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1 Lady Hale Gate, Gray’s Inn
WC1X 8BS
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Gatehouse Chambers > The Legal 500 Rankings
Employment
Rising stars
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Private client: trusts and probate
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Costs
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Court of Protection and community care
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Company and partnership
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Construction Tier 3
Gatehouse Chambers possesses 'exceptional performers' who are instructed by the top tier construction firms. The 'brilliant' Paul Reed QC is leading the David Pliener and the Ebony Alleyne in Green Oasis International Company Limited & Others v Northacre Plc & Others (2018), a £20m claim arising from defective redevelopment works to ‘The Lancasters’, a landmark development in central London overlooking Hyde Park. Acting in the TCC has been Nigel Jones QC, leading Catherine Piercy in Lessors & Management Company of Herons Court v HeronsLea Limited, NHBC and others, defending a defects claim brought in effect by 20 owners of a block of flats built/developed by Heronslea.
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Insolvency Tier 3
'A great set, with a number of excellent barristers across numerous practice areas', Gatehouse Chambers is well-regarded for international and offshore insolvency work arising out of the Channel Islands and Caribbean. Wendy Parker is an insolvency and restructuring law specialist, focusing on directors' duties and rights, derivative claims and shareholder disputes. In Autogas (Europe) Ltd v Saunders Graig and Ochockii, she successfully defended a claim that was brought against the liquidator that failed to obtain sufficient adverse costs insurance. At the junior end, the 'technically very strong' Jonathan Titmuss stands out for having particularly active insolvency practice.
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Civil liberties and human rights (including actions against the police)
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Professional negligence Tier 3
Gatehouse Chambers is 'an approachable set' with 'experienced barristers who really know their chosen fields'. The set, which includes 'many excellent juniors', draws on its strength in property and construction to handle a range of construction-related professional negligence claims, with Paul Reed QC, David Pliener and Ebony Alleyne acting for the leaseholders in a claim against various members of the project team in Green Oasis International Company Limited v Northacre Plc, which relates to defective redevelopment works, and Catherine Piercy acting for a subcontractor in Premier Inn v KD Facades and others, a high-profile cladding claim. Members also have expertise in solicitors', investment and financial services negligence, among other areas.
Rising stars
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Property litigation Tier 3
Gatehouse Chambers is a ‘strong property set’ with ‘fantastic client service’ and a ‘wide range of excellent counsel’. Clients note its ‘good range of specialisms’ encompass property-related insolvency and professional negligence, cladding and nuisance, trespass injunctions, land registration and ground rent disputes. In addition, individual members demonstrate experience in respect of pub and Airbnb-related litigation, Japanese knotweed disputes, and Schedule 3A of the Communications Act 2003. A notable example of the set’s recent work was Triplark v Reiner & Wismayer, a matter relating to alienation provisions in which Brie Stevens-Hoare QC successfully convinced the Supreme Court to refuse permission to appeal following on from two previous rulings in the Court of Appeal and Upper Tribunal of the FFT. Further strengthening the set, Faisel Sadiq, a barrister primarily focused on commercial landlord and tenant disputes, recently joined from Ely Place Chambers.
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Social housing Tier 3
Gatehouse Chambers has benefited from the consolidation in the social housing sector, which has seen a large number of housing associations merge to form 'super' housing associations. With the set having strong capabilities in real estate litigation and construction, its members are increasingly sought out to advise these entities on a broad cross-section of issues beyond those specific to the management of social housing tenancies. On the social housing management side, Morayo Fagborun Bennett acted for Peabody Trust in a possession claim, which had been defended on the basis that the occupier had paid an unprotected deposit to a fraudulent former employee of the housing association. Optivo, London & Quadrant and A2 Dominion also turn to the set for advice, while members also act for local authorities and tenants. Alison Meacher represented Nuneaton & Bedworth Borough Council at the Court of Appeal in a significant bedroom tax test case against the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.
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Commercial litigation Tier 4
Gatehouse Chambers is a 'dynamic and proactive' set, 'which has been especially apparent during the Covid-19 crisis'. Several clients praise the 'excellent training programmes in various areas'. The versatile commercial set draws on strengths from across several areas, including insolvency, insurance, franchising and Chancery disputes. Clients also note the set is 'one of the most human and engaging, with counsel who live in the real world'. Major mandates include the SKAT Litigation, in which Nigel Jones QC and Laurence Page are representing Sanjay Shah. David Lewis QC and Emily Betts acted together in the shareholder dispute, Andersson v Kamran.
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2019 Silks
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Insurance and reinsurance Tier 4
Gatehouse Chambers has 'a number of experienced barristers who really know their chosen fields and is really efficient and excellently led by chief executive Amanda Illing'. The set's insurance disputes work is focused on construction, property damage and professional negligence. In recent work of note, Paul Reed QC acted for Generali in a substantial Commercial Court insurance claim, which arose out of damage to an aluminium smelting facility in the Netherlands. And, in recent years, Nigel Jones QC has been heavily involved in litigation resulting from the insolvency of leading insurers, such as Enterprise Insurance. At the junior end, David Pliener is part of the legal team acting in a claim involving defective redevelopment works.
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Education
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Clinical negligence
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Fraud: civil
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Intellectual property
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Personal injury, industrial disease and insurance fraud Tier 4
Gatehouse Chambers has a 'strong presence' and is 'a go-to set for personal injury of all types'. Practitioners are noted for their 'consistency, hard work and diligence', as well as their ability to come up with 'novel ideas to put the other side off guard'. Charles Bagot QC is instructed for the defendant in Hoff (a child) v Langley Design & Ors, a catastrophic brain injury claim valued at over £25m. Alongside dealing with a wide variety of injury work, including brain damage, fatalities, and Animals Act and Montreal Convention claims, the set also handles matters relating to fraud, where the key name to note is the 'very approachable' Gemma Witherington. The 'tenacious' Colm Nugent is earmarked as 'a future silk', while 'passionate advocate' Jasmine Murphy is highlighted as being able to 'discern a novel approach to most issues'.
Personal injury - Leading Silks
Insurance fraud - Leading Juniors
Personal injury - Leading Juniors
Mediators Tier 5
John de Waal QC - Hardwicke Gatehouse Chambers's John de Waal QC is a highly rated property silk, who qualified as a mediator in 2002. He has acted as lead mediator in over 100 cases, with most of his mediations involving property issues. He also handles wider commercial disputes.
Commercial litigation
Lauren Godfrey joined Gatehouse Chambers in 2019 from 1 Crown Office Row, Brighton, bringing with him a significant South Eastern commercial litigation practice, acting for a range of clients including banks, finance companies, directors, shareholders, local authorities and non-for-profit organisations.
