Set Profile > The 36 Group > London, England
The 36 Group Offices
The 36 Group
Gray's Inn, 4 Field Court
London
WC1R 5EF
England
The 36 Group > The Legal 500 Rankings
Crime
2019 Silks
Leading Juniors
Crime (general and fraud) Tier 2
The 36 Group maintains its strong presence in the East Midlands, with several members spending a significant portion of their practice in the region. William Harbage QC defended and Mary Prior QC prosecuted, in a case concerning a diabetic man accused of murdering his partner, with the defence case that he involuntarily committed the offence during a hypoglycaemic attack. Key names from the junior ranks include cybercrime specialist Sarah Gaunt, who also handles serious sexual offences, and Nadeem Holland, whose recent work has included allegations of organised crime and serious violence.
Leading Silks
Leading Juniors
International arbitration: arbitrators Tier 2
Colin Ong QC - The 36 Group ‘Very hard working, on top of material and the law, and experienced in both common and civil law.’International arbitration: counsel
Leading Silks
Leading Juniors
Ravi Aswani - The 36 Group ‘His strengths are his strong ability to understand matters from the client's perspective and his in-depth knowledge of Arbitration and other Commercial laws.’
Immigration (including business immigration)
Leading Juniors
Family (including divorce and financial remedy)
Leading Juniors
Christopher Carr - The 36 Group ‘Is meticulous in his detail, deft at his handling of clients and opponents alike and a pleasure to work with.’
Administrative and public law (including elections)
Leading Juniors
Financial services regulation
Leading Silks
Fraud: crime
Leading Silks
Shipping Tier 3
36 Stone is part of the wider The 36 Group and includes a number of ‘very able leading counsel’ who are involved in complex, high-profile shipping and commodities instructions. In recent work of note, Vasanti Selvaratnam QC led Thomas Steward in the High Court case Rubicon Vantage International Pte Ltd v KrisEnergy Ltd, and also led James Shirley in Nautical Challenge v Evergreen Marine (UK) Ltd, the first appeal on liability in a collision case to reach the Court of Appeals since 2004. Meanwhile, Elizabeth Blackburn QC continues to appear in high-value arbitrations. On the junior side, Ravi Aswani appeared before the Commercial Court in Dera Commercial Estate v Derya Inc, while Charles Debattista acted both in court proceedings and arbitrations.
Leading Silks
Leading Juniors
Children law (including public and private law) Tier 4
The 36 Group ‘offers a vast range of experience by way of years and areas and has a very strong team in relation to children law.’ Its ‘three children specialist QCs give the set a presence at the highest level but what is also clear is that the QCs really support the juniors and truly have an open-door policy.’ In one complex case, William Tyler QC successfully acted for Leicester City Council in the Court of Appeal, a care proceedings case concerning a British Asian family who were detained leaving Syria and where the parents were suspected of involvement in terrorist activity. Strengthening the set are recently appointed silk Martin Kingerley QC and, at the junior end, rising star George Harley.
Rising stars
Leading Silks
2020 Silks
Leading Juniors
Commodities Tier 4
36 Stone, which is part of The 36 Group, is a dedicated commodities, shipping and international trade set that is 'down to earth, effective and reliable'. Members have extensive experience in contractual matters including bills of lading, charterparties, contracts of affreightment and commodities issues arising in the context of shipping. Joint head of chambers Vasanti Selvaratnam QC is known for her commercial and practical approach and she represented a Malaysian Bank in relation to a letter of credit dispute raising issues of whether documents in a commodity transaction were presented timeously. Ravi Aswani, who is frequently engaged to handle both the physical and paper elements of commodities transactions and has experience in matters before specialist trade bodies including GAFTA and FOSFA, and Charles Debattista, who has more than 40 years' experience, are among the set's greatly respected juniors. Clients note that the clerks are 'always ready and always quick in responding'.
Leading Silks
Leading Juniors
Fraud: civil
Leading Silks
Crime (general and fraud)
At The 36 Group, Sarah Gaunt is particularly noted for her expertise in handling serious organised crime cases, with an increased speciality in cyber-crime, and those involving sexual offences. In one of her recent cases, she prosecuted a group of Russian-linked cyber criminals who defrauded banks and laundered the proceeds in Birmingham, and continued to represent the CPS in confiscation proceedings.
