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Radcliffe Chambers Offices
Radcliffe Chambers
11 NEW SQUARE, LINCOLN'S INN
LONDON
WC2A 3QB
England
11 NEW SQUARE, LINCOLN'S INN
LONDON
WC2A 3QB
England
Radcliffe Chambers > The Legal 500 Rankings
London Bar > Charities Tier 1
Radcliffe Chambers is ‘a strong set with strength in depth‘ in the charity law space. The ‘cogent‘ Robert Pearce KC acts for trustees from a wide range of charitable entities, including educational and religious institutions, and Kate Selway KC has expertise in advising on charitable status, charity land and governance and the validity of charitable bequests. Thomas Dumont KC‘s client base takes in national, local and international charities. Among the junior end, Francesca Quint is ‘an outstanding specialist adviser in charity law‘, and Joshua Winfield is also singled out by clients for his ‘deep technical knowledge of charity law‘.Rising stars
Matthew Mills – Radcliffe Chambers 'He is extremely client-friendly and exceptional on his feet.'
Leading Juniors
Francesca Quint –Radcliffe Chambers 'Francesca is a hugely experienced and talented barrister; efficient, responsive and practical.'
Joshua Winfield –Radcliffe Chambers 'A clear strategist, who provides expert, tailored advice.'
Josh Lewison –Radcliffe Chambers 'A very personable junior.'
Testimonials
‘Charles Edwards and George Rushton are both a credit to the chambers.’
‘Chambers is friendly and proactive.’
‘An all-round solid set.’
‘The clerks are helpful, accommodating and ensure good lines of communication.’
‘Efficient clerks’ room, proactive and responsive.’
‘The clerks are very accessible and friendly.’
London Bar > Private client: trusts and probate Tier 2
Radcliffe Chambers is a ‘great set for contentious trusts and estates work’ with a ‘huge strength in depth and a range of counsel’. Robert Pearce KC represented the trustees in Attorney General v Zedra Fiduciary Services (UK) Ltd, a matter related to deciding the use of The National Fund, which was set up in 1928 with the aim of repaying the national debt off in full, a goal which became impossible – the court found the fund should be used to partially repay the national debt now. In Fraser v Khawaja, Oliver Hilton represented the attorney of the deceased intestate beneficiaries in a challenge to a will which was made in favour of an unknown person with no witnesses. Rising star Matthew Mills is an ‘impressive advocate’ who is currently representing the beneficiary of a matrimonial home in Re Ivor Percy James, a dispute over a codicil to a will shifting the testator’s interest in his matrimonial home from his grandchildren to his second wife. Other key members of the team include ‘immensely thorough advocate’ Piers Feltham and Daniel Burton, who is ‘always very helpful, responsive, and conscientious’.Rising stars
Matthew Mills – Radcliffe Chambers ‘Matthew is an exceptional advocate. His clarity of thought under some extremely high-pressure circumstances in court is remarkable. His presentation skills are excellent. He relates to clients incredibly well and puts them at ease.’
Leading Silks
Robert Pearce KC –Radcliffe Chambers ‘Robert is a supremely clever and authoritative barrister who judges listen to. He possesses an encyclopaedic knowledge of the law.’
Kate Selway KC –Radcliffe Chambers ‘Kate's advice is always thorough and technically first-class.’
Thomas Dumont KC – Radcliffe Chambers ‘Thomas has incisive analysis, imbues confidence in his advice and has a supportive approach. He gets to the nub of the issue - prepares excellent and to-the-point skeletons and other written advice. He is a general go-to person for complex trust issues.’
Leading Juniors
Piers Feltham –Radcliffe Chambers ‘Piers is very bright, extremely thorough, leaving no stone unturned, articulate and passionate about what he does. He is a great advocate and really fights his client's corner.’
Daniel Burton –Radcliffe Chambers ‘Daniel is excellent counsel. He is great with clients and provides thoughtful and practical written advice. In court, he is never flustered and argues his corner persuasively and tenaciously. He is a real team player who is always available.’
William Moffett –Radcliffe Chambers 'William is excellent with clients, possesses very strong drafting skills and is a persuasive advocate.'
Sophia Rogers –Radcliffe Chambers 'Sophia is a determined and effective advocate. She advises clearly and fully and works as hard as is required.'