Leading Juniors
Court of Protection and community care
At Gatehouse Chambers, Alison Meacher acts for both claimants and public in disputes over all aspects of public service and care provision as well as in proceedings involving adults who lack capacity and deprivation of liberty.
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Employment
Lauren Godfrey joined Gatehouse Chambers in 2019 from 1 Crown Office Row, Brighton, bringing with him a good reputation in the South Eastern Circuit, regularly handling high-value and publicity-sensitive cases.
Leading Juniors
Property and construction
Gatehouse Chambers is home to John Clargo and Charlotte John, who both have very active property practices in the South East. Like the set's London presence, its property expertise includes residential and commercial landlord and tenant matters, as well as agricultural tenancies, TOLATA claims and property-related negligence cases.
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Set overviews: England and Wales
Multidisciplinary set Gatehouse Chambers, which has particular expertise across the construction, professional negligence, and property litigation space, has had an eventful year, becoming a limited company and announcing plans to move to One Gray’s Inn in mid 2021. The set's expansion plans have continued with the arrival of Mark O’Grady from Lamb Chambers, and Philipp Simon and Faisel Sadiq from Ely Place. Chambers management has also expanded with the hiring of Zoe Mellor as Practice Operations Director. In other recent news, the set has celebrated the appointment of five new Recorders: Jamal Demachkie, Andrew Skelly, Matthew Hodson (South Eastern, Crime), Rupert Higgins (Midland, Family), and Alison Meacher (South Eastern, Family).
Clerks:
Testimonials
Clerks
Patrick Sarson is by far the most approachable and unquestionably efficient clerk I have had the pleasure of dealing with.
Richard Sumarno, Paul Nuttall and Adam Blades are fantastic clerks who respond promptly to requests. They are all highly organised and are willing to offer assistance where possible.
Richard Sumarno and James Duncan-Harthill lead the team really well. They are great to deal with. Very accommodating and clear. Natasha and Paul are also very good.
The clerks are always available to speak, they are polite friendly and very professional. Of particular note are James Duncan-Hartill and Richard Sumano either of whom are contactable out of hours and willing to assist in any way they can.
James Duncan Harthill is a great senior clerk and keeps in regular contact with our team. I would say that Hardwicke are modern and forward thinking.
Best clerking in the business. Patrick Sarson is particularly good.
Excellent clerks across the whole set. Adam Blades a standout.
The clerks rooms are all helpful, both in organising conferences and dealing with the financial administration of any instructions. Paul Nuttal is a great first point of contact and particularly helpful.
Set
Very efficient, and the set as a whole is excellently lead by CEO Amanda Illing.
Hardwicke is one of my go-to sets for commercial litigation. The strength and depth of experience available means you know the right person will be available for any job even if your first choice counsel is not available.
Good strength in depth in terms of costs. Reasonable and pragmatic when it comes to fees when necessary and generally always available to assist even at short notice.
Hardwicke also run a range of training programmes – some at their Chambers and some online – including some delivered at our offices. All have been effective, focused and well presented.
The training offered is excellent and there is a good broad spectrum of experience to chose from.
Hardwicke run a good seminar programme on topical issues which members of the team regularly attend.
Willing to present up to date and helpful seminars on cost developments.
The set are dynamic and proactive which has been especially apparent during the Covid-19 crisis. They heve been adaptable and helpful in sharing knowledge and information.
I attended a very useful seminar last year which also provided the opportunity to get to know some of the barristers better and makes you more likely to instruct them in future.
We are fans of Hardwicke. They seem to be very on the ball and are raising their profile.
I know more barristers at Hardwicke than any other chambers – they introduce each other and do not simply rely on the clerks to market the wider set. They have been running a great series of accessible (short and informal) webinars on the Covid crisis – I am bombarded by circulars from solicitors and barristers and these webinars are the only webinars I regularly make the time to attend
Hardwicke chambers are often our go to set for a wide range of commercial matters. Their communication and administrative skills are excellent which always makes life easier.
I have worked with Hardwicke Chambers for many years and they are one of my go to sets for property litigation work. I have worked with many of their barristers and find them easy to deal with.
The set has an extensive rage of juniors who are able to deal with all insolvency related matters. Many of the junior are also experts can offer wider advice over connected albeit different areas.
I have found Hardwicke to be excellent in the areas of property and wills/estates.
Set overviews: England and Wales
Multidisciplinary set Gatehouse Chambers, which has particular expertise across the construction, professional negligence, and property litigation space, has had an eventful year, becoming a limited company and announcing plans to move to One Gray’s Inn in mid 2021. The set's expansion plans have continued with the arrival of Mark O’Grady from Lamb Chambers, and Philipp Simon and Faisel Sadiq from Ely Place. Chambers management has also expanded with the hiring of Zoe Mellor as Practice Operations Director. In other recent news, the set has celebrated the appointment of five new Recorders: Jamal Demachkie, Andrew Skelly, Matthew Hodson (South Eastern, Crime), Rupert Higgins (Midland, Family), and Alison Meacher (South Eastern, Family).
Clerks:
Testimonials
Clerks
Patrick Sarson is by far the most approachable and unquestionably efficient clerk I have had the pleasure of dealing with.
Richard Sumarno, Paul Nuttall and Adam Blades are fantastic clerks who respond promptly to requests. They are all highly organised and are willing to offer assistance where possible.
Richard Sumarno and James Duncan-Harthill lead the team really well. They are great to deal with. Very accommodating and clear. Natasha and Paul are also very good.
The clerks are always available to speak, they are polite friendly and very professional. Of particular note are James Duncan-Hartill and Richard Sumano either of whom are contactable out of hours and willing to assist in any way they can.
James Duncan Harthill is a great senior clerk and keeps in regular contact with our team. I would say that Hardwicke are modern and forward thinking.
Best clerking in the business. Patrick Sarson is particularly good.
Excellent clerks across the whole set. Adam Blades a standout.
The clerks rooms are all helpful, both in organising conferences and dealing with the financial administration of any instructions. Paul Nuttal is a great first point of contact and particularly helpful.
Set
Very efficient, and the set as a whole is excellently lead by CEO Amanda Illing.
Hardwicke is one of my go-to sets for commercial litigation. The strength and depth of experience available means you know the right person will be available for any job even if your first choice counsel is not available.
Good strength in depth in terms of costs. Reasonable and pragmatic when it comes to fees when necessary and generally always available to assist even at short notice.
Hardwicke also run a range of training programmes – some at their Chambers and some online – including some delivered at our offices. All have been effective, focused and well presented.
