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Furnival Chambers
32 FURNIVAL STREET
LONDON
EC4A 1JQ
England
Furnival Chambers > The Legal 500 Rankings
London Bar > 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
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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.’
London Bar > 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
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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.’
London Bar > Fraud: crime
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London Bar > Proceeds of crime (POCA) and asset forfeiture
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London Bar > Sport
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Furnival Chambers > Set Profile
Furnival Chambers is regarded as one of the country’s leading criminal and 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 and 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 the Commonwealth and other jurisdictions (including the Caribbean).
Work undertaken: Chambers enjoys particular expertise in the following fields:
Corporate and financial crime: Chambers offers considerable experience in all areas of corporate and financial (white-collar) crime in both UK and 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 and 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 $1bn 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 and 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 and 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 | Telephone | |
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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 | Lisa’s practice covers the full spectrum of serious crime – allegations of… | View Profile |
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Charlotte Bellamy | Called 2017 | View Profile |
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Richard Bendall | Specialist practice areas: serious crime, criminal/civil fraud, serious sexual offences, asset forfeiture,… | View Profile |
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Oliver Blunt | Entirely defence-based practice specialising in murder, terrorism, fraud and drugs cases. Murder… | View Profile |
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Iwona Boesche | Called 2015 | View Profile |
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Terence Boulter | Called 1986 | View Profile |
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Andrew Bousfield | Called 2004 | View Profile |
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David Brock | Called 1984 | View Profile |
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Hannah Burton | Barrister | View Profile |
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Caroline Carberry | Caroline has a high profile practice and is particularly known for her… | View Profile |
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Jeremy Carter-manning | Recent cases: The Iraq War Crimes Court Martial, advising a potential defendant… | View Profile |
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Darryl Cherrett | Called 2004 | View Profile |
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Giles Cockings | Giles Cockings QC is a well-respected Silk in Fraud and Serious Crime.… | View Profile |
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Ross Cohen | Called 2001 | View Profile |
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Gino Connor | Violent crime: defended and represented the prosecutions in murder cases, including leading… | View Profile |
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Rhiannon Crimmins | Called 1999 | View Profile |
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Tim Devlin | Tim Devlin is regularly instructed by the Crown on his own or… | View Profile |
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Oliver Doherty | Well-regarded advocate with a quickly developing criminal and regulatory practice. Accepts instructions… | View Profile |
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David Durose QC | David Durose Q.C. has a criminal practice which largely focuses on prosecuting… | View Profile |
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Sadaf Etemadi | Called 2014 | View Profile |
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Kemi Fapohunda | Exclusively criminal practice in both defence and prosecution, though mainly defence work.… | View Profile |
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Julia Farrant | Called 2010 | View Profile |
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Sahara Fergus-Simms | Called 2015 | View Profile |
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Chloe Fordham | Instructed in the Crown Court and Magistrates’ Court for both prosecution and… | View Profile |
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Timothy Forster | Priority interests: drugs importation, serious fraud, firearms, sexual offences (including those involving… | View Profile |
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Lisa Freeman | Acts for prosecution authorities (SFO, FCA, CPS, UKBA), companies, court appointed receivers,… | View Profile |
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Ben Gordon | Since joining Furnival chambers as a first-six pupil in 2006, Ben has… | View Profile |
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Edmund Gross | Called 2016 | View Profile |
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Keith Hadrill | Keith’s practice encompasses serious and complex fraud, substantial drug importation and supply… | View Profile |
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Craig Harris | Call: 2006 Direct Access Qualified Ranked as a leading junior by The Legal… | View Profile |
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Caroline Haughey | Appointed Queen’s Counsel in 2018 Caroline continues to be instructed in the… | View Profile |
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Roy Headlam | Priority interests: cases of fraud with numerous defendants, firearms, violent crime, drugs… | View Profile |
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Nicholas Hearn | Nicholas is a criminal barrister who enjoys complementary practices in extradition and… | View Profile |
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Richard Hearnden | Specialist practice areas: serious crime, criminal/civil fraud, serious sexual offences, regulation/compliance, health… | View Profile |
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Tulay Hodge | Called 2014 | View Profile |
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Michael Holland | Called 1984 / Silk 2006 | View Profile |
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Frida Hussain | Instructed as a leading junior as well as being led by Queens… | View Profile |
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Andrew Jordan | Specialist practice areas: serious crime, criminal/civil fraud, regulation/compliance, asset forfeiture, immigration. | View Profile |
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John Kearney | Criminal practitioner with specialist knowledge of police operations and procedures. Particularly experienced… | View Profile |
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Mandisa Knights | Called 2013 | View Profile |
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Michael Latham | Michael Latham has a particular interest in fraud and financial crime. Has… | View Profile |
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Laban Leake | Priority interests are drugs and confiscation, white-collar fraud and money laundering, and… | View Profile |
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Harry MacDonald | Call:2010 | View Profile |
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Parveen Mansoor | Called 1996 | View Profile |
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Nicholas Mather | Acts alone and as a junior for both prosecution and defence in… | View Profile |
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Nigel May | Exclusively criminal practice for over 20 years. Defence comprises the majority of… | View Profile |
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Philippa McAtasney | Called 1985 / Silk 2006 | View Profile |
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Ronan McCann | Called 2010 | View Profile |
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Chris Meredith | Specialist practice areas: serious crime, criminal/civil fraud, asset forfeiture, inquests and public… | View Profile |
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Adam Morgan | Called 1996 | View Profile |
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Stephen Moses | All areas of criminal defence work undertaken. Stephen has led a number… | View Profile |
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Charlotte O'Connor | Called 1999 | View Profile |
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Sally O'Neill | Sally O’Neill QC has been consistently ranked as a leading Silk in crime… | View Profile |
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Rishy Panesar | Called 2004 | View Profile |
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Alexia Power | Alexia is a leading junior and known as an exceptional jury advocate… | View Profile |
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Ms Shannon Revel | Called 2014 | View Profile |
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Nicola Shannon | Nicola Shannon has a successful Leading Junior practice in Crime, both prosecuting… | View Profile |
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Neerja Sharma | Called 1998 | View Profile |
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Sophie Sharpe | called 2014 | View Profile |
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Kane Sharpe | Called 2017 | View Profile |
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Charlie Sherrard QC | Recognised and ranked in Crime & Financial Crime, Charlie’s practice & name… | View Profile |
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Lefi Siatta | Called 1992 | View Profile |
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Trevor Siddle | Called 1991 | View Profile |
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Julia Smart | Called 1993 / Silk 2019 | View Profile |
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Joel Smith | Practises in crime and extradition, both defending and prosecuting. Criminal practice involves… | View Profile |
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Emma Smith | Specialist practice areas: serious crime, criminal/civil fraud, serious sexual offences. Emma Smith… | View Profile |
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Yusuf Solley | Called 2009 | View Profile |
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Joanna Staples | Call: 2003 | View Profile |
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Jon Swain | Specialises in criminal law, especially large scale drugs cases, white-collar fraud and… | View Profile |
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Lucy Tapper | Barrister called 2002 | View Profile |
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Andrew Taylor | Called 2015 | View Profile |
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Christopher Waymont | Called 2014 | View Profile |
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Julian Winship | In the last three years, Julian has been engaged in seven murder… | View Profile |
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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.