosecution of the hairdresser convicted of trying to infect ten men he met on Grindr with HIV as well as many serial rapist cases including the ‘West End mini cab rapist’, the M25 rapist, the Steve Cook trial, the Grime artist Solo 45 multiple rape trial and cases of historical rape and sexual abuse. Individuals have been recognised for their skills in this area, including the recent ‘Barrister of the Year’ award for the work done defending Liam Allen.

Extradition: Members of the team are at the forefront of this specialised area of law and have appeared in a significant number of ground-breaking cases. They advise and represent individuals and foreign governments in extradition proceedings at first instance, before the High Court, the Supreme Court and the European Court of Human Rights. Members are instructed in the highest profile extradition cases of the day including the United States Government request for the extradition of Julian Assange, and the Government of India’s request for ‘diamondaire’ businessman Nirav Modi over alleged $1 billion fraud. Members of the team also provide advice to individuals who are (or may be) subject to Red Notices and are published authors on authoritative texts, including: “A Practical Guide to Interpol and Red Notices” published by Bloomsbury. Recent instructions include US Government v Julian Assange, Government of India v Nirav Modi, Government of India v Singh – re conspiracy to murder Indian politicians and Government of Hungary v Orsos. Members were also involved in the leading authority: Government of the United States of America v Yolanda Cleveland [2019] 1 W.L.R. 4392 – on the law with regard to dual criminality.

Regulatory & Disciplinary: Chambers has a highly regarded regulatory team who provide exceptional representation for the financial industry, the professions, and sports people / staff, before a wide range of disciplinary tribunals. Chambers has vast experience in both acting for and dealing with regulatory and disciplinary proceedings before the SRA, GMC, GDC, GOC, NMC, the HCPC (including the Morecambe Bay Healthcare Trust case, concerning alleged misconduct of midwives leading to the death of a baby and endangerment of another’s life.) Chambers handles all nature of hybrid and related criminal proceedings before the Crown Court, Coroner’s Court (including the London Bridge Inquest), public inquiries and mental health review tribunals. Recent successes include the defence of two prison officers charged with gross negligence manslaughter, following the suicide of a vulnerable inmate. Members also appear before Football Association and other sports regulatory authorities, both for the authorities and individuals / teams concerned.

Clerking & Practice Support:  Chambers Practice Areas benefit from an experienced clerking team, led by senior clerk, Stephen Ball. The clerks are highly regarded, approachable and dedicated and will offer a range of counsel of appropriate experience for the work concerned.

 

 