The training offered is excellent and there is a good broad spectrum of experience to chose from.
Hardwicke run a good seminar programme on topical issues which members of the team regularly attend.
Willing to present up to date and helpful seminars on cost developments.
The set are dynamic and proactive which has been especially apparent during the Covid-19 crisis. They heve been adaptable and helpful in sharing knowledge and information.
I attended a very useful seminar last year which also provided the opportunity to get to know some of the barristers better and makes you more likely to instruct them in future.
We are fans of Hardwicke. They seem to be very on the ball and are raising their profile.
I know more barristers at Hardwicke than any other chambers – they introduce each other and do not simply rely on the clerks to market the wider set. They have been running a great series of accessible (short and informal) webinars on the Covid crisis – I am bombarded by circulars from solicitors and barristers and these webinars are the only webinars I regularly make the time to attend
Hardwicke chambers are often our go to set for a wide range of commercial matters. Their communication and administrative skills are excellent which always makes life easier.
I have worked with Hardwicke Chambers for many years and they are one of my go to sets for property litigation work. I have worked with many of their barristers and find them easy to deal with.
The set has an extensive rage of juniors who are able to deal with all insolvency related matters. Many of the junior are also experts can offer wider advice over connected albeit different areas.
I have found Hardwicke to be excellent in the areas of property and wills/estates.
Regional Bar > South Eastern Circuit > Commercial litigation
Lauren Godfrey joined Gatehouse Chambers in 2019 from 1 Crown Office Row, Brighton, bringing with him a significant South Eastern commercial litigation practice, acting for a range of clients including banks, finance companies, directors, shareholders, local authorities and non-for-profit organisations.
Leading Juniors
Regional Bar > South Eastern Circuit > Court of Protection and community care
At Gatehouse Chambers, Alison Meacher acts for both claimants and public in disputes over all aspects of public service and care provision as well as in proceedings involving adults who lack capacity and deprivation of liberty.
Leading Juniors
Regional Bar > South Eastern Circuit > Employment
Lauren Godfrey joined Gatehouse Chambers in 2019 from 1 Crown Office Row, Brighton, bringing with him a good reputation in the South Eastern Circuit, regularly handling high-value and publicity-sensitive cases.
Leading Juniors
Regional Bar > South Eastern Circuit > Property and construction
Gatehouse Chambers is home to John Clargo and Charlotte John, who both have very active property practices in the South East. Like the set's London presence, its property expertise includes residential and commercial landlord and tenant matters, as well as agricultural tenancies, TOLATA claims and property-related negligence cases.
Leading Juniors
Regional Bar > Set overviews: England and Wales
Multidisciplinary set Gatehouse Chambers, which has particular expertise across the construction, professional negligence, and property litigation space, has had an eventful year, becoming a limited company and announcing plans to move to One Gray’s Inn in mid 2021. The set's expansion plans have continued with the arrival of Mark O’Grady from Lamb Chambers, and Philipp Simon and Faisel Sadiq from Ely Place. Chambers management has also expanded with the hiring of Zoe Mellor as Practice Operations Director. In other recent news, the set has celebrated the appointment of five new Recorders: Jamal Demachkie, Andrew Skelly, Matthew Hodson (South Eastern, Crime), Rupert Higgins (Midland, Family), and Alison Meacher (South Eastern, Family).
Clerks:
Testimonials
Clerks
Patrick Sarson is by far the most approachable and unquestionably efficient clerk I have had the pleasure of dealing with.
Richard Sumarno, Paul Nuttall and Adam Blades are fantastic clerks who respond promptly to requests. They are all highly organised and are willing to offer assistance where possible.
Richard Sumarno and James Duncan-Harthill lead the team really well. They are great to deal with. Very accommodating and clear. Natasha and Paul are also very good.
The clerks are always available to speak, they are polite friendly and very professional. Of particular note are James Duncan-Hartill and Richard Sumano either of whom are contactable out of hours and willing to assist in any way they can.
James Duncan Harthill is a great senior clerk and keeps in regular contact with our team. I would say that Hardwicke are modern and forward thinking.
Best clerking in the business. Patrick Sarson is particularly good.
Excellent clerks across the whole set. Adam Blades a standout.
The clerks rooms are all helpful, both in organising conferences and dealing with the financial administration of any instructions. Paul Nuttal is a great first point of contact and particularly helpful.
Set
Very efficient, and the set as a whole is excellently lead by CEO Amanda Illing.
Hardwicke is one of my go-to sets for commercial litigation. The strength and depth of experience available means you know the right person will be available for any job even if your first choice counsel is not available.
Good strength in depth in terms of costs. Reasonable and pragmatic when it comes to fees when necessary and generally always available to assist even at short notice.
Hardwicke also run a range of training programmes – some at their Chambers and some online – including some delivered at our offices. All have been effective, focused and well presented.
The training offered is excellent and there is a good broad spectrum of experience to chose from.
Hardwicke run a good seminar programme on topical issues which members of the team regularly attend.
Willing to present up to date and helpful seminars on cost developments.
The set are dynamic and proactive which has been especially apparent during the Covid-19 crisis. They heve been adaptable and helpful in sharing knowledge and information.
I attended a very useful seminar last year which also provided the opportunity to get to know some of the barristers better and makes you more likely to instruct them in future.
We are fans of Hardwicke. They seem to be very on the ball and are raising their profile.
I know more barristers at Hardwicke than any other chambers – they introduce each other and do not simply rely on the clerks to market the wider set. They have been running a great series of accessible (short and informal) webinars on the Covid crisis – I am bombarded by circulars from solicitors and barristers and these webinars are the only webinars I regularly make the time to attend
Hardwicke chambers are often our go to set for a wide range of commercial matters. Their communication and administrative skills are excellent which always makes life easier.
I have worked with Hardwicke Chambers for many years and they are one of my go to sets for property litigation work. I have worked with many of their barristers and find them easy to deal with.
The set has an extensive rage of juniors who are able to deal with all insolvency related matters. Many of the junior are also experts can offer wider advice over connected albeit different areas.
I have found Hardwicke to be excellent in the areas of property and wills/estates.
Gatehouse Chambers > Set Profile
Gatehouse Chambers specialises in commercial dispute resolution, construction, insolvency and restructuring, insurance, personal injury and clinical negligence, private client, professional liability and property. It is one of the most innovative and modern sets at the Bar. Known for its friendly atmosphere and progressive outlook, it is run as a commercial business with a strong focus on client service. Its business culture is reinforced by an active CSR and equality and diversity programme.