Leading Juniors
Set overviews: England and Wales
London and Singapore-based set The 36 Group opened an annex on Cyprus in 2019. 2020 has been a busy year for the set: Martin Kingerley QC took silk; Grace Hale was appointed as district judge in Sheffield, and the 36 Commercial team has expanded with the arrival of Ben Symons (formerly of Field Court Chambers), Racheal Muldoon (formerly of Foundry Chambers), Michael Patchett-Joyce and Jeffrey Bacon, both formerly of the now defunct Ely Place Chambers, and most recently, Christian Jowett, who joined from 30 Park Place. Also of note, Paul Martenstyn has joined as the new Director of Clerking at 36 Stone as part of a legal management consultancy engagement between the 36 Group and Overture London.Clerks:
Steven Newbery (Commercial Practice Manager); Michelle Simpson (Criminal Practice Manager); Danny Chapman (Family Practice Manager); Everton Wedderburn (Senior Clerk Public and Human Rights); Paul Martenstyn (Director of Clerking – 36 Stone); Mike Wright (First Junior, 36 Stone)
Testimonials
Clerks:
36 Family have the best clerking team headed by the very personable Danny Chapman with best supporting actors Ashley London and Adam Cope. Together they are the dream team and go above and beyond when it comes to being helpful and accommodating. It’s the little things like always getting back to you when they say they will, sending you the court listing the day before so you know which Judge and court room you are in and being flexible on fees, when required.
Adam Cope is my go-to clerk. He is responsive, efficient, personable and knows exactly what I need. He works very hard to pair the right barrister with the client and solicitor, and has never let me down with his recommendations, which have included rising stars as well as respected advocates.
Danny and his team should be proud, they offer a fantastic service. Only today I emailed Ashley London to thank him for his assistance in setting up a remote hearing, which is new territory for us all during the pandemic. Frazer Vye also deserves special mention, he is always on hand to assist as necessary.
I find that the clerks will always explore with you a particular client’s needs and personality to ensure that they are well matched with counsel to suit them.
Danny is head clerk and definitely one that I would go to to give me honest advice on whether a proposed counsel is right for a particular client.They all work really hard to build relations with all levels of lawyers, including paralegals.
Ashley simply cannot do enough for you. He is always finding solutions to practical problems and has honestly saved the day on a few urgent occasions in extending their facilities to assist. Again, he offers complete honestly and I trust him implicitly.
Frazer and Adam are again, amazing and cannot do enough. Frazer has navigated me through the remote hearing situation and arranged many urgent hearings and meetings voluntarily.
Excellent service. Danny Chapman is always a pleasure to deal with and it is wonderful to see his ethos of providing a high-level, but down to earth service, filtering through the entire clerking team. Ashley London is also worthy of note for his friendly professionalism.
Excellent. Always approachable and willing to go out of their way to help you with sourcing a barrister and with the last minute preparations ahead of a hearing. Additionally, they have helped my colleagues and me on several occasions when last minute hearings have cropped up and Counsel is needed urgently and where the availability of Counsel is so limited.
Danny is a force of nature and a real visionary in bringing the chambers forward in a competitive space. He respects technology and development and works harder than almost anyone in the profession.
The Clerks are always polite, professional and helpful. Danny, Ashley and Adam make a formidable team of clerks for the family team and seem to know everything about your case – they have seamless case management and clear dialogue with solicitors to ensure we can provide the best service to our clients.
The clerks are friendly, engaging and brilliant. Steven Newbery understands what solicitors need and has been invaluable – especially in times of dire urgency.
The clerks provide the foundation of the service chambers provide and it is obvious that they have a real knowledge of their barristers and their strengths and weaknesses. You can always trust a recommendation from the clerks. Administratively they deal with papers effortlessly and communicate well. They are also very open on fees which can make all the difference to a client.
The clerking team who cover the 36 Stone group are easy to deal with, knowledgeable and provide every assistance you could wish for.
Excellent at 36 Stone. Very responsive and very commercial in their dealings on fees.
Set:
36 are known for the likeability. Nothing is ever too much trouble for clerks and barristers alike.
36 Family are my go-to set. They have a breadth of expertise to suit every case and client and I find that they are willing to go the extra mile. 36 also offer a fantastic seminar programme, which helps to strengthen connections as well as providing valuable CPD.