Main Contacts

Department Name Email Telephone
Senior clerk Stephen Ball sball@furnivallaw.co.uk
Clerks Fred Cross fcross@furnivallaw.co.uk
Members of Chambers BLUNT QC, Oliver (1974)
Members of Chambers O'NEILL QC, Sally (1976)
Members of Chambers CARTER-MANNING QC, Jeremy (1975)
Members of Chambers HOLLAND QC, Michael (1984)
Members of Chambers McATASNEY QC, Philippa (1985)
Members of Chambers SHERRARD QC, Charlie (1986)
Members of Chambers SMART QC, Julia (1993)
Members of Chambers CARBERRY QC, Caroline (1995)
Members of Chambers DUROSE QC, David (1996)
Members of Chambers COCKINGS QC, Giles (1996)
Members of Chambers MOSES QC, Stephen (1997)
Members of Chambers HAUGHEY QC, Caroline (1995)
Members of Chambers CONNOR, Gino (1974)
Members of Chambers LATHAM, Michael (1975)
Members of Chambers HADRILL, Keith (1977)
Members of Chambers BENDALL, Richard (1979)
Members of Chambers HEADLAM, Roy (1983)
Members of Chambers SWAIN, Jon (1983)
Members of Chambers BURTON, Charles (1983)
Members of Chambers DEVLIN, Tim (1985)
Members of Chambers BOULTER, Terence (1986)
Members of Chambers WILSON, Graeme (1987)
Members of Chambers MEREDITH, Chris (1988)
Members of Chambers FORSTER, Timothy (1990)
Members of Chambers SIDDLE, Trevor (1991)
Members of Chambers POWER, Alexia (1992)
Members of Chambers TSIATTALOU, Lefi (1992)
Members of Chambers KEARNEY, John (1994)
Members of Chambers SMITH, Emma (1994)
Members of Chambers HUSSAIN, Frida (1995)
Members of Chambers WINSHIP, Julian (1995)
Members of Chambers FRYMANN, Andrew (1995)
Members of Chambers LEAKE, Laban (1996)
Members of Chambers MORGAN, Adam (1996)
Members of Chambers MANSOOR, Parveen (1996)
Members of Chambers MEEK, Susan (1997)
Members of Chambers MATHER, Nicholas (1998)
Members of Chambers HEARNDEN, Richard (1998)
Members of Chambers SHARMA, Neerja (1998)
Members of Chambers YARROW, Charlotte (1999)
Members of Chambers CRIMMINS, Rhiannon (1999)
Members of Chambers O'CONNOR, Charlotte (1999)
Members of Chambers FRASER, Mark (2000)
Members of Chambers COHEN, Ross (2001)
Members of Chambers FAPOHUNDA, Kemi (2002)
Members of Chambers SMITH, Joel (2002)
Members of Chambers TAPPER, Lucy (2002)
Members of Chambers STAPLES, Joanna (2003)
Members of Chambers CHERRETT, Darryl (2004)
Members of Chambers BOUSFIELD, Andrew (2004)
Members of Chambers PANESAR, Rishy (2004)
Members of Chambers FREEMAN, Lisa (2005)
Members of Chambers GORDON, Ben (2005)
Members of Chambers BROWN, Catherine (2005)
Members of Chambers HARRIS, Craig (2006)
Members of Chambers JORDAN, Andrew (2006)
Members of Chambers HEARN, Nicholas (2007)
Members of Chambers BOSTOCK, Amanda (2008)
Members of Chambers BURTWISTLE, Claire (2008)
Members of Chambers BALD, Lisa (2009)
Members of Chambers DOHERTY, Oliver (2009)
Members of Chambers SOLLEY, Yusuf (2009)
Members of Chambers FARRANT, Julia (2010)
Members of Chambers MCCANN, Ronan (2010)
Members of Chambers O'SULLIVAN, Sophie (2011)
Members of Chambers STOCKWELL, Sam (2012)
Members of Chambers KNIGHTS, Mandisa (2013)
Members of Chambers SHARPE, Sophie (2014)
Members of Chambers WAYMONT, Christopher (2014)
Members of Chambers BURTON, Hannah (2014)
Members of Chambers ETEMADI, Sadaf (2014)
Members of Chambers REVEL, Shannon (2014)
Members of Chambers HODGE, Tulay (2014)
Members of Chambers FERGUS-SIMMS, Sahara (2015)
Members of Chambers TAYLOR, Andrew (2015)
Members of Chambers BOESCHE, Iwona (2015)
Members of Chambers GROSS, Edmund (2016)
Members of Chambers BELLAMY, Charlotte (2017)
Members of Chambers SHARPE, Kane (2017)
Members of Chambers BENNETT, Charlotte (2017)
Door Tenant CHARLES-REES QC, John (1972)
Door Tenant MOULSON QC, Peter (1991)
Door Tenant PATEL QC, Sandip (1991)
Door Tenant BAUR, Christopher (1972)
Door Tenant MAY, Nigel (1974)
Door Tenant SHAFI, Imran (1996)
Door Tenant GRATTAGE, Stephen (2000)
Door Tenant DUNKELS, Anthony (2002)
Door Tenant FORDHAM, Chloe (2005)
Door Tenant POWELL, Charlotte (2005)
Door Tenant FRANCIS-BANFIELD, Venescia (2005)
Door Tenant HAYDEN, Stella (2009)
Door Tenant ELTON, Charles (2010
Door Tenant SHERIDAN, Kathryn (2014)