WORK UNDERTAKEN
Commercial Dispute Resolution: Gatehouse Chambers has a strong commercial litigation and arbitration team who also offer specialist expertise in banking and finance; companies, joint ventures and partnerships; executive and employment disputes; franchising; intellectual property and private international law. Michael Wheater and Charles Raffin are the authors of the market leading text: Edisclosure – Law & Practice.
Construction & Engineering: Gatehouse Chambers is a leading construction set whose members deal in both construction litigation and arbitration; construction insolvency; energy and renewables; the professional negligence of construction professionals and property damage. Under the editorship of Paul Reed QC, the team has produced two leading texts: Construction All Risks Insurance and Construction Professional Indemnity Insurance.
Insolvency & Restructuring: the team specialise in corporate and personal insolvency; construction and property insolvency; directors’ disqualification as well as civil fraud and asset tracing. The team edits Atkins Corporate Insolvency.
Insurance: Gatehouse Chambers covers construction, professional indemnity insurance and litigation insurance as well as general coverage disputes and insurance funded litigation. The team contributes to Insurance Broking Practice & the Law.
Personal Injury & Clinical Negligence with specialist expertise in disease, fraud, inquests, inquiries and product liability. Charles Bagot QC and Jasmine Murphy help write Kemp & Kemp .
Private Client: the team handle contentious probate and Inheritance Act cases as well as those involving the Court of Protection and trusts including TOLATA, community care, social welfare and benefits.
Professional Liability: Gatehouse Chambers is a leading set handling professional negligence claims across the construction and property, financial, insolvency, insurance and legal sectors.
Property: Gatehouse Chambers is a premier property set handling commercial landlord and tenant; development and planning; housing (social and privately rented); leasehold and leasehold management, real property and mortgages as well as TOLATA claims. John de Waal QC assisted by a Hardwicke team edits Risk & Negligence in Property Transactions. Daniel Gatty has produced A Practical Guide to Rights over Airspace & Subsoil.
Main Contacts
| Department | Name | Telephone | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Member of Chambers | JONES QC, Nigel (1976) | nigel.jones@gatehouselaw.co.uk | 0044 (0)207 242 2523 |
| Member of Chambers | ANDERSON QC, Lesley (1989) | lesley.anderson@gatehouselaw.co.uk | 0044 (0)207 242 2523 |
| Member of Chambers | REED QC, Paul (1988) | paul.reed@gatehouselaw.co.uk | 0044 (0)207 242 2523 |
| Joint Head of Chambers | STEVENS-HOARE QC, Brie (1986) | brie@gatehouselaw.co.uk | 0044 (0)207 242 2523 |
| Joint Head of Chambers | KIRBY QC, Peter (1989) | pj.kirby@gatehouselaw.co.uk | 0044 (0)207 242 2523 |
| Member of Chambers | de WAAL QC, John (1992) | john.dewaalqc@gatehouselaw.co.uk | 0044 (0)207 242 2523 |
| Member of Chambers | BAGOT QC, Charles (1997) | charles.bagotqc@gatehouselaw.co.uk | 0044 (0)207 242 2523 |
| Member of Chambers | LEWIS QC, David (1997) | david.lewis@gatehouselaw.co.uk | 0044 (0)207 242 2523 |
| Member of Chambers | LAUGHTON SC, Greg (1982) | greg.laughton@gatehouselaw.co.uk | 0044 (0)207 242 2523 |
| Member of Chambers | STOW QC, Tim (1965) | tim.stow@gatehouselaw.co.uk | 0044 (0)207 242 2523 |
| Member of Chambers | PARKER, Wendy (1978) | wparker@gatehouselawco.uk | 0044 (0)207 242 2523 |
| Member of Chambers | KING, Karl (1985) | karl.king@gatehouselaw.co.uk | 0044 (0)207 242 2523 |
| Member of Chambers | PALFREY, Monty (1985) | monty.palfrey@gatehouselaw.co.uk | 0044 (0)207 242 2523 |
| Member of Chambers | WOOLF, Steven (1989) | steven.woolf@gatehouselaw.co.uk | 0044 (0)207 242 2523 |
| Member of Chambers | GATTY, Daniel (1990) | daniel.gatty@gatehouselaw.co.uk | 0044 (0)207 242 2523 |
| Member of Chambers | EILLEDGE, Amanda (1991) | amanda.eilledge@gatehouselaw.co.uk | 0044 (0)207 242 2523 |
| Member of Chambers | HIGGINS, Rupert (1991) | rupert.higgins@gatehouselaw.co.uk | 0044 (0)207 242 2523 |
| Members of Chambers | NUGENT, Colm (1992) | colm.nugent@gatehouselaw.co.uk | 0044 (0)207 242 2523 |
| Member of Chambers | CLARGO, John (1994) | john.clargo@gatehouselaw.co.uk | 0044 (0)207 242 2523 |
| Member of Chambers | SKELLY, Andrew (1994) | andrew.skelly@gatehouselaw.co.uk | 0044 (0)207 242 2523 |
| Member of Chambers | PLIENER, David (1996) | david.pliener@gatehouselaw.co.uk | 0044 (0)207 242 2523 |
| Member of Chambers | ROWNTREE, Edward (1996) | edward.rowntree@gatehouselaw.co.uk | 0044 (0)207 242 2523 |
| Member of Chambers | SILCOCK, Ian (1997) | ian.silcock@gatehouselaw.co.uk | 0044 (0)207 242 2523 |
| Member of Chambers | WATSON, Alaric (1997) | alaric.watson@gatehouselaw.co.uk | 0044 (0)207 242 2523 |
| Member of Chambers | MEACHER, Alison (1998) | alison.meacher@gatehouselaw.co.uk | 0044 (0)207 242 2523 |
| Member of Chambers | PETTS, Peter (1998) | peter.petts@gatehouselaw.co.uk | 0044 (0)207 242 2523 |
| Member of Chambers | STEPHENS, Mark (1998) | mark.stephens@gatehouselaw.co.uk | 0044 (0)207 242 2523 |
| Member of Chambers | ZEB, Emma (1998) | emma.zeb@gatehouselaw.co.uk | 0044 (0)207 242 2523 |
| Member of Chambers | SLACK, Henry (1999) | henry.slack@gatehouselaw.co.uk | 0044 (0)207 242 2523 |
| Member of Chambers | HALL, James (2000) | james.hall@gatehouselaw.co.uk | 0044 (0)207 242 2523 |
| Member of Chambers | SADIQ, Faisel (2000) | faisel.sadiq@gatehouselaw.co.uk | 0044 (0)20 7242 2523 |
| Member of Chambers | McKINLAY, Vanessa (2000) | vanessa.mckinlay@gatehouselaw.co.uk | 0044 (0)20 7242 2523 |
| Member of Chambers | AKHTAR, Shazia (2001) | shazia.akhtar@gatehouselaw.co.uk | 0044 (0)207 242 2523 |
| Member of Chambers | McCANN, Sarah (2001) | sarah.mccann@gatehouselaw.co.uk | 0044 (0)207 242 2523 |
| Member of Chambers | TITMUSS, Jonathan (2001) | jonathan.titmuss@gatehouselaw.co.uk | 0044 (0)207 242 2523 |
| Member of Chambers | DUNNE, Robin (2002) | robin.dunne@gatehouselaw.co.uk | 0044 (0)207 242 2523 |
| Member of Chambers | MURPHY, Jasmine (2002) | jasmine.murphy@gatehouselaw.co.uk | 0044 (0)207 242 2523 |
| Member of Chambers | CLARKE, Sarah (2003) | sarah.clarke@gatehouselaw.co.uk | 0044 (0)207 242 2523 |
| Member of Chambers | WHEATER, Michael (2003) | michael.wheater@gatehouselaw.co.uk | 0044 (0)207 242 2523 |
| Member of Chambers | DEMACHKIE, Jamal (2004) | jamal.demachkie@gatehouselaw.co.uk | 0044 (0)207 242 2523 |
| Member of Chambers | FAGBORUN-BENNETT, Morayo (2004) | morayo.fagborunbennett@gatehouselaw.co.uk | 0044 (0)207 242 2523 |
| Member of Chambers | HODSON, Matthew (2004) | matthew.hodson@gatehouselaw.co.uk | 0044 (0)207 242 2523 |
| Member of Chambers | SIMON, Philipp (2004) | philipp.simon@gatehouselaw.co.uk | 0044 (0)207 242 2523 |
| Member of Chambers | CREER, Andy (2005) | andy.creer@gatehouselaw.co.uk | 0044 (0)207 242 2523 |
| Member of Chambers | RAFFIN, Charles (2005) | charles.raffin@gatehouselaw.co.uk | 0044 (0)207 242 2523 |
| Member of Chambers | STRELITZ, Paul (2005) | paul.strelitz@gatehouselaw.co.uk | 0044 (0)207 242 2523 |
| Member of Chambers | BELL, Thomas (2006) | thomas.bell@gatehouselaw.co.uk | 0044 (0)207 242 2523 |
| Member of Chambers | BREWIN, Carl (2006) | carl.brewin@gatehouselaw.co.uk | 0044 (0)207 242 2523 |