36 Family have arrived and are now firmly on the map when it comes to being a top family set. They have a perfect mix of top finance and children barristers.
36 Family is a really good set and I have never been let down. There is always someone available at 36 Family who will do a good job.
36 Group are very user friendly and the clerks are all first rate. They are customer focused and there is an genuine interest and pride that shines through. I believe they have greatly improved their depth of counsel in recent years and have a stable of very capable and stellar juniors.
36 Group have a great depth of good counsel covering almost all fields of legal expertise and have rarely failed over the 30 years since I have used their barristers to provide exactly the right person to advise/represent clients to a very high standard even at short notice
36 Group is a terrific set (I say this as a member of a competitor set!) with a number of absolutely top class performers.
36 Family are a leading set for alternative family law, with an unparalleled depth of experience at their finger tips. It is led by a particularly dynamic team which adapts to face the traditional profession and modern world in one package. They put on training/CPD programmes for solicitors on a range of issues and will always have a barrister available for a call or chat if you have an issue. It really is the Chambers that shows the best of the profession.
A family team of strength and depth. Impressive in litigation and out of court dispute resolution. Always looking at innovative ways to resolve disputes and support clients.
I have always been impressed with 36 Group/Family Chambers and regularly return to them when looking for Counsel. They are all very approachable and easy to deal with. The choice of barristers is solid and I have never had an issue with any of the barristers on my cases. I am also a regular participant in their regular training courses which have been particularly good during the Covid-19 lockdown period.
It has been wonderful to see the set going from strength to strength. I believe that they are now being recognised for the stars that they have and are properly placed amongst the other top sets that I would consider to be their competitors.
The chambers is an excellent set particularly the 36 Stone Group.
Regional Bar > Midland Circuit > Crime (general and fraud) Tier 2
The 36 Group maintains its strong presence in the East Midlands, with several members spending a significant portion of their practice in the region. William Harbage QC defended and Mary Prior QC prosecuted, in a case concerning a diabetic man accused of murdering his partner, with the defence case that he involuntarily committed the offence during a hypoglycaemic attack. Key names from the junior ranks include cybercrime specialist Sarah Gaunt, who also handles serious sexual offences, and Nadeem Holland, whose recent work has included allegations of organised crime and serious violence.
Leading Silks
Leading Juniors
Regional Bar > South Eastern Circuit > Crime (general and fraud)
At The 36 Group, Sarah Gaunt is particularly noted for her expertise in handling serious organised crime cases, with an increased speciality in cyber-crime, and those involving sexual offences. In one of her recent cases, she prosecuted a group of Russian-linked cyber criminals who defrauded banks and laundered the proceeds in Birmingham, and continued to represent the CPS in confiscation proceedings.
Leading Juniors
The 36 Group > Set Profile
The 36 Group is one of the largest sets covering work particularly in London, the Midlands, South Eastern and Northern circuits as well as globally within the international courts. We house over 160 tenants including 18 QCs and three SCs, all of whom are committed to excellent service and are recognised for operating with real pride and strength in depth.
We also has a growing number of barristers trained as arbitrators and mediators and can provide a full ADR service.
Types of work undertaken: Practitioners of The 36 Group offer specialist advice and advocacy at all levels of seniority within their expertise.
36 Commercial: The commercial practice group consists of specialists in Contract, Regulatory, Company, Insolvency, Civil Fraud & Asset recovery, Employment, Property, Private Client Cyber, Technology Aviation and Art Law. The members act in complex commercial, corporate and international litigation, appellate cases in the English and overseas courts. We assist domestic and international businesses of all sizes, from the entrepreneurial start-up to the multinational corporation. The team draws on considerable expertise of both contentious and transactional commercial matters arising out of the full spread of business activity.
36 Crime: The team have an outstanding track record conducting high-profile and complex cases across criminal and regulatory tribunals, both for the defence and for prosecuting authorities. Members regularly undertake cases ranging from murder, rape and sexual offences against children, drug offences including importation and distribution, to fraud, money laundering, corruption, civil and criminal seizure of assets and proceeds of crime. Within the crime team we have teams with specific expertise and substantial experience in the growing fields of Cybercrime, Consumer and Trading Standards, Extradition, Health and Safety, Human Trafficking and Police disciplinary matters.
