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9 Gough Chambers
The Chambers of Jacob Levy QC
3-5 Norwich Street
EC4A 1DR
England
Chambers of Jacob Levy QC > The Legal 500 Rankings
Crime
2018 Silks
Tom Little QC - 9 Gough Chambers ‘ A stylish and well-prepared advocate who pays great attention to detail.’
Leading Juniors
Claire Harden-Frost - 9 Gough Chambers ‘ Tough and empathetic, which makes her counsel of choice for the most sensitive cases.’
James Thacker - 9 Gough Chambers ‘ A very robust advocate who knows when to pick his fights.’
Emily Verity - 9 Gough Chambers ‘ Her advice is always thorough and valuable.’
Fraud: crime
2018 Silks
Leading Juniors
Travel law (including jurisdictional issues)
Leading Silks
Grahame Aldous QC - 9 Gough Chambers ‘ Extremely thorough and has a very good manner with clients.’
2019 Silks
Giles Mooney QC - 9 Gough Chambers ‘ He is experienced in handling complex cases involving accidents at sea.’
Leading Juniors
Linda Nelson - 9 Gough Chambers ‘ She is a marine specialist; very intelligent, approachable, reliable and quick to grasp the issues.’
Personal injury, industrial disease and insurance fraud Tier 1
The 'professional yet approachable' 9 Gough Chambers has 'successfully attracted barristers who are exceptionally good'. As well as 'established silks', the set has a 'remarkable team of leading juniors' who are 'cutting edge' and 'not afraid of taking difficult cases to trial'. Claimant catastrophic injury is at the core of the practice, with expertise spanning brain, spinal, and amputation cases. Giles Mooney QC is a recent silk appointment. Andrew Ritchie QC acted for the claimants in Carlos Valencia Estrada & Seb John v BP, a claim in relation to two fatalities arising from the Al Qaeda terrorist attacks on the defendant's gas facility in Algeria. Grahame Aldous QC specialises in personal injury claims with an international or maritime setting, while Laura Begley has particular expertise in criminal injuries compensation claims.
Personal injury - Leading Silks
Andrew Ritchie QC - 9 Gough Chambers ‘ He is fantastically astute and absolutely at the top of his field.’
Grahame Aldous QC - 9 Gough Chambers ‘ Notable for his clear-thinking and strategic advice. ’
Jacob Levy QC - 9 Gough Chambers ‘ No stone is left uncovered in relation to liability or quantum disputes.’
John Foy QC - 9 Gough Chambers ‘ He has an ability to think outside the initial issues.’
Personal injury - 2018 Silks
Stuart McKechnie QC - 9 Gough Chambers ‘ He has an encyclopaedic knowledge of all things quantum.’
Personal injury - 2019 Silks
Giles Mooney QC - 9 Gough Chambers ‘ Absolutely masterful, great on his feet, and has a super manner with vulnerable clients.’
Industrial disease - Leading Juniors
Jeremy Crowther - 9 Gough Chambers ‘ He sees the strengths and weaknesses of the most complex case immediately.’
Stephen Glynn - 9 Gough Chambers ‘ A future silk – his analysis of difficult issues is excellent.’
Personal injury - Leading Juniors
Laura Begley - 9 Gough Chambers ‘ Extremely hardworking and a very safe pair of hands for complex cases.’
Nicolas Hillier - 9 Gough Chambers ‘ A fearsome advocate for his clients who is forensic with the evidence.’
Stephen Glynn - 9 Gough Chambers ‘ A future silk – his analysis of difficult issues is excellent.’
Simon Brindle - 9 Gough Chambers ‘ Simon is great at grasping the key issues very quickly and has a fantastic technical mind.’
Jeremy Ford - 9 Gough Chambers ‘ He delivers sensible advice backed up by an extremely impressive knowledge of the law.’
Perrin Gibbons - 9 Gough Chambers ‘ A highly effective litigator who shows utter commitment and concern for her clients.’
Roger Hiorns - 9 Gough Chambers ‘ He is a leading force in complex occupational disease claims.’
Shahram Sharghy - 9 Gough Chambers ‘ He has great drafting skills and is able to get to the issues in a case.’