| Member of Chambers | GODFREY, Lauren (2007) | lauren.godfrey@gatehouselaw.co.uk | 0044 (0)207 242 2523 |
| Member of Chambers | PIERCY, Catherine (2007) | catherine.piercy@gatehouselaw.co.uk | 0044 (0)207 242 2523 |
| Member of Chambers | TWEEDY, Laura (2007) | laura.tweedy@gatehouselaw.co.uk | 0044 (0)207 242 2523 |
| Member of Chambers | WHITE, Helena (2007) | helena.white@gatehouselaw.co.uk | 0044 (0)207 242 2523 |
| Member of Chambers | PEACHEY, David (2007) | david.peachey@gatehouselaw.co.uk | 0044 (0)207 242 2523 |
| Member of Chambers | JOHN, Charlotte (2008) | charlotte.john@gatehouselaw.co.uk | 0044 (0)207 242 2523 |
| Member of Chambers | PATTERSON, Phillip (2008) | phillip.patterson@gatehouselaw.co.uk | 0044 (0)207 242 2523 |
| Member of Chambers | ALLEYNE, Ebony (2009) | ebony.alleyne@gatehouselaw.co.uk | 0044 (0)207 242 2523 |
| Member of Chambers | BETTS, Emily (2009) | emily.betts@gatehouselaw.co.uk | 0044 (0)207 242 2523 |
| Member of Chambers | SINGARAJAH, Frederico (2009) | frederico.singarajah@gatehouselaw.co.uk | 0044 (0)207 242 2523 |
| Member of Chambers | MATTSON, Lina (2010) | lina.mattsson@gatehouselaw.co.uk | 0044 (0)207 242 2523 |
| Member of Chambers | PAGE, Laurence (2010) | laurence.page@gatehouselaw.co.uk | 0044 (0)207 242 2523 |
| Member of Chambers | ANSLOW, Clare (2011) | clare.anslow@gatehouselaw.co.uk | 0044 (0)207 242 2523 |
| Member of Chambers | GRIFFITHS, Martyn (2011) | martyn.griffiths@gatehouselaw.co.uk | 0044 (0)207 242 2523 |
| Member of Chambers | McERLEAN, Aileen (2011) | aileen.mcerlean@gatehouselaw.co.uk | 0044 (0)207 242 2523 |
| Member of Chambers | BERESFORD, John (2012) | john.beresford@gatehouselaw.co.uk | 0044 (0)207 242 2523 |
| Member of Chambers | CARMICHAEL, Sri (2012) | sri.carmichael@gatehouselaw.co.uk | 0044 (0)207 242 2523 |
| Member of Chambers | DILLON, Jack (2012) | jack.dillon@gatehouselaw.co.uk | 0044 (0)207 242 2523 |
| Member of Chambers | HYAMS, Oliver (2012) | oliver.hyams@gatehouselaw.co.uk | 0044 (0)207 242 2523 |
| Member of Chambers | KERRY, Simon (2012) | simon.kerry@gatehouselaw.co.uk | 0044 (0)207 242 2523 |
| Member of Chambers | LEE, Katie (2012) | katie.lee@gatehouselaw.co.uk | 0044 (0)207 242 2523 |
| Member of Chambers | TETSTALL, Michael (2012) | michael.tetstall@gatehouselaw.co.uk | 0044 (0)207 242 2523 |
| Member of Chambers | HYNES, Emma (2013) | emma.hynes@gatehouselaw.co.uk | 0044 (0)207 242 2523 |
| Member of Chambers | MALONEY, Aneurin (2013) | aneurin.maloney@gatehouselaw.co.uk | 0044 (0)207 242 2523 |
| Member of Chambers | BHATT, Rajiv (2014) | rajiv.bhatt@gatehouselaw.co.uk | 0044 (0)207 242 2523 |
| Member of Chambers | HOCKING, Ryan (2014) | ryan.hocking@gatehouselaw.co.uk | 0044 (0)207 242 2523 |
| Member of Chambers | MATHER, Katrina (2014) | katrina.hocking@gatehouselaw.co.uk | 0044 (0)207 242 2523 |
| Member of Chambers | GOPAL, Priya (2014) | priya.gopal@gatehouselaw.co.uk | 0044 (0)207 242 2523 |
| Member of Chambers | HUSAIN, Emily (2014) | emily.husain@gatehouselaw.co.uk | 0044 (0)207 242 2523 |
| Member of Chambers | LEVENSTEIN, Michael (2015) | michael.levenstein@gatehouselaw.co.uk | 0044 (0)207 242 2523 |
| Member of Chambers | STOCKS, Cameron (2015) | cameron.stocks@gatehouselaw.co.uk | 0044 (0)207 242 2523 |
| Member of Chambers | ZVESPER, Louis (2015) | louis.zvesper@gatehouselaw.co.uk | 0044 (0)207 242 2523 |
| Member of Chambers | DRAGE, Helena (2015) | helena.drage@gatehouselaw.co.uk | 0044 (0)207 242 2523 |
| Member of Chambers | ROOHANI, USMAN (2016) | usman.roohani@gatehouselaw.co.uk | 0044 (0)207 242 2523 |
| Member of Chambers | O'GRADY, MARK (2016) | mark.ogrady@gatehouselaw.co.uk | 0044 (0)207 242 2523 |
| Member of Chambers | EYRE, George (2017) | george.eyre@gatehouselaw.co.uk | 0044 (0)207 242 2523 |
| Member of Chambers | KLEOPA, Byroni (2017) | byroni.kleopa@gatehouselaw.co.uk | 0044 (0)207 242 2523 |
| Member of Chambers | SHAW, James (2017) | james.shaw@gatehouselaw.co.uk | 0044 (0)207 242 2523 |
| Member of Chambers | EGAN, Kort (2017) | kort.egan@gatehouselaw.co.uk | 0044 (0)207 242 2523 |
| Member of Chambers | WOODS, Emma (2017) | emma.woods@gatehouselaw.co.uk | 0044 (0)20 7242 2523 |
| Member of Chambers | MARIS, Michael (2017) | michael.maris@gatehouselaw.co.uk | 0044 (0)207 242 2523 |
| Member of Chambers | GRIFFIN, Joshua (2018) | joshua.griffin@gatehouselaw.co.uk | 0044 (0)207 242 2523 |
| Member of Chambers | HAMMOND, Rob (2018) | rob.hammond@gatehouselaw.co.uk | 00 44 (0)20 7242 2523 |
| Member of Chambers | HENDERSON, Miguel (2018) | miguel.henderson@gatehouselaw.co.uk | 0044 (0)20 7242 2523 |
| Member of Chambers | SMITH-ROBERTS, Adam (2019) | adam.smith-roberts@gatehouselaw.co.uk | 0044 (0)20 7242 2523 |
| Consultant | GALLAGHER, John (1974) | john.gallagher@gatehouselaw.co.uk | 0044 (0)207 242 2523 |
| Consultant | CUNNINGHAM, Graham (1976) | graham.cunningham@gatehouselaw.co.uk | 0044 (0)207 242 2523 |
| Consultant | LENNARD, Stephen (1976) | stephen.lennard@gatehouselaw.co.uk | 0044 (0)207 242 2523 |
| Consultant | BUSWELL, Richard (1985) | richard.buswell@gatehouselaw.co.uk | 0044 (0)207 242 2523 |
| Consultant | BENBOW, Sara (1990) | sara.benbow@gatehouselaw.co.uk | 0044 (0)207 242 2523 |
| Consultant | EXALL, Gordon (1991) | gordon.exall@gatehouselaw.co.uk | 0044 (0)207 242 2523 |
| Consultant | MOORE, Arthur (1992) | arthur.moore@gatehouselaw.co.uk | 0044 (0)207 242 2523 |
| Consultant | REDPATH-STEVENS, Alastair (1998) | ayrs@hardwigatehouselawke.co.uk | 0044 (0)207 242 2523 |
| Chief Executive | ILLING, Amanda | amanda.illing@gatehouselaw.co.uk | 0044 (0)207 242 2523 |
Barrister Profiles
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Shazia Akhtar | Shazia practises in public and administrative law – including education law, discrimination,… | View Profile |
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Ebony Alleyne | Ebony specialises in commercial and insurance work with particular expertise in construction… | View Profile |
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Lesley Anderson | Lesley Anderson QC practises in all aspects of chancery and commercial disputes… | View Profile |
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Clare Anslow | Clare accepts instructions in all areas of Hardwicke’s work with a particular… | View Profile |
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Charles Bagot | Since becoming Queen’s Counsel in 2018, Charles has rapidly developed a busy… | View Profile |
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Tom Bell | Tom has a commercial, professional negligence and insurance practice. He receives instructions from… | View Profile |
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Sara Benbow | Sara is a property and commercial specialist who is equally at home… | View Profile |
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John Beresford | John specialises in commercial and property law. John has appeared in levels of… | View Profile |
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Emily Betts | Emily’s practice encompasses all aspects of commercial and property law. She acts… | View Profile |
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Rajiv Bhatt | Rajiv has a wide ranging practice with a particular focus on: employment,… | View Profile |
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Carl Brewin | Carl Brewin specialises in land and real property, landlord and tenant law… | View Profile |