36 Family: Members of the family team are organised into practice sub-groups specialising in all aspects of family law, including Matrimonial Finance, TOLATA, Private & Public Children Law (including Modern Families). The team has enjoyed its reputation as the up-and-coming family law specialist team.
36 public law and human rights: Members of the public law team have a reputation for dedication and professionalism, specialising in the following practice groups, Business and Private Immigration (including Nationality & Asylum), Employment (Employees’ rights and Unions), Education, Housing, Human Rights and Judicial Review. The team takes on publicly funded, private, and direct access work with members appearing at all levels at hearing centres throughout England and Wales. We can assist on the full range of issues encountered by clients .
36 Stone: The team is formed of barristers with industry-recognised expertise and market knowledge; delivering advocacy, advisory, and arbitration/mediation services in international commercial disputes involving, shipping (wet and dry), shipbuilding, yachts, international trade, commodities, & trade finance, energy, natural resources, & infrastructure, insurance and re-insurance, road, rail and air transport, commercial fraud & asset tracing, private international law, and general commercial disputes. Barristers are also recommended in Asia Pacific Legal 500.
International: The 36 Group has over 160 barristers, mediators and arbitrators including 18 Queen’s Counsel, 3 Senior Counsel from Ireland and South Africa, and a Senior Advocate of the Supreme Court of India and has annexes in Cyprus and in Singapore, with members also based in Hong Kong, Brunei, Dubai, India, South Africa, US (California and New York) and Ireland.
Members are regularly instructed on international disputes by clients of all sizes and descriptions, from the ambitious start-up to HNWs and global corporations and are considered “go-to” counsel in the English and Welsh Courts at all levels, as well as in institutional and ad hoc international arbitration.
We aim to combine legal expertise and trial advocacy skills of the highest standards, providing sensitive and valuable services that meet the needs of our clients, both lay and professional.
Main Contacts
| Department | Name | Telephone | |
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| Member of Chambers | SELVARATNAM QC, Vasanti (1983, 2001) | ||
| Member of Chambers | ARMSTRONG QC, Dean (1985, 2014) | ||
| Member of Chambers | TYLER QC, William (1996, 2014) | ||
| Member of Chambers | REEDER QC, John (1971, 1989) | ||
| Member of Chambers | BLACKBURN QC, Elizabeth (1978, 1998) | ||
| Member of Chambers | HACKETT QC, Philip (1978, 1999) | ||
| Member of Chambers | WILSON QC, Richard (1981, 2003) | ||
| Member of Chambers | HARBAGE QC, William (1983, 2003) | ||
| Member of Chambers | HAYDEN SC, Martin (1987, 2001) | ||
| Member of Chambers | CAMPBELL SC, John (1989, 2005) | ||
| Member of Chambers | DONNELLAN QC, Christopher (1981, 2008) | ||
| Member of Chambers | LLOYD-JONES QC, John (1993, 2013) | ||
| Member of Chambers | DALBY SC, Joseph (1988, 2015) | ||
| Member of Chambers | BRUNNER QC, Kate (1997, 2015) | ||
| Member of Chambers | MARKHAM QC, Hannah (1998, 2016) | ||
| Member of Chambers | PRIOR QC, Mary (1990, 2017) | ||
| Member of Chambers | ONG QC, Dr Colin (1991, 2017) | ||
| Member of Chambers | LORAM QC, Mary (1990, 2017) | ||
| Member of Chambers | CAMMEGH QC, John (1987, 2019) | ||
| Member of Chambers | KINGERLEY QC, Martin (1999, 2020) | ||
| Member of Chambers | OLDHAM QC, Frances (1977, 1994) | ||
| Member of Chambers | ALTARAS, David (1969) | ||
| Member of Chambers | LEE, David (1973) | ||
| Member of Chambers | DE BURGOS, Jamie (1973) | ||
| Member of Chambers | DOEH, Doran (1973) | ||
| Member of Chambers | MAINDS, Sam (1977) | ||
| Member of Chambers | DEBATTISTA, Charles (1978) | ||
| Member of Chambers | INFIELD, Paul (1980) | ||
| Member of Chambers | AMER, Adrian (1984) | ||
| Member of Chambers | SHARMA SA, KK (1981) | ||
| Member of Chambers | PATCHETT-JOYCE, Michael (1981) | ||
| Member of Chambers | TAYLOR, Malcolm (1982) | ||
| Member of Chambers | AKMAN, Mercy (1982) | ||
| Member of Chambers | THOMSON, Mary (1983) | ||
| Member of Chambers | MATTHEWS-STROUD, Jacqueline (1984) | ||
| Member of Chambers | ECOB, Joanne (1985) | ||
| Member of Chambers | UNDERWOOD, Robert (1986) | ||
| Member of Chambers | CLEAVER, Wayne (1986) | ||
| Member of Chambers | O'DAIR, Richard (1987) | ||
| Member of Chambers | WRIGHT, Colin (1987) | ||