Christopher Stephenson - 9 Gough Chambers ‘ He has the rare skill of adapting his manner to perfectly suit the needs of his client.’
Jeremy Crowther - 9 Gough Chambers ‘ He sees the strengths and weaknesses of the most complex case immediately.’
Adam Dawson - 9 Gough Chambers ‘ He is great with clients and fair but firm with opponents.’
Robert Horner - 9 Gough Chambers ‘ Intelligent, very client-focused and an eye for detail.’
Linda Nelson - 9 Gough Chambers ‘ Very user friendly, approachable and has a good manner with clients.’
Johnathan Payne - 9 Gough Chambers ‘ His standard of client care is truly exceptional.’
Police law (defendant) Tier 2
Leading Juniors
Edwin Buckett - 9 Gough Chambers ‘ Well known for representing police forces in disciplinary matters.’
Clinical negligence Tier 3
9 Gough Chambers is a 'good set of chambers with a range of strengths' and 'sound medical knowledge'. High-value birth injury, spinal surgery, fertility treatment and sterilisation claims are all areas of expertise for its barristers, who are also experienced in dealing with genetic issues and delayed cancer diagnosis cases. Grahame Aldous QC and Stuart McKechnie QC reached a multi-million pound settlement, following a Court of Appeal decision (EXP v Barker) concerning allegations of bias on the part of experts, on behalf of a district judge who suffered a disabling stroke after a failure to identify and treat a cranial aneurysm.
Leading Silks
Andrew Ritchie QC - 9 Gough Chambers ‘ He gives very clear and robust advice.’
Grahame Aldous QC - 9 Gough Chambers ‘ He is detailed, focussed and gets under the skin of the case.’
Jacob Levy QC - 9 Gough Chambers ‘ He is savvy, conscientious and an excellent choice for complex and high-value work.’
2018 Silks
Stuart McKechnie QC - 9 Gough Chambers ‘ Always one to push the boundaries on difficult quantum matters.’
2019 Silks
Giles Mooney QC - 9 Gough Chambers ‘ Fantastic on his feet and a master of cross-examination.’
Leading Juniors
Laura Begley - 9 Gough Chambers ‘ Meticulous attention to detail and extremely good and efficient with clients.’
Perrin Gibbons - 9 Gough Chambers ‘ She can convey the issues succinctly and ensures that the client is on board for the entire journey.’
Christopher Stephenson - 9 Gough Chambers ‘ He is tactically astute and very thorough with experts.’
Children law (including public and private law) Tier 4
9 Gough Chambers is 'a hardworking set' with 'an excellent choice of barristers and pupils who understand the demands of public law work' and 'provide consistently good results and advice'. Members routinely advise on a myriad of issues from radicalisation through to sexual abuse cases. In addition, they represent parents in disputes over children arrangements.
Leading Juniors
Tim Parker - 9 Gough Chambers ‘ A brilliant advocate.’
Tara Vindis - 9 Gough Chambers ‘ An experienced advocate.’
Esther MacLachlan - 9 Gough Chambers ‘ A highly rated junior.’
Oliver Millington - 9 Gough Chambers ‘ A fantastic litigator, he is reliable, presents cases very clearly, and has excellent client skills. ’
Health and safety Tier 4
Leading Juniors
Claire Harden-Frost - 9 Gough Chambers ‘ Her calm demeanour and natural authority make her a formidable opponent.’