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Richard Buswell | Specialist in family law, inheritance wills, trusts and probate disputes, and professional… | View Profile |
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Sri Carmichael | Sri specialises in commercial litigation, insolvency, civil fraud and company law. Her… | View Profile |
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John Clargo | Almost exclusively general property practice, whether in a development context or otherwise… | View Profile |
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Sarah Clarke | Sarah is an experienced and unflappable advocate with extensive experience of commercial… | View Profile |
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Andy Creer | The primary areas of Andy’s practice are real property, commercial landlord and… | View Profile |
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Graham Cunningham | Graham is an unregistered barrister. He is also part of the Gatehouse Chambers Alumni.… | View Profile |
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Jamal Demachkie | Jamal is a very experienced commercial barrister who specialises in property related… | View Profile |
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Jack Dillon | Jack specialises in commercial litigation, property law and professional negligence. He has… | View Profile |
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Helena Drage | Helena accepts instructions in all areas of our work and has a… | View Profile |
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Robin Dunne | Robin is a specialist in costs and litigation funding, having focused on… | View Profile |
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Kort Egan | Kort specialises in domestic and international commercial disputes with particular expertise in… | View Profile |
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Amanda Eilledge | Client-focused commercial chancery litigator with an emphasis on property. Amanda has a… | View Profile |
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George Eyre | George accepts instructions in all Chambers’ core areas of practice, with a… | View Profile |
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Morayo Fagborun Bennett | Morayo specialises in all areas of landlord and tenant and real property… | View Profile |
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John Gallagher | John Gallagher has an extensive practice with experience in professional indemnity and… | View Profile |
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Daniel Gatty | Daniel specialises in disputes about property, the emphasis being on real property… | View Profile |
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Lauren Godfrey | Lauren’s practice covers commercial, corporate, chancery, discrimination, employment and property disputes and… | View Profile |
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Priya Gopal | Priya is building experience across all of Chambers’ main areas of practice,… | View Profile |
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Joshua Griffin | Josh has a wide-ranging practice covering all areas of commercial dispute resolution… | View Profile |
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Martyn Griffiths | Martyn specialises in commercial law, professional liability, insurance and costs. Martyn is… | View Profile |
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James Hall | James specialises in professional negligence, commercial litigation and property disputes. His professional… | View Profile |
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Miguel Henderson | Miguel specialises in construction and commercial work. His work focusses chiefly on… | View Profile |
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Rupert Higgins | Rupert Higgins is a specialist commercial and property practitioner who deals with… | View Profile |
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Ryan Hocking | Ryan has a busy, broad-based commercial practice with a particular emphasis on… | View Profile |
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Matthew Hodson | Matthew is a commercial barrister with particular expertise in company and shareholder… | View Profile |
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Emily Husain | Emily specialises in commercial disputes and has considerable experience of both domestic… | View Profile |
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Oliver Hyams | Oliver has a busy commercial practice with a focus on insolvency disputes,… | View Profile |
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Emma Hynes | Emma specialises in commercial, construction and professional negligence matters. Within those areas she… | View Profile |
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Charlotte John | Charlotte’s practice focuses on Chancery and property litigation and encompasses both traditional… | View Profile |
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Nigel Jones | Nigel Jones QC is a highly experienced courtroom and advisory leader who… | View Profile |
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Simon Kerry | Simon has a broad practice and accepts instructions in commercial, insolvency, and… | View Profile |
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Karl King | Karl is a property practitioner with extensive experience dealing with both commercial… | View Profile |
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PJ Kirby | PJ has enjoyed a long and successful career at the Bar having… | View Profile |
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Byroni Kleopa | Byroni is experienced in all areas of real property and both commercial… | View Profile |
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Greg Laughton (SC) | With over 30 years at the Bar, I have considerable experience acting… | View Profile |
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Katie Lee | Katie is a commercial barrister with particular expertise in construction, engineering, energy… | View Profile |
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Stephen Lennard | Stephen’s practice is firmly focused on business, his clients more often –… | View Profile |
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Michael Levenstein | Michael specialises in construction and engineering disputes and general commercial litigation. Michael’s… | View Profile |
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David Lewis | David has very substantial experience in commercial disputes. His broad-based commercial practice… | View Profile |
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Katrina Mather | Property, Commercial, Insolvency | View Profile |
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Lina Mattsson | Lina is a specialist property practitioner who is widely recognised as an… | View Profile |
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Sarah McCann | Sarah is a specialist Commercial and Insurance practitioner with particular expertise in… | View Profile |
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Aileen McErlean | Aileen is regarded as a go-to junior for both commercial and insolvency… | View Profile |
