Set Profile > Chambers of Timothy Straker QC and Satinder Hunjan QC > Birmingham , West Midlands
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Chambers of Timothy Straker QC and Satinder Hunjan QC > The Legal 500 Rankings
Set overviews: England and Wales
4-5 Gray's Inn Square is ‘a great team offering a good mix of old school QC experience and fresh energetic juniors’. Chambers is ‘very strong on property disputes and public law issues relating to the rented sector’, particularly following its merger with Arden Chambers in October 2018. In recent chambers news, US lawyers Elisabeth Mason and Denise Gomez DelSignore, as well as Edwin Cameron (former judge of South Africa's Constitutional Court) joined the set, strengthening its international team, while Selena Jones and Philippa Seal join the property team; Iain Christie has been appointed vice chair of the Independent Decision-making body (IDB) of the Bar Standards Board; Garrett Thomas Byrne has been appointed a circuit judge. The set’s clerking and administration teams are led by chief executive Vicky Thompson. The ‘excellent’ clerks are collectively ‘helpful, practical, and knowledgeable’. Senior clerk Tom Grove is ‘brilliant to work with’, and he is ably assisted by senior practice managers David Penson and Emily Martin, who is ‘very responsive and practical’. David Wright is the set’s director of business development. Offices in: London and Birmingham
Mediators Tier 2
4-5 Gray's Inn Square's Colin Manning has been an accredited mediator since 1997. His practice covers a wide range of commercial disputes, including contractual issues, professional negligence, company and shareholder disputes, partnership and construction. Manning is also experienced in mediating employment, property, landlord and tenant, trusts and probate, copyright and international trade claims.
Social housing Tier 2
4-5 Gray's Inn Square inherited a sizeable social housing team when it merged with Arden Chambers in October 2018. The group has expertise in the full range of issues, including homelessness, housing benefit, rent arrears, and anti-social behaviour. Reflective of the footprint of the amalgamated set in the sector, a number of members are playing a key role in the Grenfell Tower inquiry. In addition, numerous individuals have appeared at the Supreme Court recently; in one example, Jonathan Manning represented the local authority respondent in Samuels v Birmingham CC; this was a homelessness appeal, which concerned whether or not the appellant had lawfully been found to be intentionally homeless, on the basis that the accommodation she left was affordable. In the Court of Appeal, Toby Vanhegan represented the tenant in Powell v Dacorum BC; this is the leading case on compliance with the public sector equality duty in possession cases.
Leading Juniors
Mediators Tier 4
Stephen Barker at 4-5 Gray’s Inn Square is 'a very practically minded and proactive mediator, who gets into the papers and works hard to keep the parties invested in the process'. Barker is an independent commercial mediator, whose experience includes a shareholder dispute that arose out of a joint venture.
Mediators Tier 4
4-5 Gray’s Inn Square's Richard Price OBE QC is an expert in entertainment and media law, including IP and defamation, as well as professional negligence, employment law, construction, property and land-related mediations.
Mediators Tier 5
4-5 Gray's Inn Square's Iain Christie provides mediation services in relation to family, workplace, civil and commercial disputes.
Chambers of Timothy Straker QC and Satinder Hunjan QC > Firm Profile
Commercial & Chancery
Our barristers offer specialist advice and advocacy across Commercial and chancery areas of practice and industry sectors – from contract-commercial disputes, to company law, insolvency, intellectual property and trusts. Chambers offers expertise in the areas of media & IP, commercial debt recovery, employment law, and international commercial practice. Members appear in courts and tribunals in England & Wales and in overseas jurisdictions, acting for both domestic and foreign clients, including individuals, corporations, and public bodies.
Planning & Environment
Our Planning Barristers specialise in the processes of planning applications for the development, construction or change of use of a building or buildings; compulsory purchase orders (CPO); and s106 agreements. Our members are experts in contentious judicial reviews, inquiries and appeals; and non-contentious planning and CPO strategies relating to development projects and urban regeneration schemes. Our members also undertake large infrastructure schemes.
Regulatory & Disciplinary
Our Regulatory and Disciplinary team has the expertise and experience to provide specialist advice and representation in all areas of regulatory and disciplinary law including financial services, public safety, environmental, tax, licensing, the medical professions, lawyers, accountants, architects, police, clergy and sports.
Members of Chambers regularly appear for regulators and defendants in front of a wide range of tribunals and other professional bodies and sit as tribunal members.
In the sports arena members have particular expertise in disciplinary proceedings brought by various governing bodies, including doping and misconduct cases, and regulatory matters involving selection, funding, safeguarding, licensing, sponsorship and FA Rule K arbitrations.
Public & Administrative
Our Barristers cover judicial reviews, statutory appeals, inquiries, disciplinary proceedings and non-contentious advice on the powers of administrative functions of central and local government and other public and regulatory bodies. 4-5 Barristers work on a whole spectrum of local government activities, including planning, environmental, education, community care, highways, housing, health, compulsory purchase, public procurement, freedom of information, rating, licensing and elections, issues relating to local government powers, structure and finance.
Housing & Property
Our barristers are noted experts in housing, landlord/tenant and residential & commercial property disputes; many are recommended in the legal directories and engage in wider policy work for government, MPs, pressure/trade groups and devolved governments. We cover everything from possession proceedings to leasehold enfranchisement; HMO and other licensing and homelessness; housing procurement to restrictive covenants.