Barrister Profiles

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Lisa Bald photo Lisa Bald Lisa’s practice covers the full spectrum of serious crime – allegations of… View Profile
Christopher Baur photo Christopher Baur Priority interests in the law surrounding violence, child cruelty, drugs and fraud.… View Profile
Charlotte Bellamy photo Charlotte Bellamy Called 2017 View Profile
Richard Bendall photo Richard Bendall Specialist practice areas: serious crime, criminal/civil fraud, serious sexual offences, asset forfeiture,… View Profile
Charlotte Bennett photo Charlotte Bennett Called 2017 View Profile
Oliver Blunt photo Oliver Blunt Entirely defence-based practice specialising in murder, terrorism, fraud and drugs cases. Murder… View Profile
Iwona Boesche photo Iwona Boesche Called 2015 View Profile
Amanda Bostock photo Amanda Bostock Barrister – Extradition/Mutual Legal Assistance/Crime/Prison law View Profile
Terence Boulter photo Terence Boulter Called 1986 View Profile
Andrew Bousfield photo Andrew Bousfield Called 2004 View Profile
David Brock photo David Brock Called 1984 View Profile
Catherine Brown photo Catherine Brown Called 2005 View Profile
Charles Burton photo Charles Burton Called 1983 View Profile
Hannah Burton photo Hannah Burton Barrister View Profile
Claire Burtwistle photo Claire Burtwistle Claire specialises in financial crime and is consistently instructed in large, complex… View Profile
Caroline Carberry photo Caroline Carberry Caroline has a high profile practice and is particularly known for her… View Profile
Jeremy Carter-manning photo Jeremy Carter-manning Recent cases: The Iraq War Crimes Court Martial, advising a potential defendant… View Profile
Darryl Cherrett photo Darryl Cherrett Called 2004 View Profile
Giles Cockings photo Giles Cockings Giles Cockings QC is a well-respected Silk in Fraud and Serious Crime.… View Profile
Ross Cohen photo Ross Cohen Called 2001 View Profile
Gino Connor photo Gino Connor Violent crime: defended and represented the prosecutions in murder cases, including leading… View Profile
Rhiannon Crimmins photo Rhiannon Crimmins Called 1999 View Profile
Tim Devlin photo Tim Devlin Tim Devlin is regularly instructed by the Crown on his own or… View Profile
Oliver Doherty photo Oliver Doherty Well-regarded advocate with a quickly developing criminal and regulatory practice. Accepts instructions… View Profile
David Durose photo David Durose David Durose Q.C. has a criminal practice which largely focuses on prosecuting… View Profile
Sadaf Etemadi photo Sadaf Etemadi Called 2014 View Profile
Kemi Fapohunda photo Kemi Fapohunda Exclusively criminal practice in both defence and prosecution, though mainly defence work.… View Profile
Julia Farrant photo Julia Farrant Called 2010 View Profile
Sahara Fergus-Simms photo Sahara Fergus-Simms Called 2015 View Profile
Chloe Fordham photo Chloe Fordham Instructed in the Crown Court and Magistrates’ Court for both prosecution and… View Profile
Timothy Forster photo Timothy Forster Priority interests: drugs importation, serious fraud, firearms, sexual offences (including those involving… View Profile
Mark Fraser photo Mark Fraser Called 2000 View Profile
Lisa Freeman photo Lisa Freeman Acts for prosecution authorities (SFO, FCA, CPS, UKBA), companies, court appointed receivers,… View Profile
Andrew Frymann photo Andrew Frymann Called 1995 View Profile
Ben Gordon photo Ben Gordon Since joining Furnival chambers as a first-six pupil in 2006, Ben has… View Profile
Edmund Gross photo Edmund Gross Called 2016 View Profile
Keith Hadrill photo Keith Hadrill Keith’s practice encompasses serious and complex fraud, substantial drug importation and supply… View Profile
Craig Harris photo Craig Harris Call: 2006 Direct Access Qualified Ranked as a leading junior by The Legal… View Profile
Caroline Haughey photo Caroline Haughey Appointed Queen’s Counsel in 2018 Caroline continues to be instructed in the… View Profile
Roy Headlam photo Roy Headlam Priority interests: cases of fraud with numerous defendants, firearms, violent crime, drugs… View Profile
Nicholas Hearn photo Nicholas Hearn Nicholas is a criminal barrister who enjoys complementary practices in extradition and… View Profile
Richard Hearnden photo Richard Hearnden Specialist practice areas: serious crime, criminal/civil fraud, serious sexual offences, regulation/compliance, health… View Profile
Tulay Hodge photo Tulay Hodge Called 2014 View Profile
Michael Holland photo Michael Holland Called 1984 / Silk 2006 View Profile
Frida Hussain photo Frida Hussain Instructed as a leading junior as well as being led by Queens… View Profile
Andrew Jordan photo Andrew Jordan Specialist practice areas: serious crime, criminal/civil fraud, regulation/compliance, asset forfeiture, immigration. View Profile
John Kearney photo John Kearney Criminal practitioner with specialist knowledge of police operations and procedures. Particularly experienced… View Profile