Set overviews: England and Wales
9 Gough Chambers has ‘successfully attracted barristers who are exceptionally good and yet truly approachable’. The set is well recognised for personal injury work and have a varied mixture of experience – both claimant and defendant – has several clinic negligence experts, and has ‘a good selection of criminal practitioners at all levels’. In recent news, Jacob Levy has assumed the role of head of chambers, Giles Mooney took silk in 2019, and Max Melsa joined from 2 Dr Johnson’s Buildings. The overall ethos of the set extends into ‘the most proficient clerking team in the business’. Director of clerking and business development Michael Goodridge is ‘an absolute asset to chambers’ as he ‘encompasses all the qualities that other sets’ senior clerks seemingly lack – he truly stands apart as a moderniser; he is also the most capable of all the senior clerks, and appreciates the commercial matrix facing the firms who instruct the set’. A ‘rising star’, executive civil clerk Ellie Brand is ‘really carving out a great reputation’ for herself for being ‘hardworking and organised’. ‘Excellent’ junior executive civil clerk Philip Austin has arrived from 12 King's Bench Walk. Gordon Walters is the new director of operations following the departure of John Irving and consultant clerk Garry Farrow has left chambers after 43 years of service. Offices in: London
Chambers of Jacob Levy QC > Firm Profile
9 Gough Chambers is a leading common law set based in London but appearing in courts throughout England and Wales and abroad. The key practice areas are personal injury, clinical negligence, professional negligence, fraud and serious crime, family, police law, professional disciplinary proceedings and commercial litigation.
The set: The set consists of 75 members, including seven silks. Its clinical negligence and personal injury specialists take active involvement in the Personal Injuries Bar Association and APIL, and appear in very high-profile cases, for instance Corr v IBC, Simmons v Castle, Gosling v Screwfix and EXP v Barker. Members of chambers have also been involved with many successful multimillion-pound claims in the last 12 months. They are involved in editing the leading text books in personal injuries including Kemp & Kemp on Quantum and publish their own range of clinical negligence and personal injuries books. The family team has published a book focusing on the Public Law Outline, with a second edition released in 2015.
9 Gough Chambers’ solicitor clients include many of the highest profile specialised personal injury and clinical negligence firms in England and Wales, local authorities, the government legal department, the Serious Fraud Office, HMRC, police solicitors and the Crown Prosecution Service.
Its barristers deliver advice and advocacy in a professional and approachable manner that fits well with professional clients’ objectives and provide in-house and external CPD training to solicitors around England and Wales.
Alongside dedication to client service and a friendly and proactive approach, there are several areas that make this set unique; the set has continued to embrace change in the provision of criminal court advocacy by successfully building up a highly respected serious fraud practice with success in high-profile cases such as SFO LIBOR prosecutions; the set has a large number of senior and mid-level juniors with leading quality practices.
Types of work undertaken: The largest group specialises in personal injury and clinical negligence. Leaders and senior juniors appear regularly in ground-breaking cases. The members mainly represent injured claimants, but some do a high volume of defendant work. This team is arranged into special interest sub-groups covering abuse claims, Animals Act, asbestos disease work, catastrophic injuries, CICA, Court of Protection, costs, employers’ liability, industrial disease, marine accidents, MIB, occupiers’ liability, product liability, road traffic accidents, travel and foreign claims, and sports law. The set publishes a series of PI books including: asbestos claims, clinical negligence claims, manual handling claims, workplace accident claims and work accidents at sea.
Complex fraud work is undertaken by the criminal team for the SFO, the FCA, BERR and the CPS Fraud Unit. Criminal work also covers terrorism, murder, violent and sexual offences with an emphasis on prosecution work for most London Crown Prosecution offices. In addition, a number of members of the criminal team are regularly in the High Court in judicial review cases such as Denby-Collins (the human rights challenge to burglars being killed by homeowners), as well as appearing in the Supreme Court of Appeal on matters of general public importance such as R v Hunter & ors.
The family team has 24 members and is particularly popular with local government solicitors, having preferred set status with most Greater London authorities. Members are instructed in high-profile non-accidental injury, sexual abuse cases and appear in all types of public law children cases, including applications for judicial review. Meanwhile the team has a flourishing private client practice in financial remedies, trust for land claims, contact and residence disputes, and removals from the jurisdiction.
The highly regarded specialist police law practitioners are involved in civil actions against the police, inquests (such as the Diana Princess of Wales inquest), and every type of police-led application, disciplinary proceedings, firearms and liquor licensing.
The commercial and property group has expertise ranging from general commercial contract litigation and arbitration, to sale of goods, consumer credit and leasing agreements, property work and insurance law. The professional negligence group focuses on solicitors’, surveyors’ and accountants’ negligence. The highly regarded employment and discrimination law team represents employees and employers in tribunals all around England and Wales.