| Member of Chambers | PRYCE, Gregory (1988) | ||
| Member of Chambers | HOWARTH, Andrew (1988) | ||
| Member of Chambers | CAVE, Patricia (1989) | ||
| Member of Chambers | NICHOLS, Stuart (1989) | ||
| Member of Chambers | BACON, Jeffrey (1989) | ||
| Member of Chambers | JOHNSON, Amanda (1990) | ||
| Member of Chambers | MILLER, Sarah (1990) | ||
| Member of Chambers | ROBBINS, Ian (1991) | ||
| Member of Chambers | HOBSON, Sally (1991) | ||
| Member of Chambers | COPELAND, Andrew (1992) | ||
| Member of Chambers | GAUNT, Sarah (1992) | ||
| Member of Chambers | CHAUDHRY, Sabuhi (1993) | ||
| Member of Chambers | HAPPE, Dominic (1993) | ||
| Member of Chambers | LANGRIDGE, Niki (1993) | ||
| Member of Chambers | WEBB, Kelly (1993) | ||
| Member of Chambers | MOORE, Nicola (1993) | ||
| Member of Chambers | KEELEY, James (1993) | ||
| Member of Chambers | PALMER, Nathan (1994) | ||
| Member of Chambers | BOJARSKI, Andrzej (1995) | ||
| Member of Chambers | DANIELS, Philippa (1995) | ||
| Member of Chambers | HOLLOWAY, David (1996) | ||
| Member of Chambers | KNIGHT, Sarah (1996) | ||
| Member of Chambers | TAYLOR, Rhys (1996) | ||
| Member of Chambers | BARRY, Kevin (1997) | ||
| Member of Chambers | RUSHTON, Jonathon (1997) | ||
| Member of Chambers | COLLINS, James (1997) | ||
| Member of Chambers | GEDDES, Gillian (1997) | ||
| Member of Chambers | HARDING, Simon (1998) | ||
| Member of Chambers | ALLMAN, Marisa (1998) | ||
| Member of Chambers | TONEY, Rachel (1998) | ||
| Member of Chambers | AHMED, Ishfaq (1999) | ||
| Member of Chambers | ASH. Simon (1999) | ||
| Member of Chambers | SAUDEK, Katya (1999) | ||
| Member of Chambers | ROSCOE, Mark (1999) | ||
| Member of Chambers | BACON, Jane (1999) | ||
| Member of Chambers | JAMES, Emily (1999) | ||
| Member of Chambers | McCROMBIE, Fergus (1999) | ||
| Member of Chambers | JEWELL, Charlotte (1999) | ||
| Member of Chambers | JAMES, Henry (1999) | ||
| Member of Chambers | TAN, Dan (2000) | ||
| Member of Chambers | ASWANI, Ravi (2000) | ||
| Member of Chambers | PEARSON, Adam (2000) | ||
| Member of Chambers | BRAY, Caroline (2000) | ||
| Member of Chambers | MEREDITH, Claire (2000) | ||
| Member of Chambers | JONES, Mark (2000) | ||
| Member of Chambers | FRASER, Claire (2000) | ||
| Member of Chambers | KELLEHER, Katherine (2000) | ||
| Member of Chambers | CARRION BENITEZ, Miriam (2001) | ||
| Member of Chambers | SILVER, Nadia (2001) | ||
| Member of Chambers | HOLLAND, Guy (2001) | ||
| Member of Chambers | CARR, Christopher (2002) | ||
| Member of Chambers | RUDD, Michael (2002) | ||
| Member of Chambers | SMALL, John (2002) | ||
| Member of Chambers | SHIRLEY, James (2002) | ||
| Member of Chambers | PETTS, James (2002) | ||
| Member of Chambers | PEEROO, Jamsheed (2002) | ||
| Member of Chambers | SCHAMA, Lee (2003) | ||
| Member of Chambers | PRIOR, Paul (2003) | ||
| Member of Chambers | O'CONNELL, Joanna (2003) | ||
| Member of Chambers | TOMPKINS, Kate (2003) | ||
| Member of Chambers | HALLISSEY, John (2003) | ||
| Member of Chambers | HOWARTH, Kathryn (2005) | ||
| Member of Chambers | PANDE, Kakoly (2005) | ||
| Member of Chambers | MANSFIELD, Ben (2005) | ||
| Member of Chambers | COX, Jonathan (2005) | ||
| Member of Chambers | BIDE-THOMAS, James (2005) | ||
| Member of Chambers | KENYON, Flavia (2005) | ||
| Member of Chambers | WILDING, Tom (2006) | ||
| Member of Chambers | GRIEVE, Kate (2006) | ||
| Member of Chambers | LYON, Gavin (2006) | ||
| Member of Chambers | KING, Sinead (2006) | ||
| Member of Chambers | MANSFIELD, Nadia (2006) | ||
| Member of Chambers | HOLLAND, Nadeem (2006) | ||
| Member of Chambers | LANSON, Lauren (2006) | ||
| Member of Chambers | McLERNON, James (2007) | ||
| Member of Chambers | GEORGES, Charlotte (2007) | ||
| Member of Chambers | KATZ, Anthony (2007) | ||
| Member of Chambers | ROWCLIFFE, Matthew (2007) | ||
| Member of Chambers | SKINNER, Samuel (2007) | ||
| Member of Chambers | JOHASHEN, Derek (2007) | ||
| Member of Chambers | BALL, David (2008) | ||
| Member of Chambers | POTTLE, Emilie (2008) | ||
| Member of Chambers | HOVINGTON, Kathryn (2008) | ||
| Member of Chambers | SHARMA, Rajiv (2008) | ||
| Member of Chambers | THOMAS, Paula (2009) | ||
| Member of Chambers | DAVIES, Ceri (2009) | ||
| Member of Chambers | MACDONALD, Malcolm (2010) | ||
| Member of Chambers | REID, Karen (2010) | ||
| Member of Chambers | TOWNSHEND, Saoirse (2010) | ||
| Member of Chambers | ARMSTRONG-HOLMES, James (2010) | ||
| Member of Chambers | COOIL, Fenella (2010) | ||
| Member of Chambers | TOOR, Dharmendra (2010) | ||