Main Contacts
| Department | Name | Telephone | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chief Executive | Vicky Thompson | vthompson@4-5.co.uk | |
| Director of Business Development | David Wright | dwright@4-5.co.uk | |
| Senior Clerk | Tom Grove | tgrove@4-5.co.uk | |
| Senior Practice Manager | Emily Martin | emartin@4-5.co.uk | |
| Members of Chambers | STRAKER QC, Timothy (1977) | ||
| Members of Chambers | HUNJAN QC, Satinder (1984) | ||
| Members of Chambers | PRICE, Richard OBE QC (1969) | ||
| Members of Chambers | SAPSFORD QC, Philip (1974) | ||
| Members of Chambers | BRIDGEMAN SC, James (1989) | ||
| Members of Chambers | SINGER QC, Andrew (1990) | ||
| Members of Chambers | MANNING, Colin (1970) | ||
| Members of Chambers | CONNERTY, Anthony (1974) | ||
| Members of Chambers | ROBSON, John (1974) | ||
| Members of Chambers | JEFFERIS, Michael (1976) | ||
| Members of Chambers | LAMBERT, Jane (1977) | ||
| Members of Chambers | DAVEY, Toby (1977) | ||
| Members of Chambers | HORSINGTON, Simon (1978) | ||
| Members of Chambers | BARRETT, John (1982) | ||
| Members of Chambers | RANDLE, Simon (1982) | ||
| Members of Chambers | DIAS, Sappho (1982) | ||
| Members of Chambers | STEPHENS, Michael (1983) | ||
| Members of Chambers | BAKER, Christoper (1984) | ||
| Members of Chambers | POWELL, Jonathan (1984) | ||
| Members of Chambers | ROSE, Jonathan (1986) | ||
| Members of Chambers | MANNING, Jonathan (1989) | ||
| Members of Chambers | COLVILLE, Iain (1989) | ||
| Members of Chambers | OKOYA, William (1989) | ||
| Members of Chambers | BARKER, Stephen (1989) | ||
| Members of Chambers | PEACOCK, Ian (1990) | ||
| Members of Chambers | DYMOND, Andrew (1991) | ||
| Members of Chambers | CAFFERKEY, Annette (1994) | ||
| Members of Chambers | VANHEGAN, Toby (1996) | ||
| Members of Chambers | TAYLOR, Patrick (1996) | ||
| Members of Chambers | GREATOREX, Helen (1997) | ||
| Members of Chambers | MCCAFFERTY, John (2000) | ||
| Members of Chambers | AGNIHOTRI, Naveen (2001) | ||
| Members of Chambers | BELOFF, Rupert (2001) | ||
| Members of Chambers | CARR, Nikki (2002) | ||
| Members of Chambers | BATES, Justin (2003) | ||
| Members of Chambers | LOVEGROVE, Stephanie (2004) | ||
| Members of Chambers | VORA, Karishma (2006) | ||
| Members of Chambers | MCATEER, Helen (2008) | ||
| Members of Chambers | PANAYI, Christian (2009) | ||
| Members of Chambers | LARKIN, Christopher ( 2010) | ||
| Members of Chambers | JUST, Amy (2011) | ||
| Members of Chambers | ROBINS, Anneli (2011) | ||
| Members of Chambers | SEDGLEY, Vivienne (2011) | ||
| Members of Chambers | ZANG, Clara (2012) | ||
| Members of Chambers | DUNCAN, Salma (2012) | ||
| Members of Chambers | OMAR, Ayesha (2012) | ||
| Members of Chambers | FORD, Olivia (2013) | ||
| Members of Chambers | SHEPHARD, Max (2013) | ||
| Members of Chambers | IMAM, Rayan (2013) | ||
| Members of Chambers | MURRAY, Rea (2015) | ||
| Members of Chambers | FRANCIS, Thomas (2015) | ||
| Members of Chambers | COLVILE, Raoul (2016) | ||
| Members of Chambers | LYNE, Brooke (2016) | ||
| Members of Chambers | ELLIOT, Katharine (2016) | ||
| Members of Chambers | GARDINER, Hannah (2016) | ||
| Members of Chambers | HASSANALLY, Salmaan (2017) | ||
| Members of Chambers | HARMS HON JUSTICE, Louis* | ||
| Members of Chambers | CARDUCCI, Prof. Dr. G* | ||
| Members of Chambers | KENNY QC, Caroline (2010)* | ||
| Members of Chambers | STUTZER, Dr Hansjörg* | ||
| Members of Chambers | BYRNE, Garrett (1986)* | ||
| Members of Chambers | BARAV, Ami (1993)* | ||
| Members of Chambers | PETER, Natasha (2001)* | ||
| Members of Chambers | DHANOA, Dilpreet K (2009)* | ||
| Members of Chambers | COHEN, Paul H (2011)* | ||
| Members of Chambers | FORSYTH, Prof. C (1987)** | ||
| Members of Chambers | STAFFORD, Paul (1987)** | ||
| Members of Chambers | CHRISTIE, Iain (1989)** | ||
| Members of Chambers | CONNOLLY, Fionnuala (1996)** | ||
| Members of Chambers | HOFFMAN, David (1997)** | ||
| Members of Chambers | *International Tenants | ||
| Members of Chambers | **Associate Tenants |