Main Contacts
| Department | Name | Telephone | |
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| Head of Chambers | LEVY QC, Jacob (1986) | ||
| Member of Chambers | FOY QC, John (1969) | ||
| Member of Chambers | ALDOUS QC, Grahame (1979) | ||
| Member of Chambers | RITCHIE QC, Andrew (1985) | ||
| Member of Chambers | LITTLE QC, Tom (1997) | ||
| Member of Chambers | McKECHNIE QC, Stuart (1997) | ||
| Member of Chambers | MOONEY QC, Giles (1998) | ||
| Member of Chambers | HILLIER, Nicolas (1982) | ||
| Member of Chambers | HIORNS, Roger (1983) | ||
| Member of Chambers | NAIK, Gaurang (1985) | ||
| Member of Chambers | WILLIAMS, Vincent (1985) | ||
| Member of Chambers | BUCKETT, Edwin (1988) | ||
| Member of Chambers | HOLMES-MILNER, James (1989) | ||
| Member of Chambers | GLYNN, Stephen (1990) | ||
| Member of Chambers | KATRAK, Cyrus (1991) | ||
| Member of Chambers | CROWTHER, Jeremy (1991) | ||
| Member of Chambers | BEGLEY, Laura (1993) | ||
| Member of Chambers | STEPHENSON, Christopher (1994) | ||
| Member of Chambers | PARKER, Timothy (1995) | ||
| Member of Chambers | ELFIELD, Laura (1996) | ||
| Member of Chambers | FORD, Jeremy (1996) | ||
| Member of Chambers | VINDIS, Tara (1996) | ||
| Member of Chambers | BUTLER, Simon (1996) | ||
| Member of Chambers | PAYNE, Jonathan (1997) | ||
| Member of Chambers | MCCRACKEN, Jamie (1998) | ||
| Member of Chambers | GIBBONS, Perrin (1998) | ||
| Member of Chambers | BRINDLE, Simon (1998) | ||
| Member of Chambers | BARRAN, Tabitha (1998) | ||
| Member of Chambers | HORNER, Robert (1999) | ||
| Member of Chambers | DAWSON, Adam (2000) | ||
| Member of Chambers | NELSON, Linda (2000) | ||
| Member of Chambers | SHARGHY, Shahram (2000) | ||
| Member of Chambers | HARDEN-FROST, Claire (2000) | ||
| Member of Chambers | MUNDAY, Gareth (2000) | ||
| Member of Chambers | TAUSSIG, Gurion (2001) | ||
| Member of Chambers | MAWREY, Eleanor (2001) | ||
| Member of Chambers | THACKER, James (2001) | ||
| Member of Chambers | HARTSHORN, Sabrina (2001) | ||
| Member of Chambers | TREGIDGO, Marc (2002) | ||
| Member of Chambers | McALLISTER, Robert (2002) | ||
| Member of Chambers | POUNDER, Esther (2003) | ||
| Member of Chambers | MILLINGTON, Oliver (2003) | ||
| Member of Chambers | RIMMER, Hugh (2003) | ||
| Member of Chambers | VERITY, Emily (2003) | ||
| Member of Chambers | STAMP, Abigail (2004) | ||
| Member of Chambers | MACLACHLAN, Esther (2005) | ||
| Member of Chambers | HOGARTH, Alastair (2005) | ||
| Member of Chambers | NEWCOMB, Jennifer (2006) | ||
| Member of Chambers | LAMB, Edward (2006) | ||
| Member of Chambers | BYRNE, James (2006) | ||
| Member of Chambers | ATKINSON, Catherine (2006) | ||
| Member of Chambers | RODGERS, Ben (2007) | ||
| Member of Chambers | OBORNE, Jennifer | ||
| Member of Chambers | DYKE, Thom (2007) | ||
| Member of Chambers | LAMONT, Kate (2007) | ||
| Member of Chambers | RESTALL, Tom (2007) | ||
| Member of Chambers | BUMPUS, Laura (2008) | ||
| Member of Chambers | TIBBITTS, Holly (2010) | ||
| Member of Chambers | ZURAWEL, Ben (2010) | ||
| Member of Chambers | RAINSBURY, Tom (2010) | ||
| Member of Chambers | DEAN, William (2011) | ||
| Member of Chambers | HUNWICK, Sarah (2011) | ||
| Member of Chambers | POOLEY, Helen (2012) | ||
| Member of Chambers | COLEMAN, Kieran (2012) | ||
| Member of Chambers | PARTOS, Natasha (2012) | ||
| Member of Chambers | SCHMITT, John (2013) | ||
| Member of Chambers | HIBBERD, Laura (2013) | ||
| Member of Chambers | STEVENS, Elizabeth (2015) | ||
| Member of Chambers | JONES, Thomas (2015) | ||
| Member of Chambers | MELSA, Max (2015) | ||
| Member of Chambers | MUFTI, Kyah (2016) | ||
| Member of Chambers | RICHARDS, Jake (2017) | ||
| Member of Chambers | NOORALI, Aqeel (2017) | ||
| Member of Chambers | BUNCE, Theodore (2018) | ||
| Director of Clerking and Business Development | GOODRIDGE Michael | ||
| Director of Operations | WALTERS, Gordon | ||
| Senior Family & Court of Protection & Managing Civil Clerk | BROOKS, Jaime | ||
| Senior Criminal Clerk | LANDA, David | ||
| Executive Civil & Mediation Clerk | BRAND, Ellie |
Lawyer Profiles
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Mr Grahame Aldous QC | Personal injury. Clinical negligence. Catastrophic injury claims and claims involving maritime… | View Profile |
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Ms Catherine Atkinson | Catherine joined Chambers in 2008 after successful completion of her pupillage. She… | View Profile |
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Mr Andrew Baillie QC | Andrew is one of the most successful and experienced fraud advocates in… | View Profile |
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Mr Tabitha Barran | Tabitha was called to the Bar in 1998 and since that date… | View Profile |