| Member of Chambers | SYMONS, Ben (2011) | ||
| Member of Chambers | ABULAFIA, Rosa (2011) | ||
| Member of Chambers | ROTHWELL, Rebecca (2011) | ||
| Member of Chambers | AISTHORPE, Roxanne (2011) | ||
| Member of Chambers | STEWARD, Thomas (2011) | ||
| Member of Chambers | WILSON, Amelia (2011) | ||
| Member of Chambers | HORNYOLD-STRICKLAND, Francis (2012) | ||
| Member of Chambers | IVESON, Florence (2012) | ||
| Member of Chambers | SHROTRI, Pranjal (2012) | ||
| Member of Chambers | JONES, Hannah (2012) | ||
| Member of Chambers | KNIGHT, Alexander (2012) | ||
| Member of Chambers | YIANNI, John (2012) | ||
| Member of Chambers | AMUNWA, Ben (2013) | ||
| Member of Chambers | KENVIN, Ben (2013) | ||
| Member of Chambers | HARLEY, George (2013) | ||
| Member of Chambers | COYLE, Rachel (2013) | ||
| Member of Chambers | SULEMAN, Sajid (2014) | ||
| Member of Chambers | SAMUELS, Marc (2014) | ||
| Member of Chambers | BRYAN-QUAMINA, Nicole (2014) | ||
| Member of Chambers | MULDOON, Racheal (2015) | ||
| Member of Chambers | JONES, Ami (2016) | ||
| Member of Chambers | MARLEY, Helen (2016) | ||
| Member of Chambers | THAKERAR, Shyam (2016) | ||
| Member of Chambers | GRAY-JONES, David (2017) | ||
| Member of Chambers | BUTLER, Rebecca (2017) | ||
| Member of Chambers | ROSE, Catherine (2017) | ||
| Member of Chambers | HAGGAR, Michael (2017) | ||
| Member of Chambers | KENDRICK, Arthur (2017) | ||
| Member of Chambers | PIRCHASE, Jessica (2017) | ||
| Member of Chambers | SCHWARTFEGER, Paul (2018) | ||
| Member of Chambers | PARKER, Tom (2019) |
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Jamie De Burgos | Jamie is a barrister dealing with cases involving medical, including psychiatric, and… | View Profile |
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Sarah Gaunt | A specialist in serious and complex crime, Sarah is known for both… | View Profile |
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Gillian Geddes | Gillian is highly experienced in all aspects of children law. Her practice… | View Profile |
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Charlotte Georges | Charlotte is a specialist family law barrister, specialising in children proceedings acting… | View Profile |
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Kate Grieve | Kate Grieve is an outstanding Children’s Law practitioner. Straight talking and open in… | View Profile |
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Kathryn Howarth | Kathryn Howarth practices in domestic and international crime, extradition, public law and… | View Profile |
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Andrew Howarth | Prior to being called to the Bar Andrew worked in international banking… | View Profile |
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Cecilia Hulse | Cecilia practises in Public Law, Asylum and Immigration Law and Employment Law.… | View Profile |
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Paul Infield | Barrister, arbitrator and mediator. Leading counsel in Birch v. Birch in the… | View Profile |
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Emily James | Specialist family barrister. Emily is a specialist family law leading junior who… | View Profile |
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Raphael Jesurum | Raphael practises in asylum, immigration and nationality law. He appears regularly in… | View Profile |
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Charlotte Jewell | Charlotte has been practising in family law since 1999. She specialises solely… | View Profile |
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Mark Jones | Mark Jones is a barrister with a broad commercial practice, encompassing general… | View Profile |
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Hannah Jones | Hannah read Law at the University of Cambridge. Having completed her pupillage… | View Profile |
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Chloe Kenvin | Chloe’s practice encompasses matrimonial finance, private law children proceedings and disputes between… | View Profile |
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Flavia Kenyon | Barrister | View Profile |
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Martin Kingerley | Martin Kingerley specialises in all aspects of the law relating to children and… | View Profile |
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Alexander Knight | Alexander Knight specialises in matrimonial finance, cohabitee disputes and private law children… | View Profile |