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Alison Meacher | Alison is a public and property law barrister. Her practice covers all… | View Profile |
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Aneurin Moloney | Aneurin’s practice is largely focussed on clinical negligence claims, and he is… | View Profile |
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Arthur Moore | Arthur came to the bar after studying physics at Oxford University, and… | View Profile |
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Jasmine Murphy | Jasmine specialises in personal injury and professional negligence cases involving solicitors. Representing… | View Profile |
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Colm Nugent | Colm is a specialist barrister in the fields of personal injury and… | View Profile |
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Mark O'Grady | Mark has a busy commercial practice covering not only commercial disputes of… | View Profile |
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Laurence Page | Laurence Page is a commercial and construction barrister whose practice encompasses high… | View Profile |
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Monty Palfrey | Monty is a very experienced barrister who has an established successful “Court… | View Profile |
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Wendy Parker | Wendy is a member of Gatehouse Chamber’s Commercial, Property and Insurance Groups… | View Profile |
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Phillip Patterson | Specialist in commercial dispute resolution, insolvency, company law disputes, civil fraud, banking… | View Profile |
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David Peachey | David specialises in property work including commercial landlord and tenant, residential housing… | View Profile |
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Peter Petts | Peter is ranked as a leading junior in Property Litigation. He regularly… | View Profile |
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Catherine Piercy | Catherine is a successful commercial and insurance specialist with a particular focus… | View Profile |
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David Pliener | David is an expert in Construction and Engineering, Insurance and Commercial work.… | View Profile |
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Charles Raffin | Charles has a wealth of experience in domestic, cross-border and international arbitration… | View Profile |
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Alastair Redpath-Stevens | Alastair Redpath-Stevens is a specialist in property and housing law with a… | View Profile |
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Paul Reed | Paul Reed is a leading commercial silk specialising in construction, professional liability,… | View Profile |
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Edward Rowntree | Edward combines academic excellence with an acute sensitivity to the commercial needs… | View Profile |
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Faisel Sadiq | Faisel’s practice focuses on property and Chancery litigation. In particular: All aspects… | View Profile |
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James Shaw | James has a wide-ranging commercial dispute resolution practice, encompassing commercial litigation, insolvency,… | View Profile |
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Ian Silcock | Ian began his career as a barrister specialising in IP litigation in… | View Profile |
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Philipp Simon | Philipp is a commercial barrister who draws on experience as a legal… | View Profile |
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Frederico Singarajah | Frederico has developed a successful practice in international dispute resolution that encompasses… | View Profile |
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Andrew Skelly | Andrew specialises in most areas of real property law, with a particular… | View Profile |
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Henry Slack | Henry is a specialist practitioner in the fields of personal injury, clinical… | View Profile |
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Mark Stephens | Mark is a senior junior specialising in employment litigation and has done… | View Profile |
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Brie Stevens-hoare | Brie is recommended as a leading silk in the latest editions of The… | View Profile |
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Cameron Stocks | Cameron specialises in property, social housing and private client matters with particular… | View Profile |
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Tim Stow | Tim is ideally qualified for the role of arbitrator being a highly… | View Profile |
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Paul Strelitz | Paul is considered a leading junior and is the first port of… | View Profile |
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Michael Tetstall | Michael practices across Gatehouse Chamber’s core practice areas and has a particular… | View Profile |
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Jonathan Titmuss | Jonathan is a highly regarded senior junior who specialises in insolvency and restructuring. The… | View Profile |
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Laura Tweedy | Laura is a very experienced and sought-after barrister who specialises in residential… | View Profile |
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Alaric Watson | Alaric is an experienced commercial barrister specialising primarily in business disputes and… | View Profile |
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Michael Wheater | Michael is a respected and sought after senior junior specialising in Construction… | View Profile |
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Helena White | Helena is an insurance and commercial practitioner, with a particular focus on… | View Profile |
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Dr Robert Whittock | Robert has a broad civil litigation practice focused on Intellectual Property, Professional… | View Profile |
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Steven Woolf | Steven is a highly experienced and very well thought of, property Lawyer.… | View Profile |
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Emma Zeb | View Profile | |
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Louis Zvesper | Louis specialises in construction and commercial disputes, as well as property damage… | View Profile |
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Gemmade de Cordova | View Profile | |
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John de Waal | John de Waal QC specialises in chancery and commercial work with a… | View Profile |
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Amanda Illing has been Chief Executive of Hardwicke for the last eight years, having joined initially as Chambers Director. Her role is to take a lead in the strategic development and management of chambers and to implement its business plan. She takes a key role with colleagues in developing business and long-lasting relationships with clients. She also takes responsibility for the recruitment of and career development of the barristers at Hardwicke, and her staff team.