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Ms Laura Begley | All aspects of clinical negligence work and personal injury work with additional… | View Profile |
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Mr Simon Brindle | View Profile | |
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Mr Edwin Buckett | An experienced civil practitioner specialising in police law, professional negligence claims, personal… | View Profile |
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Ms Laura Bumpus | Laura has a particular interest in personal injury cases and regularly represents… | View Profile |
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Mr Simon Butler | Simon is a leading barrister who applies expertise and innovation to a… | View Profile |
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Mr James Byrne | James has a growing reputation specialising in the field of complex fraud,… | View Profile |
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Mr Kieran Coleman | Kieran is regularly instructed in Fast track PI work, family care proceedings… | View Profile |
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Mr Jeremy Crowther | Jeremy has been a tenant at 9 Gough Square since 1993 following… | View Profile |
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Mr Adam Dawson | Adam has contributed to a number of publications including Jordans Guide to… | View Profile |
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Mr William Dean | Barrister undertaking broad common law work. William Dean appears in court daily… | View Profile |
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Ms Laura Elfield | Laura has a mixed civil practise, specialising in personal injury, employment law,… | View Profile |
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Mr Jeremy Ford | Jeremy practices in all aspects of personal injury litigation. His specialisms include… | View Profile |
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Mr John Foy | John Foy QC specialises in serious personal injury and clinical negligence cases,… | View Profile |
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Mr Perrin Gibbons | Perrin has a busy and established practice specializing in personal injury and… | View Profile |
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Mr Stephen Glynn | Stephen has huge experience in all matters personal injury drawn from over… | View Profile |
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Ms Claire Harden-Frost | Claire is an experienced criminal barrister who prosecutes and defends serious and… | View Profile |
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Ms Sabrina Hartshorn | View Profile | |
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Mr Nicolas Hillier | Personal injury and professional (clinical and legal) negligence litigation, predominantly employers’ liability… | View Profile |
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Mr Roger Hiorns | Roger Hiorns graduated from the University of Birmingham in 1982 and was… | View Profile |
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Mr Alastair Hogarth | Al is client focussed and practical with a view to achieving the… | View Profile |
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Mr James Holmes-milner | James practises in the fields of property and insolvency, traditional and commercial… | View Profile |
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Mr Rob Horner | Called 1999; Mediation Advocate | View Profile |
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Mr Sarah Hunwick | Sarah became a member of chambers at the beginning of October 2013… | View Profile |
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Mr Cyrus Katrak | Cyrus Katrak is a specialist personal injury and clinical negligence practitioner and… | View Profile |
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Mr Ed Lamb | Ed is an advocate and advisor who specialises in general civil (with… | View Profile |
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Mr Kate Lamont | Barrister. Kate has a busy mixed practice. She advises and appears in… | View Profile |
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Mr Jacob Levy QC | Jacob has spent his entire professional life at 9 Gough Square (formerly… | View Profile |
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Mr Tom Little QC | Crime: As Treasury Counsel Tom regularly prosecutes homicide trials at the Old… | View Profile |
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Ms Esther Maclachlan | Esther has a mixed civil and family law practice. Her civil practice… | View Profile |
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Ms Eleanor Mawrey | Eleanor is an experienced barrister practising in serious crime and is listed… | View Profile |
