Set Profile > The 36 Group > London, England
The 36 Group Offices
The 36 Group
36 BEDFORD ROW
LONDON
WC1R 4JH
England
Profiles
The 36 Group > The Legal 500 Rankings
Shipping Tier 3
36 Stone, which is part of The 36 Group, is a dedicated international trade and shipping set which is 'user-friendly' and has a 'wealth of experience'. Vasanti Selvaratnam QC and James Shirley were successful in Nautical Challenge v Evergreen Marine (UK) Ltd, which is a leading ship collision case on the inter-relationship between the crossing rule, the narrow channel rule and the general rule of good seamanship in the approaches to a narrow channel. Ravi Aswani appeared in Dera Commercial Estate v Derya Inc, which examined the dismissal of claims for inordinate and inexcusable delay under section 41 of the Arbitration Act 1996 and whether a geographic deviation would deprive a carrier from the benefit of the limitation period in the Hague Rules.
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Children law (including public and private law) Tier 4
Members of the ‘superb’ The 36 Group are ‘responsive, helpful and knowledgeable of the children law sector’, according to instructing solicitors. In a ground-breaking piece of litigation, Hannah Markham QC is leading the claimants’ case against various government departments in R v YY, a case challenging the current law on transgender parents and on the registration of children, as well as the terminology to be used on birth certificates.
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Commodities Tier 4
36 Stone, part of The 36 Group, is a dedicated commodities, shipping and international trade set. Its members have extensive experience in matters relating to shipping and commodities contracts in the civil and criminal courts, arbitrations, inquiries and other tribunals in the UK and overseas. It has highly regarded specialists including international trade and commodities specialist Vasanti Selvaratnam QC, who acted for a respondent Malaysian Bank in Deutsche Bank AG v CIMB Bank Berhad, which concerned discrepancies in documents in a commodity transaction. Highly experienced junior Charles Debattista practices in commodities, dry shipping and international trade disputes, both as counsel and as arbitrator. Ravi Aswani frequently handles the physical and paper elements of commodities transactions, and has experience in arbitrations before specialist trade bodies including GAFTA and FOSFA.
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Crime
The 36 Group is home to Nadeem Holland and Sarah Gaunt, who are particularly notable for their work on organised crime cases and sexual offences prosecutions respectively. Gaunt recently prosecuted a father and his juvenile son in a blackmail and firearms offences case - the father received a nine-year sentence.
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Crime
The 36 Group maintains a strong presence in the Midlands, particularly regarding East Midlands work, with several members being instructed on complex and high-profile work in the region. David Herbert QC led the prosecution in a seven-handed joint enterprise murder of a Latvian man, who was lured to a house in Lincolnshire, beaten to death then urinated on.
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Set overviews: England and Wales
Multidisciplinary set The 36 Group offers specialist counsel across the fields of crime, commercial, family, public and human rights, as well as commodities and shipping. Chambers, which was joined by members of 4 Field Court and Stone Chambers in 2018, provides ‘a cost-effective service’ and are 'excellent value for money’ with ‘a down-to-earth and friendly ethos that fosters strong relationships with instructing solicitors’. The 36 Crime team has expanded of late following the arrival of John Cammegh and Adrian Amer from 9 Bedford Row, and James Bide-Thomas and Helen Marley from No.1 High Pavement Chambers. This followed the appointment of Julie Warburton, Rebecca Herbert, Georgina Gibbs, and Steven Evans as circuit judges. Elsewhere in chambers, Madeleine Heal (formerly of New Square Chambers) and Ceri Davis (sole practitioner) joined 36 Commercial, while dual-qualified barrister Jamsheed Peeroo (England and Wales, and Mauritius) and arbitrator Doran Doeh (formerly of Dentons) have joined 36 Stone. In other news, Vasanti Selvaratnam QC, Dean Armstrong, and William Tyler QC have become joint heads of chambers. The clerking team is ‘second to none’ and ‘will move heaven and earth to assist’ solicitors. ‘Energetic and enthusiastic’ family practice manager Danny Chapman is ‘incredibly efficient and pushing chambers to the forefront of the family law market’; first junior Ashley London is ‘astute, sociable, and down to earth’, while second junior Adam Cope is ‘a strong junior clerk who is making his mark and gaining an enviable reputation’. Other names to note in the clerks’ room include Michelle Simpson (criminal practice manager), Steven Newbery (commercial practice manager), and Everton Wedderburn (senior clerk public and human rights). In recent clerking news, former 36 Stone senior clerk Luke Irons has moved to MAITLAND CHAMBERS, while the ‘standout’ Zoe Bluck has arrived from Tanfield Chambers as the new pratice and business development manager for 36 Stone. Offices in: London and Singapore
Regional Bar > Midland Circuit > Crime
The 36 Group maintains a strong presence in the Midlands, particularly regarding East Midlands work, with several members being instructed on complex and high-profile work in the region. David Herbert QC led the prosecution in a seven-handed joint enterprise murder of a Latvian man, who was lured to a house in Lincolnshire, beaten to death then urinated on.