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Niki Langridge | Niki specialises exclusively in family work, her practice being almost entirely financial… | View Profile |
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Lauren Lanson | Lauren’s practice is predominantly focused on family finance, inclusive of applications under… | View Profile |
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Theo Lester | Immigration, international protection, and public law Theo has represented immigration and asylum… | View Profile |
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John Lloyd-Jones | John Lloyd–Jones QC is a trial strategist, dedicated to the forensic analysis… | View Profile |
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Jonathan Lux | After an extremely successful career culminating as a senior partner at one… | View Profile |
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Gavin Lyon | Gavin Lyon is a family finance specialist with an established and successful practice… | View Profile |
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Olivia Magennis | Olivia is a specialist family law barrister, with a particular emphasis on… | View Profile |
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Ben Mansfield | Ben Mansfield is a specialist children law barrister, dealing with complex and… | View Profile |
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Nadia Mansfield | Nadia is a member of the family team, specialising in public law… | View Profile |
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Hannah Markham | Hannah is a formidable silk renowned for her role in leading and… | View Profile |
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Jacqueline Matthews-Stroud | Family law practitioner specialising is law relating to children particularly complex care… | View Profile |
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Fergus McCombie | Fergus McCombie has an established practice in employment and discrimination law. However,… | View Profile |
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Sarah Miller | Sarah Miller is an unregistered barrister. She is only able to accept… | View Profile |
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Allan J Myers | QC specialising in commercial law, constitutional and administrative law, corporations law, equity… | View Profile |
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Frances Oldham | Frances Oldham QC Chaired the Independent Jersey Care Inquiry (2014-2017) which looked… | View Profile |
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Dr Colin Ong | Queen’s Counsel at 36 Stone; Counsel at Eldan Law LLP (Singapore); Senior… | View Profile |
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Joanna O’Connell | Joanna’s practice encompasses all aspects of family law. In cases involving children,… | View Profile |
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Richard O’Dair | Richard is a barrister specialising in employment law, which takes up 80%… | View Profile |
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Adam Pearson | Barrister practising exclusively in criminal law, covering all aspects for both prosecution… | View Profile |
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Jamsheed Peeroo | Barrister specialising in international arbitration with expertise in conflicts of laws and… | View Profile |
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James Petts | James has a mixed private law civil practice, with increasing focus on… | View Profile |
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Mary Prior | Mary practises exclusively in crime. She is a jury advocate. Sexual offences:… | View Profile |
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Paul Prior | Paul Prior is a Criminal Barrister. He specialises in the following areas:… | View Profile |
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Greg Pryce | Barrister specialising in public law – children (regularly instructed on behalf of… | View Profile |
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John Reeder | John Reeder’s practice is split between acting as an arbitrator and mediator… | View Profile |
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Deborah Revill | Deborah’s work covers all areas of immigration law. She is particularly interested… | View Profile |
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Mark Roscoe | Barrister specialising in dual disciplines of family work and property litigation, offering… | View Profile |