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Mr Robert Mcallister | Robert has a particular interest in personal injury, professional negligence, clinical negligence… | View Profile |
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Mr Stuart Mckechnie QC | Called 1997. Silk 2018 Stuart specialises in the highest value catastrophic injury… | View Profile |
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Mr Oliver Millington | The focus of Oliver’s family practice is on public law proceedings in… | View Profile |
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Mr Giles Mooney QC | Called 1998. Silk 2019.Giles is a civil practitioner specialising in cases of… | View Profile |
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Mr Gareth Munday | Gareth prosecutes and defends in relation to sexual offences, general crime and… | View Profile |
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Mr Gaurang Naik | Gaurang has a broad based practice consisting of personal injury and general… | View Profile |
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Mr Linda Nelson | Linda has a specialist clinical negligence, personal injury and costs practice with… | View Profile |
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Mr Jennifer Newcomb | A thorough and persuasive advocate, Jennifer practices predominantly in criminal law, clinical… | View Profile |
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Mr Tim Parker | Tim is a barrister and arbitrator specialising in family and associated civil… | View Profile |
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Ms Natasha Partos | Natasha’s practice has quickly developed and she now undertakes a broad spectrum… | View Profile |
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Mr Johnathan Payne | The focus of his practice is multi-track high-value claims either at first… | View Profile |
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Ms Helen Pooley | Helen joined chambers in October 2013 upon completion of her pupillage. She… | View Profile |
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Mr Esther Pounder | Esther has considerable experience in dealing with the whole variety of personal… | View Profile |
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Mr Tom Rainsbury | Since joining Chambers, Tom has developed a thriving and varied practice. He… | View Profile |
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Mr Tom Restall | Tom has a busy and varied civil practice. He is regularly instructed… | View Profile |
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Mr Andrew Ritchie QC | Winner of the Legal 500 Award for Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence… | View Profile |
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Mr Benedict Rodgers | Ben is a civil practitioner with experience across a wide range of… | View Profile |
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Mr John Schmitt | Following the successful completion of pupillage at 9 Gough Square, John has… | View Profile |
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Mr Shahram Sharghy | Shahram undertakes instructions on behalf of Claimant’s and insurers in the three… | View Profile |
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Ms Abigail Stamp | View Profile | |
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Mr Christopher Stephenson | Personal injury and clinical negligence, exclusively for Claimants, in cases of the… | View Profile |
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Mr Gurion Taussig | Gurion has a busy paperwork and court practice in the fields of… | View Profile |
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Mr James Thacker QC | Criminal law with specialisms in Financial Crime, Sexual offences and Child Abuse,… | View Profile |
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Ms Holly Tibbitts | A specialist in civil claims, Holly has a broad practice with a… | View Profile |
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Ms Emily Verity | Emily has specialised in the overlap of areas offered by Chambers, in… | View Profile |
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Ms Tara Vindis | Specialist in child law, both public and private law and related civil… | View Profile |
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Mr Vincent Williams | Vincent is enormously experienced, having practised in the fields of police law… | View Profile |
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Mr Christopher Wilson | Christopher has extensive experience in a wide range of legal areas. Personal… | View Profile |
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Mr Ben Zurawel | Ben was called to the Bar in 2010 and came to 9… | View Profile |