Marcus Flavin –Radcliffe Chambers ‘Marcus is very knowledgeable and applies this knowledge to the case in a very logical and common-sense way. He is very good at trimming an issue down to the fundamentals and then considering it a base level.’
Edward Hicks –Radcliffe Chambers ‘Edward has an excellent depth of knowledge. He has incredible attention to detail and provides robust and detailed advice which stands up to scrutiny.’
Charles Holbech –Radcliffe Chambers ‘Charles has the excellent technical knowledge and is excellent in legal argument, even on very technical complex matters but also able to explain them to lay people.’
Justin Holmes –Radcliffe Chambers ‘Justin is very experienced in the area and always provides sound and clear advice to the clients. He is excellent in his written advice and also at conferences or mediations. He ensures that all bases are covered and always remains balanced and calm at all times.’
Roger Mullis –Radcliffe Chambers ‘Roger is very responsive and able to provide prompt, concise and pragmatic advice by phone and email. He is well-prepared, able to think on his feet and is impressive at presenting his arguments. He has in-depth knowledge of the law in his chosen practice area.’
Josh Lewison – Radcliffe Chambers ‘Josh is a forceful advocate who has a strong ability to distil complex issues clearly and logically. His written advice is refreshingly practical. He provides direction to complex cases, which clients value.'
Testimonials
‘John Clarke is excellent and gets things done.’
‘Radcliffe Chambers has an excellent clerk team, John Clarke, in particular, always goes out of his way to assist.’
‘Radcliffe Chambers is an excellent set with great depth of experience and expertise.’
‘Radcliffe Chambers provides a first-class full-service set packed with consistently good performers across the board.’
‘Radcliffe Chambers offer an excellent range of counsel for contentious trusts and estates work – from juniors up to heavy-hitting silks.’
Work highlights
London Bar > Court of Protection and community care Tier 3
Radcliffe Chambers handles a lot of advisory and litigation work related to a variety of Court of Protection matters. Justin Holmes specialises in private client litigation and is instructed both by numerous private clients and by the Public Trustee. Piers Feltham is a ‘fantastic and persuasive barrister’ whose Court of Protection practice focuses on matters related to statutory wills and the validity of powers of attorney.Leading Juniors
Piers Feltham –Radcliffe Chambers ‘Piers is technically brilliant in the Court of Protection field, has in-depth knowledge and leaves no stone unturned. He is strategic in his approach and provides clear and robust advice. He is a superb advocate.’
Testimonials
‘Radcliffe Chambers is a great set of chambers, in-depth knowledge across the board, very user-friendly, great service.’
‘The clerks are friendly, efficient, flexible and always willing to help.’
Work highlights
London Bar > Insolvency Tier 3
Radcliffe Chambers have expertise in all aspects of insolvency litigation and legal advisory work, often involving a cross-border element. Members of chambers are experienced in corporate insolvency law including administrations, liquidations and company voluntary arrangements, where members such as Christopher Boardman KC acted for investors in Infinity Developments Liverpool, a case concerning the failed £85m development of Liverpool’s tallest building, in the successful opposition of the administrators’ application to sell the lease and its associated assets to an entity suspected to have links with the developer. David Mohyuddin KC is another name active across the piece, and James Morgan KC has a strong cross-border practice, handling cases in the BVI.Rising stars
Emma Loizou – Radcliffe Chambers ‘Emma is very bright, diligent and commercially astute. Emma’s advocacy skills are excellent for her level of call.’
Leading Silks
Christopher Boardman KC –Radcliffe Chambers ‘Christopher is excellent at strategy and is able to pick out the key issues in a case from the outset. His drafting is excellent and is able to get the right balance in presenting a case. His advocacy is second to none and he has grown into the role of leading counsel seamlessly.'
David Mohyuddin KC – Radcliffe Chambers ‘David is able to cut through the issues quickly and effectively. Very practically minded and down to earth.’
James Morgan KC – Radcliffe Chambers ‘James is superb at cross-examination with piercing, straightforward questioning.’
Matthew Weaver KC – Radcliffe Chambers ‘Matthew is a fearsome advocate and extremely tenacious on his feet. He prepares thoroughly and has a growing following amongst City firms doing upper mid-market work.’
2022 Silks
Matthew Weaver KC –Radcliffe Chambers 'Extremely client facing and accessible, he performs very well in contested situations on his feet and is able to easily grasp the commerciality of what is required.'
