
Gatehouse Chambers
England
Arbitrators

Priya Gopal
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Work Department
Property, Commercial Dispute Resolution, Professional Liability, Costs and Litigation Funding
Position
Priya has expertise in all aspects of Property Law, Costs, Professional Liability and Commercial Dispute Resolution. She was appointed as Junior Counsel to the Crown (Attorney General’s C Panel) in 2025.
Priya also has a deferred appointment as a Judge of the First-tier Tribunal, assigned to the Health, Education and Social Care Chamber, within the Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) Tribunal.
She is an experienced court advocate, appearing in multi-day trials, interim applications and appeals both as a junior and as sole counsel. She regularly appears in the County Court, High Court (including the Senior Courts Costs Office) and First-Tier Tribunal (Property Chamber).
Priya worked as Judicial Assistant to Rt. Hon. Lord Justice Hamblen (now Lord Hamblen) prior to joining Chambers. During her time at the Court of Appeal, Priya worked on numerous high-profile cases, including: Global Asset Capital Inc v Aabar Block Sarl [2017] EWCA Civ 37, PJSC Tatneft v Bogolyubov [2017] EWCA Civ 1581, Burgess v Lejonvarn [2017] EWCA Civ 254 and UBS AG (London Branch) v Kommunale Wasserwerke Leipzig GmbH [2017] EWCA Civ 1567. She has brought this invaluable experience to her career at the Bar.
Priya is the sole author of 'A Practical Guide to Easements, Restrictive Covenants and Rights of Way' (2023, Law Brief Publishing). She is also a contributor to ‘Insurance Broking Practice and the Law’, edited by CMS Cameron McKenna, Informa loose-leaf.
Priya is ranked by Legal500 2026 as a Leading Junior for Costs and Litigation Funding (Band 4) and Professional Negligence (Band 6). She is also ranked in Chambers and Partners 2026 for Real Estate Litigation (Band 5).
Career
Call: 2014
Languages
Gujarati
Education
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LLB, First Class Honours (King’s College, London)
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LLM, Distinction (King’s College, London)
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BPTC, Outstanding (BPP Law School, Holborn)
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ADR-ODR International accredited Civil Commercial Mediator
Leisure
Outside of law, Priya enjoys tennis, cricket and travelling.