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Regional Bar > South Eastern Circuit > Crime
The 36 Group is home to Nadeem Holland and Sarah Gaunt, who are particularly notable for their work on organised crime cases and sexual offences prosecutions respectively. Gaunt recently prosecuted a father and his juvenile son in a blackmail and firearms offences case - the father received a nine-year sentence.
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The 36 Group > Firm Profile
The 36 Group is one of the largest national sets covering work particularly in London, the Midlands, South Eastern and Northern circuits as well as globally within the international courts. We house over 150 tenants including 17 QCs and three SCs, all of whom are committed to excellent service and are recognised for operating with real pride and strength in depth.
The 36 Group 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 & 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 150 barristers, mediators and arbitrators including 17 Queen’s Counsel, 3 Senior Counsel from Ireland and South Africa, and a Senior Advocate of the Supreme Court of India.
The 36 Group has an annex in Singapore, with members also based in Hong Kong, Brunei, Dubai, India, South Africa, US (California and New York) and Ireland.
The 36 Group is regularly instructed on international disputes by clients of all sizes and descriptions, from the ambitious start-up to HNWs and global corporations. We 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
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| Members of Chambers | WILSON QC, Richard (2003) | ||
| Members of Chambers | HARBAGE QC, William (2003) | ||
| Member of Chambers | REEDER QC, John (1989) | ||
| Members of Chambers | OLDHAM QC, Frances (1994) | ||
| Member of Chambers | BLACKBURN QC, Elizabeth (1998) | ||
| Members of Chambers | HACKETT QC, Philip (1978) | ||
| Member of Chambers | SELVARATNAM QC, Vasanti | ||
| Members of Chambers | HAYDEN SC, Martin (2001) | ||
| Members of Chambers | CAMPBELL SC, John (2005) | ||
| Members of Chambers | DONNELLAN QC, Christopher (2008) | ||
| Members of Chambers | HERBERT QC, David (2013) | ||
| Members of Chambers | LLOYD-JONES QC, John (2013) | ||
| Members of Chambers | ARMSTRONG QC, Dean (2014) | ||
| Members of Chambers | TYLER QC, William (2014) | ||
| Members of Chambers | DALBY SC, Joseph (2015) | ||
| Members of Chambers | MARKHAM QC, Hannah (2016) | ||
| Members of Chambers | PRIOR QC, Mary (2017) | ||
| Member of Chambers | ONG QC, Dr Colin (2017) | ||
| Members of Chambers | ALTARAS, David (1969) | ||
| Members of Chambers | DE BURGOS, Jamie (1973) | ||
| Members of Chambers | LEE, David (1973) | ||
| Member of Chambers | DOEH, Doran (1973) | ||
| Members of Chambers | MAINDS, Sam (1977) | ||
| Member of Chambers | DEBATTISTA, Charles (1978) | ||
| Members of Chambers | TEMPLE-BONE, Gillian (1978) | ||
| Members of Chambers | INFIELD, Paul (1980) | ||
| Members of Chambers | AKMAN, Mercy (1982) | ||
| Member of Chambers | THOMSON, Mary (1983) | ||
| Members of Chambers | MATTHEWS-STROUD, Jacqueline (1984) | ||
| Members of Chambers | ECOB, Joanne (1985) | ||
| Members of Chambers | UNDERWOOD, Robert (1986) | ||
| Members of Chambers | O'DAIR, Richard (1987) | ||
| Member of Chambers | WRIGHT, Colin (1987) | ||
| Members of Chambers | HOWARTH, Andrew (1988) | ||
| Members of Chambers | PRYCE, Gregory (1988) | ||
| Members of Chambers | CAVE, Patricia (1989) | ||
| Members of Chambers | NICHOLS, Stuart (1989) | ||
| Members of Chambers | JOHNSON, Amanda (1990) | ||
| Member of Chambers | MILLER, Sarah (1990) | ||
| Members of Chambers | ROBBINS, Ian (1991) | ||
| Members of Chambers | COPELAND, Andrew (1992) | ||