Leading Juniors
Tina Kyriakides –Radcliffe Chambers ‘Tina is clearly an expert in her field and has a sharp mind. She knows insolvency law exceptionally well. She is practical and a joy to work with.’
Adam Deacock –Radcliffe Chambers ‘He is meticulous around detail and is robust in his advice. He is confident on his feet.’
Dawn McCambley –Radcliffe Chambers ‘Dawn's approach, and advocacy style, is focused, thorough and unflappable.'
Reuben Comiskey –Radcliffe Chambers ‘Extremely bright. Inventive and very responsive.'
Catherine Doran –Radcliffe Chambers ‘Very thorough advocate, personable and reliable, steady pair of hands in distress scenarios.'
Kate Rogers –Radcliffe Chambers ‘Kate is excellent - she is reliable, she is approachable, she can deal with even the most difficult clients.'
Martin Ouwehand – Radcliffe Chambers ‘Martin is thorough and knowledgeable.'
Katie Longstaff –Radcliffe Chambers ‘Katie is a go-to counsel.’
Christopher Buckley –Radcliffe Chambers ‘Christopher is very quick to pick up on the important details and is incredibly thorough. This shines through in his advocacy.'
Andrew Brown – Radcliffe Chambers ‘Andrew is good at getting to the nub of the issue. He is helpful at providing advice as to strategy. He is easy to work with and has a commercial approach.’
Reuben Comiskey – Radcliffe Chambers ‘Extremely bright. Inventive and very responsive.’
Testimonials
‘Lee Wright is fantastic and always responsive in an urgent situation.’
‘I have nothing but praise for Callum Clark, he is professional, quick, helpful and a pleasure to work with. He always provides a suitable barrister for my requirements.’
‘Radcliffe Chambers is a strong insolvency set. They have strength in depth and there is a range of counsel that we can instruct on various issues. The value of the cases that I deal with means that I tend to instruct the more junior members of Radcliffe Chambers.’
‘Radcliffe Chambers is the only insolvency chambers I use. Excellent.’
‘The set is generally great in terms of availability and knowledge – it is rare that there is not someone who is available (often on short notice) who is willing and able to assist.’
‘The clerks are user friendly and efficient. I tend to deal with Lee Wright who is always very responsive and good at ensuring each case is handled efficiently.’
‘The clerks are great, super responsive and quick. They are a real asset to the chambers.’
Work highlights
London Bar > Pensions Tier 3
Radcliffe Chambers is described as containing ‘top notch pensions counsel‘, which includes experienced members such as Keith Rowley KC and juniors Elizabeth Ovey, Henry Day, and Wendy Mathers. The ‘strong‘ pensions experience was demonstrated in cases such as Toyota Material Handling UK Limited v Mercer Limited, in which potential professional negligence questions were raised against former benefit consultants, and CMG Pension Trustees Ltd v CGI IT UK Ltd, in which trustees sought clarification on the scheme’s forfeiture provisions and its impact on unclaimed benefits.Leading Silks
Keith Rowley KC –Radcliffe Chambers 'Keith is meticulous and thoughtful in his advice, particularly in preparing a case and works exceptionally well in tandem with his instructing solicitors.'
Leading Juniors
Elizabeth Ovey –Radcliffe Chambers ‘A keen legal mind, who can articulate complex pensions issues with precision and clarity. Counsel to have on your side.'
Henry Day –Radcliffe Chambers ‘Henry is very able. Clever, with a good strategic sense and feel for how to present arguments to best advantage.’
Wendy Mathers – Radcliffe Chambers 'First class advocacy skills; Wendy presents cases succinctly and is able to quickly take instructions in order to reach a solution.'
Testimonials
‘The clerks are always very helpful.’
‘The clerks have always been extremely helpful and responsive.’
‘Clerks were responsive and easy to reach.’
‘Radcliffe are obviously an excellent pensions set – they are very good at finding academically rigorous, enthusiastic, personable barristers.’
‘Radcliffe clearly has real strength in this area, and they work well as a team.’
‘Strong pensions practice.’