Mandisa Knights photo Mandisa Knights Called 2013 View Profile
Michael Latham photo Michael Latham Michael Latham has a particular interest in fraud and financial crime. Has… View Profile
Laban Leake photo Laban Leake Priority interests are drugs and confiscation, white-collar fraud and money laundering, and… View Profile
Harry  MacDonald  photo Harry  MacDonald  Call:2010 View Profile
Parveen Mansoor photo Parveen Mansoor Called 1996 View Profile
Nicholas Mather photo Nicholas Mather Acts alone and as a junior for both prosecution and defence in… View Profile
Nigel May photo Nigel May Exclusively criminal practice for over 20 years. Defence comprises the majority of… View Profile
Philippa McAtasney photo Philippa McAtasney Called 1985 / Silk 2006 View Profile
Ronan McCann photo Ronan McCann Called 2010 View Profile
Susan Meek photo Susan Meek Susan is an experienced criminal defence barrister. She has been regularly instructed… View Profile
Chris Meredith photo Chris Meredith Specialist practice areas: serious crime, criminal/civil fraud, asset forfeiture, inquests and public… View Profile
Adam Morgan photo Adam Morgan Called 1996 View Profile
Stephen Moses photo Stephen Moses All areas of criminal defence work undertaken. Stephen has led a number… View Profile
Charlotte O'Connor photo Charlotte O'Connor Called 1999 View Profile
Sally O'Neill photo Sally O'Neill Sally O’Neill QC has been consistently ranked as a leading Silk in crime… View Profile
Rishy Panesar photo Rishy Panesar Called 2004 View Profile
Sandip Patel MCIArb photo Sandip Patel MCIArb Sandip Patel QC is a Barrister with an impressive domestic and international… View Profile
Charlotte Powell photo Charlotte Powell Specialises in extradition law. As in-house counsel, has advised and represented foreign… View Profile
Alexia Power photo Alexia Power Alexia is a leading junior and known as an exceptional jury advocate… View Profile
Ms Shannon Revel photo Ms Shannon Revel Called 2014 View Profile
Nicola Shannon photo Nicola Shannon Nicola Shannon has a successful Leading Junior practice in Crime, both prosecuting… View Profile
Neerja Sharma photo Neerja Sharma Called 1998 View Profile
Sophie Sharpe photo Sophie Sharpe called 2014 View Profile
Kane Sharpe photo Kane Sharpe Called 2017 View Profile
Charlie Sherrard QC photo Charlie Sherrard QC Recognised and ranked in Crime & Financial Crime, Charlie’s practice & name… View Profile
Lefi Siatta photo Lefi Siatta Called 1992 View Profile
Trevor Siddle photo Trevor Siddle Called 1991 View Profile
Julia Smart photo Julia Smart Called 1993 / Silk 2019 View Profile
Emma Smith photo Emma Smith Specialist practice areas: serious crime, criminal/civil fraud, serious sexual offences. Emma Smith… View Profile
Joel Smith photo Joel Smith Practises in crime and extradition, both defending and prosecuting. Criminal practice involves… View Profile
Yusuf Solley photo Yusuf Solley Called 2009 View Profile
Joanna Staples photo Joanna Staples Call: 2003 View Profile
Sam Stockwell photo Sam Stockwell Barrister View Profile
Jon Swain photo Jon Swain Specialises in criminal law, especially large scale drugs cases, white-collar fraud and… View Profile
Lucy Tapper photo Lucy Tapper Barrister called 2002 View Profile
Andrew Taylor photo Andrew Taylor Called 2015 View Profile
Christopher Waymont photo Christopher Waymont Called 2014 View Profile
Graeme Wilson photo Graeme Wilson Specialist practice areas: serious crime, criminal/civil fraud, serious sexual offences, regulation/compliance, asset… View Profile
Julian Winship photo Julian Winship In the last three years, Julian has been engaged in seven murder… View Profile
Charlotte Yarrow photo Charlotte Yarrow Called 1999 View Profile

Diversity


Last year chambers joined the “Bridging the Bar” initiative with the aim of improving access to the Bar and raising awareness of the profession by providing mini-pupillages to those from backgrounds which have historically been under represented at the Bar.

We are committed to providing at least 5 mini-pupillages per year through the scheme and in June this year two mini-pupillages were successfully completed.

Chambers has also committed to the 10,000 Black Interns Scheme, due to commence in the Autumn. The aim of this being to allow interns to experience life at the Criminal Bar over a longer period than typically provided by a mini-pupillage and funding the internship so that those taking part are not disadvantaged by taking part.

Chambers has also implemented a mentoring scheme, designed to support junior members in their first years of practice, with the aim of decreasing the attrition rate of young members of the Bar. Junior members are paired with senior members of chambers who then act as their mentor, providing guidance and assistance to the junior member which otherwise may not have been available or that they felt able to seek.

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