| Members of Chambers | GAUNT, Sarah (1992) | ||
| Member of Chambers | HAPPE, Dominic (1993) | ||
| Members of Chambers | HERBERT, Rebecca (1993) | ||
| Members of Chambers | WEBB, Kelly (1993) | ||
| Members of Chambers | MOORE, Nicola (1993) | ||
| Members of Chambers | WARBURTON, Julie (1993) | ||
| Members of Chambers | KEELEY, James (1993) | ||
| Members of Chambers | PALMER, Nathan (1994) | ||
| Members of Chambers | BOJARSKI, Andrzej (1995) | ||
| Members of Chambers | DANIELS, Philippa (1995) | ||
| Member of Chambers | HEAL, Madeleine (1996) | ||
| Member of Chambers | HOLLOWAY, David (1996) | ||
| Members of Chambers | KNIGHT, Sarah (1996) | ||
| Members of Chambers | LORAM QC, Mary (2018) | ||
| Members of Chambers | TAYLOR, Rhys (1996) | ||
| Members of Chambers | BARRY, Kevin (1997) | ||
| Members of Chambers | RUSHTON, Jonathon (1997) | ||
| Members of Chambers | COLLINS, James (1997) | ||
| Members of Chambers | EVANS, Steven (1997) | ||
| Member of Chambers | HALE, Grace (1998) | ||
| Members of Chambers | HARDING, Simon (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 | ASWANI, Ravi (2000) | ||
| Member of Chambers | JAMES, Henry (1999) | ||
| Member of Chambers | BRAY, Caroline (2000) | ||
| Member of Chambers | PEARSON, Adam (2000) | ||
| Member of Chambers | GIBBS, Georgina (2000) | ||
| Member of Chambers | KELLEHER, Katherine (2000) | ||
| Member of Chambers | FRASER, Claire (2000) | ||
| Member of Chambers | JONES, Mark (2000) | ||
| Member of Chambers | SILVER, Nadia (2001) | ||
| Member of Chambers | SHIRLEY, James (2002) | ||
| Member of Chambers | PRIOR, Paul (2003) | ||
| Member of Chambers | PEEROO, Jamsheed (2002) | ||
| Member of Chambers | HALLISSEY, John (2003) | ||
| Member of Chambers | HOWARTH, Kathryn (2005) | ||
| Member of Chambers | PANDE, Kakoly (2005) | ||
| Member of Chambers | COX, Jonathan (2005) | ||
| Member of Chambers | HOLLAND, Nadeem (2006) | ||
| Member of Chambers | McLernon, James (2007) | ||
| Member of Chambers | ROWCLIFFE, Matthew (2007) | ||
| Member of Chambers | BALL, David (2008) | ||
| Member of Chambers | POTTLE, Emilie (2008) | ||
| Member of Chambers | HOVINGTON, Kathryn (2008) | ||
| Member of Chambers | ARMSTRONG-HOLMES, James (2010) | ||
| Member of Chambers | TOOR, Dharmendra (2010) | ||
| Member of Chambers | AISTHORPE, Roxanne (2011) | ||
| Member of Chambers | STEWARD, Thomas (2011) | ||
| Member of Chambers | IVESON, Florence (2012) | ||
| Member of Chambers | HORNYOLD-STRICKLAND, Francis (2012) | ||
| Member of Chambers | JONES, Ami (2016) | ||
| Member of Chambers | ROSE, Catherine (2017) | ||
| Member of Chambers | TAN, Dan (2000) |
Lawyer Profiles
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Ravi Aswani | View Profile | |
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Charles Debattista | View Profile | |
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Andrew Dinsmore | View Profile | |
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Doran Doeh | View Profile | |
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Dominic Happé | View Profile | |
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David Holloway | View Profile | |
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Francis Hornyold-Strickland | View Profile | |
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Mark Jones | View Profile | |
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John Lloyd-Jones QC | View Profile | |
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Jonathan Lux | View Profile | |
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Sarah Miller | View Profile | |
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Allan J Myers QC | View Profile | |