Work highlights
London Bar > Professional negligence Tier 3
Within professional negligence, Radcliffe Chambers specialises in solicitor and financial professional negligence areas. Elizabeth Ovey recently acted for the claimant in the Toyota Material Handling UK Limited v Mercer Limited case, in which the principal employer and trustees brought professional negligence proceedings against their former benefit consultants in respect of advice to enter into a Deed of Amendment purporting to cap existing liability; failure to advise that previous advisers were or might have been negligent and there was a claim against them; and failure to advise of their own earlier claim negligence.Leading Silks
Jeremy Cousins KC –Radcliffe Chambers ‘Jeremy is very thorough and a pleasure to work with.’
Keith Rowley KC –Radcliffe Chambers ‘Keith is a very experienced pensions professional negligence silk. He had deep knowledge of the pensions authorities and can read a court in a way that few others can. Judges listen carefully to him.’
Shantanu Majumdar KC –Radcliffe Chambers ‘Intellectually way ahead of the crowd and a superb written advocate. His court room style is equally impressive. An excellent trial lawyer and cunning cross-examiner. Clients love him.’
Leading Juniors
Peter Dodge –Radcliffe Chambers 'Excellent advocate, excellent drafting skills and a pleasure to work with.'
Elizabeth Ovey –Radcliffe Chambers 'Technically strong, clear and concise advice and commercial approach.'
William Moffett –Radcliffe Chambers ‘William has the skill of explaining the arcane in understandable terms. He is a fluent and polished advocate.'
Gary Lidington –Radcliffe Chambers 'Commercially minded, aware of market pressures and calm under pressure.'
Simon Williams –Radcliffe Chambers 'Simon breaks down the complicated in to simple and clear ways for the lay client to understand the merits of its case and likely prospects. As an advocate Simon does not get wound up but rather remains calm and concise.'
Testimonials
‘Clerks are always responsive and professional especially Vince Carter.’
‘The clerks are responsive, Lee Wright is very helpful.’
‘Clerks respond very quickly and super helpful.’
‘A super friendly, pensions-specialist set which is excellent at finding enthusiastic, dynamic barristers.’
‘Radcliffe are a leading set of exceptional barristers.’
‘Good set, I have been working with them for over ten years.’
‘A very strong set with great resources, lots of free webinars and events.’
‘Broad set and quality always guaranteed.’
Work highlights
London Bar > Property litigation Tier 4
Radcliffe Chambers combines its knowledge of pure property litigation with more specialised and complex experience in issues involving property tax disputes and enfranchisement issues, with matters crossing over with the set’s expertise in Chancery work. William Moffett stood before the Supreme Court in Guest v Guest, a dispute which had serious ramifications regarding the appropriate remedy in cases of proprietary estoppel. Marie-Claire Bleasdale was involved in Barchester Healthcare Homes Limited & Barchester Nominee Limited v Roxbury Holding Limited, a case involving issues of boundary disputes, purported easements, and alleged trespass, against the backdrop of uncertainty caused by Land Registry delays.Leading Juniors
William Moffett –Radcliffe Chambers ‘Written work is superb. Very calm on his feet and persuasive.'
Nathan Wells –Radcliffe Chambers ‘He has an excellent eye for detail, but combines that with a keen sense of commercial reality and a fundamental focus on the client's best interests.'
Marie-Claire Bleasdale –Radcliffe Chambers ‘She is able to quickly understand the underlying facts of the dispute and deal with each point forensically in turn. Her legal understanding of this inherently complicated area of law is second-to-none.’
Edward Hicks –Radcliffe Chambers ‘Ed has a stellar mind and intellectual ability. His detailed advice is always second to none and he can get to grips with complicated issues very well. He is logical and hardworking.'
Howard Smith –Radcliffe Chambers ‘Howard is an excellent barrister in all respects. He is very approachable and good with clients and experts. His written work and pleadings are always well considered and to the point and his trial advocacy is very measured and effective.'
Simon Williams –Radcliffe Chambers ‘Simon breaks down the complicated in to simple and clear ways for the lay client to understand the merits of its case and likely prospects. As an advocate Simon does not get wound up but rather remains calm and concise.'
Gary Lidington –Radcliffe Chambers 'Good at drafting and dealing with clients. Very practical too.'
Testimonials
‘The clerks are efficient, friendly, and approachable. They are always willing to discuss fees and be flexible to suit solicitors and lay clients. They work well under pressure and can always find a barrister on urgent instructions.’