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Rebecca Rothwell | Rebecca Rothwell practices exclusively within Chambers’ family team, specialising in matrimonial finance, cohabitee… | View Profile |
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Michael Rudd | Michael has a mixed practice encompassing planning, environmental, public and administrative law,… | View Profile |
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Jonathon Rushton | Jonathon Rushton is a specialist Chancery barrister. Called to the Bar in… | View Profile |
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Vasanti Selvaratnam | Vasanti Selvaratnam QC is a senior QC practising as Counsel and International… | View Profile |
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Rajiv Sharma | Rajiv specialises in Immigration, Asylum and Administrative Law with a particular emphasis on… | View Profile |
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James Shirley | James Shirley practises in all areas of commercial law and civil fraud:… | View Profile |
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Nadia Silver | Nadia is a member of the criminal team undertaking both prosecution and… | View Profile |
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John Small | John is an employment law specialist and regularly appears in the Employment… | View Profile |
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Thomas Steward | Tom’s practice encompasses commercial litigation, arbitration, and advisory work, with particular emphasis… | View Profile |
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Dan Tan | Barrister And Arbitrator. International arbitration, particularly in the US and Asia. Court… | View Profile |
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Rhys Taylor | Rhys Taylor specialises in money and property disputes following family relationship breakdown.… | View Profile |
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Gillian Temple-Bone | Barrister specialising in the law concerning children – public law representing Local… | View Profile |
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Paula Thomas | Regarded as a specialist, family and children barrister. Paula is an extremely… | View Profile |
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Mary Thomson | Mary is a Chartered Arbitrator and Mediator. Besides being a barrister in… | View Profile |
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Kate Tompkins | Kate is a specialist family and children law barrister. Kate previously enjoyed… | View Profile |
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Rachel Toney | Rachel’s wide-ranging commercial practice includes all aspects of international trade, shipping and… | View Profile |
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William Tyler | Specialist Family Silk. Practice areas include complex, serious or sensitive Children Act… | View Profile |
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Julie Warburton | Julie is an experienced criminal practitioner whose tenacity as an advocate has… | View Profile |
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Kelly Webb | Children, both private and public law proceedings. Kelly specialises in private law… | View Profile |
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Ellis Wilford | Ellis practices in asylum & immigration and has appeared in the Upper… | View Profile |
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Richard Wilson | Joint Head of Chambers Richard Wilson QC, LL.D is a Commercial, Public… | View Profile |
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Amelia Wilson | Approachable family law barrister focussed on Children Law and Matrimonial & Family… | View Profile |
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Colin Wright | Colin Wright is a highly experienced practising barrister who appears as advocate… | View Profile |
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- Regional Bar Crime (general and fraud)
- London Bar International arbitration: arbitrators
- London Bar International arbitration: counsel
- London Bar Immigration (including business immigration)
- London Bar Family (including divorce and financial remedy)
- London Bar Administrative and public law (including elections)
- London Bar Financial services regulation
- London Bar Fraud: crime
- London Bar Shipping
- London Bar Children law (including public and private law)
- London Bar Commodities
- London Bar Fraud: civil
- Regional Bar Crime (general and fraud)
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