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Frances Oldham QC | View Profile | |
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Jamsheed Peeroo | View Profile | |
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Paul Prior | View Profile | |
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John Reeder QC | View Profile | |
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Jonathon Rushton | View Profile | |
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Vasanti Selvaratnam QC | View Profile | |
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James Shirley | View Profile | |
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Thomas Steward | View Profile | |
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Dan Tan | View Profile | |
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Mary Thomson | View Profile | |
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Rachel Toney | View Profile | |
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Julie Warburton | View Profile | |
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Colin Wright | View Profile |
The 36 Group > Firm Profile
The set
St Philips Chambers is a leading set of commercial barristers based in London, Birmingham, Leeds and Singapore. They offer a great breadth and depth of legal expertise and arbitration experience and are able to offer legal assistance based on in-depth knowledge of a wide number of different business and industry sectors.
St Philips Stone is the domestic and international commercial dispute resolution team of St Philips Chambers. St Philips Stone has specialist teams in the following areas: ADR, banking and finance, commercial and chancery litigation, commercial fraud and asset tracing, commodities, company and partnership, construction and infrastructure, contentious wills, trusts and probate, energy and resources, insolvency, insurance and reinsurance, international arbitration, intellectual property, private international law, professional liability, real estate, restraint of trade and confidentiality, road, rail and air transport, and shipping and international trade (SITA).
In 2013, St Philips Chambers Singapore opened to service their Asia-Pacific clients. The set is fully committed to the Asia-Pacific region and has barristers based in Hong Kong, Brunei and Australia.
St Philips Chambers is also home to a number of mediators and arbitrators, many of whom are appointed to international panels of arbitrators such as SIAC, HKIAC, SCMA and KLRCA.
Areas of practice
The set has experience in dealing with a wide range of commercial matters, both contentious and non-contentious and is able to offer clients in-depth knowledge in a number of different business and industry sectors such as energy and construction, insurance, commodities, finance and shipping.
The set’s barristers appear in the English courts, arbitral tribunals and are also able to appear in foreign courts in other jurisdictions when specially licensed to do so. The set routinely acts in a wide range of institutional and ad hoc international arbitrations as advocates and/or as arbitrators. They also act in mediations and as mediators.
Main Contacts
| Department | Name | Telephone | |
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| Members of Chambers | REEDER QC, John (1971) | ||
| Members of Chambers | BLACKBURN QC, Elizabeth (1978) | ||
| Members of Chambers | RANDALL QC, John (1978) | ||
| Members of Chambers | SELVARATNAM QC, Vasanti (1983) | ||
| Members of Chambers | KHANGURE QC, Avtar (1985) | ||
| Members of Chambers | PEPPERALL QC, Ed (1989) | ||
| Members of Chambers | ONG QC, Colin (1991) | ||
| Members of Chambers | MORGAN QC, James (1996) | ||