‘The clerks at Radcliffe are always very helpful and responsive. Justin Allen in particular is a great asset.’
‘The clerks are very responsive and always on hand to help. They also understand the need to be competitive on fees and are all very friendly and easy to deal with.’
‘Radcliffe has an excellent choice of counsel to deal with most civil disputes and are able to offer counsel at a range of seniority.’
‘Radcliffe has enviable strength in depth on real property and chancery disputes. Their barristers are all highly capable, forensic in their detail, and approachable.’
‘Radcliffe are a fantastic set, offering a strong range of barristers across multiple disciplines.’
‘The set offers flexibility in terms of experience, cost and availability. They provide helpful webinars and seminars. They are our go-to set.’
Work highlights
Dispute resolution > Mediators Tier 5
Simon Williams – Radcliffe Chambers Simon Williams at Radcliffe Chambers is 'a calm and collected mediator, who is approachable and clear'. Accredited in 2006, Williams is an expert in disputes concerning commercial contracts, companies, shareholders, and partnerships. He also mediates conflicts involving landlord and tenant issues, trusts and probate, rights of way, restrictive covenants, adverse possession, and professional negligence.Work highlights
Midland Circuit > Chancery, probate, and tax
Leading Silks
James Morgan KC –Radcliffe Chambers 'James is extremely organised and methodical in the way he works. He is renowned for his thorough preparation and excellent analytical skills. He is a first-class barrister who provides confidence when he is on your team. He is an excellent advocate who is often far better prepared than his opponent.'
Midland Circuit > Commercial litigation
Leading Silks
James Morgan KC –Radcliffe Chambers ‘James epitomises the cool, calm, collected barrister. His trial preparation is legendary, and is an extremely bright individual who will always deliver the highest quality service.’
Midland Circuit > Company and insolvency
Leading Silks
James Morgan KC –Radcliffe Chambers ‘James consistently demonstrates an extremely knowledgeable yet commercial approach. He can provide targeted, concise advice which meets the client’s needs.’
Northern Circuit > Commercial litigation
Northern Circuit > Company and insolvency
Northern Circuit > Chancery, probate, and tax
London Bar > Banking and finance (including consumer credit)
2022 Silks
Mark Fell KC –Radcliffe Chambers ‘Mark is excellent at describing complex issues in terms that are simple to understand to the layperson. He has a thoughtful approach, and constructs well reasoned and compelling arguments.'
Leading Juniors
Peter Dodge – Radcliffe Chambers ‘Excellent advocate, good drafting skill, pleasure to work with.’
Simon Mills - Radcliffe Chambers ‘Simon has an encyclopedic knowledge on all things asset-based lending, as well as being the king of injunctions. He is an exceptional lawyer on his feet in court. He is also very user friendly.’
London Bar > Financial services regulation
2022 Silks
Mark Fell KC –Radcliffe Chambers ‘Mark is a very clear and persuasive advocate. He has strong technical skills and his written work is comprehensive and persuasive.'
Leading Juniors
Elizabeth Ovey –Radcliffe Chambers ‘Elizabeth is very careful and considered. She has good experience in the area of FCA regulated pensions, which a lot of pension barristers do not have, and therefore is a good senior all-rounder.’
London Bar > Tax: VAT and excise
2022 Silks
Mark Fell KC – Radcliffe Chambers 'Mark Fell is personable, reliable, hardworking and innovative, and Mark's advocacy is impressive and effective.'
London Bar > Agriculture
Leading Juniors
Nathan Wells –Radcliffe Chambers 'An extremely bright, thorough and analytical junior.'
London Bar > Company
Leading Juniors
Tina Kyriakides – Radcliffe Chambers ‘Tina has encyclopaedic knowledge of company law and procedure, and her judicial work gives her an advantage over her competitors, especially tactically.’
Christopher Buckley – Radcliffe Chambers ‘Chris is very meticulous and user-friendly, and a bona fide expert and a clear authority on the relevant case law.’
London Bar > Commercial litigation
Leading Juniors
Stuart Benzie - Radcliffe Chambers ‘Stuart has unparalleled experience of obtaining urgent, interim relief, and he has true commercial awareness to bring to bear, which clients really appreciate.’
Tina Kyriakides –Radcliffe Chambers ‘Tina fights her client's corner like nobody else. She is a very gentle but assertive advocate, and very much a team player with her instructing solicitors, which contributes to a much more productive process.’