Amanda was previously the Private Secretary to the Director of Public Prosecutions and a caseworker in the Crown Prosecution Service, handling cases such as the appeal of the Birmingham Six, and the first corporate manslaughter prosecution following the sinking of the Herald of Free Enterprise.
Amanda is a Chartered Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD). She is a trustee of the London Legal Support Trust (LLST) and an accredited ADR mediator.
Innovation is a key objective for both Amanda personally and Hardwicke as a chambers. The latest project to be completed was delivery of a new website in late 2018 showcasing Hardwicke’s expertise and giving viewers the ability to reach the information in which they are interested quickly and in a variety of formats to suit their requirements.
Corporate social responsibility and EDI is another area in which Hardwicke leads the Bar and Amanda takes a personal interest. In this regard, she supports FreeBar, a forum focused on LGBT+ people and their allies working at and for the Bar. She is a signatory to the ERA Pledge, a gender diversity initiative to promote equal representation in arbitration.
Client Testimonials
I am delighted to prepare a testimonial for Hardwicke, who have been my “go to” chambers for over 15 years. During that time it has been a pleasure to see their chambers grow in strength both by way of the barristers they have and the support staff behind them. There is a genuine sense of seeking to help you, as a solicitor, and to serve your client, whilst preserving a strong independence to ensure the client is at the heart of the issue/service provided. Amanda Illing is a stand out CEO who have taken chambers to the next level and her team reflect her values and accessibility. Special mention goes to Natasha Devlin-Clingham in the clerks room on whom total reliance can be depended to ensure counsel is aware of your requests and updates if counsel is unavailable of some reason. Stand out barristers include Jasmine Murphy, who will rightly ensure the client is best served by their solicitor and Colm Nugent, who has a calm, friendly but authoritative manner. It is a great team to have on your side. (A client).
Disputes Yearbook 2020
Briefing
The latest from the Lloyds/HBOS litigation (https://www.legalbusiness.co.uk/analysis/disputes-yearbook-2020/sponsored-briefing-the-latest-from-the-lloydshbos-litigation/)
Hardwicke’s Laurence Page and Michael Marris on Sharp v Blank [2019] EWHC 3078 (Ch)
Diversity
Hardwicke’s members and staff are committed to equal opportunities at work and at the Bar. This commitment manifests itself in our policies and procedures, in our strategic objectives, and in our recruitment processes. Chambers has an Equality Diversity and Inclusion Committee to promote our policies and objectives and help improve and monitor our compliance.
Chambers supports a number of initiatives aimed at encouraging and supporting greater diversity:
Gender
- Our people belong to numerous gender equality groups and industry organisations promoting gender equality.
- Our Parental Leave Policy makes it as easy, transparent and financially beneficial for both parents to take leave as it would be for one parent to do so.
- We have a Transgender Policy which has involved both a review of all policies and our constitution to ensure they are gender neutral and a review of signage throughout chambers.
- Chambers is also committed to ensuring diversity and equality on the chambers management committee.
- We aim to include a woman wherever possible in our speaking and business development activities. · We are signatories to the ERA Pledge: http://www.arbitrationpledge.com/
LGBT+
- Hardwicke collaborated with other chambers to create FreeBar, a network for everyone at the Bar who believes in equality for LGBT+ individuals and their allies.
- Chambers is working with other colleagues at FreeBar to set up the FreeBar Charter: best practice in barristers’ chambers (due to be launched in 2020).
- We are also members of Free Hold which is a LGBT organisation aimed at professionals working in the property sector.
- Chambers is a Stonewall Diversity champion and has been for many years.
Social diversity and mobility
- We have for the last 8 years run a university placement scheme aimed at non-Russell Group universities to give an undergraduate the opportunity to work as a full-time employee of chambers in the marketing and IT support teams in their industry year.
- We have also run a massively over-subscribed work experience programme for over 10 years aimed at those from backgrounds that are under-represented at the Bar and those who work in chambers.
Racial diversity
- Hardwicke’s members and staff have worked with Herbert Smith Freehills on their RBS First Step programme insight day. RBS Legal First Step is an intensive one week programme developed to give A Level students that are people of colour and/or from socially disadvantaged backgrounds greater opportunities, experience and contacts to help them consider and pursue a career in law or business.
- One of our senior barristers is a Founding member of the Women’s Network of the British Nigeria Law Forum.
- Members and staff mentor black students and people of colour informally and through their own networks and speak at state schools and mosques.
We are the only chambers to allocate a specific part of member and staff profiles on our website to describing, celebrating and promoting CSR.
Top Tier Set Rankings
Set Rankings
- London Bar Costs
- London Bar Court of Protection and community care
- London Bar Company and partnership
- London Bar Construction
- London Bar Insolvency
- London Bar Civil liberties and human rights (including actions against the police)
- London Bar Travel law (including jurisdictional issues)
- London Bar Professional negligence
- London Bar Property litigation
- London Bar Social housing
- London Bar Commercial litigation
- London Bar Insurance and reinsurance
- London Bar Education
- London Bar Clinical negligence
- London Bar Fraud: civil
- London Bar Intellectual property
- London Bar Personal injury, industrial disease and insurance fraud
- London Mediators
- Regional Bar Commercial litigation
- Regional Bar Court of Protection and community care
- Regional Bar Employment
- Regional Bar Property and construction
- Regional Bar Set overviews: England and Wales
- London Bar Set overviews: England and Wales