| Members of Chambers | HARRIS QC (Hon), Jonathan (2006) | ||
| Members of Chambers | MILLER, Sarah (1971) | ||
| Members of Chambers | READINGS, Douglas (1972) | ||
| Members of Chambers | QUIRKE, James (1974) | ||
| Members of Chambers | DEBATTISTA, Charles (1978) | ||
| Members of Chambers | CLEGG, Simon (1980) | ||
| Members of Chambers | THOMSON, Mary (1983) | ||
| Members of Chambers | STOCKILL, David (1985) | ||
| Members of Chambers | SPACKMAN, Mark (1986) | ||
| Members of Chambers | WRIGHT, Colin (1987) | ||
| Members of Chambers | HOWARD, Graham (1987) | ||
| Members of Chambers | RUMNEY, Conrad (1988) | ||
| Members of Chambers | HARRISON, Sarah (1989) | ||
| Members of Chambers | BRISTOLL, Sandra (1989) | ||
| Members of Chambers | KELLY, Sean (1990) | ||
| Members of Chambers | BEEVER, Edmund (1990) | ||
| Members of Chambers | GARNER, Sophie (1990) | ||
| Members of Chambers | HAPPÉ, Dominic (1993) | ||
| Members of Chambers | VERDUYN, Anthony (1993) | ||
| Members of Chambers | SADIQ, Tariq (1993) | ||
| Members of Chambers | CHARMAN, Andrew (1994) | ||
| Members of Chambers | BURDEN, Angus (1994) | ||
| Members of Chambers | LLOYD, Marisa (1994) | ||
| Members of Chambers | ROBERTS, Stuart (1994) | ||
| Members of Chambers | PIPE, Greg (1995) | ||
| Members of Chambers | BRENNAN, John (1996) | ||
| Members of Chambers | TONEY, Rachel (1998) | ||
| Members of Chambers | EDWARDS, Anthony (1999) | ||
| Members of Chambers | AHMED, Ishfaq (1999) | ||
| Members of Chambers | EVANS, Andrew (2000) | ||
| Members of Chambers | ASWANI, Ravi (2000) | ||
| Members of Chambers | JONES, Mark (2000) | ||
| Members of Chambers | O’BRIEN, Sean (2001) | ||
| Members of Chambers | DEAN, Paul J (2001) | ||
| Members of Chambers | GRIFFITHS, David (2001) | ||
| Members of Chambers | BUCK, William (2001) | ||
| Members of Chambers | SHIRLEY, James (2002) | ||
| Members of Chambers | WHITEHEAD, Tom (2002) | ||
| Members of Chambers | WEAVER, Matthew (2002) | ||
| Members of Chambers | CHERRY, Peter (2002) | ||
| Members of Chambers | CANDLIN, Naomi (2003) | ||
| Members of Chambers | BROWN, Marc (2004) | ||
| Members of Chambers | RILEY, Davinia (2004) | ||
| Members of Chambers | ROZYCKI, Alexander (2005) | ||
| Members of Chambers | BROWN, Harriet (2005) | ||
| Members of Chambers | TAN, Dan | ||
| Members of Chambers | TABARI, Ali (2006) | ||
| Members of Chambers | GUPTA, Amit (2006) | ||
| Members of Chambers | PEMBERTON, Lydia (2006) | ||
| Members of Chambers | CROSSLEY, Dominic (2006) | ||
| Members of Chambers | MOHAMMED, Iqbal (2007) | ||
| Members of Chambers | GARDINER, Helen (2007) | ||
| Members of Chambers | MUNDY, Robert (2008) | ||
| Members of Chambers | DU TOIT SC, Johan (2008) | ||
| Members of Chambers | ROGERS, Kate (2009) | ||
| Members of Chambers | GALE, Jonathan (2009) | ||
| Members of Chambers | MCLEOD, Gavin (2010) | ||
| Members of Chambers | METCALFE, Anna (2010) | ||
| Members of Chambers | STEWARD, Thomas (2011) | ||
| Members of Chambers | ROBERTS, Dominic (2011) | ||
| Members of Chambers | SWEENEY, Cait (2012) | ||
| Members of Chambers | HORNYOLD-STRICKLAND, Francis (2012) | ||
| Members of Chambers | LONGSTAFF, Katie (2013) | ||
| Members of Chambers | LUX, Jonathan (2013) | ||
| Members of Chambers | DINSMORE, Andrew (2013) | ||
| Members of Chambers | KWOK, Oberon (2014) | ||
| Members of Chambers | HOOPER, William (2014) | ||
| Members of Chambers | GRANT, Mark (2015) | ||
| Members of Chambers | GARNIER, James (2015) | ||
| Members of Chambers | WEBB, Daniel (2015) | ||
| Members of Chambers | WALLACE, Joel (2015) | ||
| Members of Chambers | ALDIS, John (2016) | ||
| Members of Chambers | HORWOOD, William (2016) | ||
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