Lamb Chambers (Chambers of Richard Power)

Lamb Chambers represents a group of barristers who work for law firms, corporate clients and private individuals both nationally and internationally. The set has specialists in many areas of law, including: commercial; property; intellectual property; media and entertainment; personal injury; and clinical negligence. Whether potential clients are faced with a complex dispute or need more straightforward advice, Lamb Chambers will work with its clients to find the best, most cost-effective answer.

The set: Lamb Chambers is a contemporary set of barristers' chambers, operating through a number of discrete but complementary practice groups.

The set has a straightforward approach to its work, communicating in a jargon-free way and always emphasising the need to understand exactly what its clients are trying to achieve, for either personal or business-related matters.

The set's history goes back to 1946. It has always been based in the Temple, in the heart of London's legal district and is proud to work for clients from all parts of the UK and internationally.

The set has more than 50 barristers, each a specialist in their chosen field of work, many of whom are also active members of the judiciary. Members frequently sit as judges or act as chair of employment tribunals, land valuation tribunals and similar.

Many of its past members have gone on to have outstanding judicial careers, including a former Lord Justice of Appeal, England and Wales as well as a Chief Justice of the Turks and Caicos Islands and the Falkland Islands.

Lamb Chambers has a strong commitment to pro bono work and works hard to promote diversity and equality of opportunity at the Bar.

Types of work undertaken
Commercial: the set has a strong track record in major commercial litigation, acting for clients across a range of commercial matters. Work includes specialist advice, drafting and advocacy in all kinds of commercial disputes, including company and insolvency matters, domestic and international trade, commerce or finance, together with niche specialisms such as media and franchising. Lamb Chambers' barristers also work in highly technical and complex cases, with specialists in areas such as intellectual property, ICT and telecommunications, construction and utilities. A number of members offer a full service in both non-contentious and advisory employment-related work.

Property: members undertake both litigation and advisory work, in all aspects of real property, landlord and tenant, construction, development and housing law. Their work includes pre-acquisition issues, registration, co-ownership and enfranchisement disputes, mortgages, and property torts. One member appeared in the Supreme Court case of Jones v Kernott [2011].

Intellectual property, media and entertainment: the set specialises in areas including copyright and moral rights, unregistered design right, registered designs, registered trade marks, passing off, database right, patents, privacy, data protection, and confidentiality. The set is well-known in the field of media and entertainment law, and deals with matters including defamation, malicious falsehood, image rights, music rights, TV format rights and film rights. Barristers work with clients ranging from large corporations to micro-enterprises, and individual professionals. It is active in industries including music, film, TV, art and design, literary, and photographic. Services include contentious work, drafting, negotiation, representation, mediation, non-contentious protection and exploitation of IP rights.

Personal injury/clinical negligence: the team represents claimants and defendants in complex personal injury and clinical negligence cases. The set prides itself on providing high levels of client care. Current members also contribute to a number of well-known textbooks. John Cherry KC is a founding editor of the JSB Guidelines for the Assessment of General Damages in Personal Injury Cases. Several members of chambers are authors of Bloomsbury's Law of Limitation. Timothy Briden, Vicar-General of the Province of Canterbury, is editor of Moore's Introduction to Canon Law. Simon Brilliant edits volumes 25(2) and 40(1) (Land Registration and Trespass to Land) of Atkin's Court Forms and is co-author of Practical Guide to Land Registry Adjudication (Lexis/Nexis). Richard Colbey is author of Residential Tenancies (Cavendish). Four members edit the property section of the Law Brief Update newsletter. Chambers also publishes its own monthly newsletter called The Round Up.