William Moffett –Radcliffe Chambers ‘Very good with clients - makes them feel at ease and inspires confidence in them. Exceptionally thorough and always ready to deal with any query that may arise. His advocacy is quietly persuasive and probing, but he will not leave any issue unsaid.'
Dov Ohrenstein –Radcliffe Chambers ‘Excellent on the law, good personality and emotional intelligence. Calm manner in court.'
Simon Mills – Radcliffe Chambers ‘Hands-on, approachable, excellent with clients, empathetic whilst professional, good on strategy and tactics, and thinks outside the box. Readily available, irrespective of time zones and will work around clients to include after-hour conferences – goes above and beyond.’
Gary Lidington –Radcliffe Chambers ‘Gary is very practical and understands the nuances in working with North American clients. He is fantastic in court and clients have a lot of confidence in him.'
Adam Deacock – Radcliffe Chambers ‘Adam has a fantastic ability to recall details and information. He is robust on his feet and enjoyable to work with.’
London Bar > Fraud: civil
Leading Juniors
Stuart Benzie - Radcliffe Chambers ‘Stuart possesses a superb intellect. He’s unflappable, to the point, and extremely commercial.’
Simon Mills – Radcliffe Chambers ‘Simon is exceptionally user-friendly. He can relate to clients and their needs, and he is very easy to deal with. Simon is also very good on his feet in court.‘
Zachary Kell – Radcliffe Chambers ‘Ability to cut through complex and international fraud claims, and focus on the key issues that are relevant to the client’s case. He always goes the extra mile to ensure his advice is provided on time.‘
London Bar > Tax: personal
Leading Juniors
Nicholas Macklam – Radcliffe Chambers ‘Nicholas is superb at everything he turns his hand to. Crystal-clear written and oral advocacy. Practical and strategic in approach. Excellent client manner. A star in the making.’
London Bar > Tax: corporate
Leading Juniors
Nicholas Macklam – Radcliffe Chambers ‘Nicholas is superb at everything he turns his hand to. Crystal-clear written and oral advocacy. Practical and strategic in approach. Excellent client manner.’
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Radcliffe Chambers > Set Profile
Radcliffe Chambers is a modern chambers based in historic Lincoln’s Inn. It specialises in business, private client, property, insolvency, pensions and charities. The achievements of Chambers and its individual members have been recognised in recent years in The Legal Cheek awards, Chambers UK Bar awards, The UK Diversity Legal awards, STEP private client awards, The Lawyer awards, Halsbury Legal awards, Legal Week awards, The British Legal awards, and Solicitor Journal awards. Members of Chambers are regularly involved in the leading cases in their fields and chambers continues to grow its reputation for quality and innovative legal services. Services are supported by a professional and dedicated clerking and management team that provides a transparent and client driven service.
The set: With many members of chambers having been involved in the leading cases in their fields, this chambers continues to grow its reputation for quality and innovative legal services. These services are supported by a professional and dedicated clerking and management team who provide a transparent and client driven service.
Types of work undertaken: Radcliffe Chambers’ expertise encompasses a wide variety of commercial and chancery litigation and advice, including banking and financial services, charities, contracts, corporate and company, fraud and asset tracing, international arbitration, partnerships and LLPs, pensions, professional liability, real estate, restructuring and insolvency, tax and all manner of private client matters, from trusts, wills and tax, to issues arising in the Court of Protection.
Members sit as arbitrators, mediators and act as counsel in alternative dispute resolutions in the UK and overseas.
Main Contacts
| Department | Name | Telephone | |
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| Senior Clerk | John Clark | ||
| Chief Executive | Fiona Fitzgerald | ||
| Members of Chambers | CRAMPIN KC, Peter (1976, 1993) | ||
| Members of Chambers | ROWLEY KC, Keith (1979, 2001) | ||
| Members of Chambers | KHANGURE KC, Avtar (1985,2003) | ||
| Members of Chambers | PEARCE KC, Robert (1977, 2006) | ||
| Members of Chambers | MOHYUDDIN KC, David (1999, 2016) | ||
| Members of Chambers | MORGAN KC, James (1996, 2017) | ||
| Members of Chambers | DUMONT KC, Thomas (1979, 2019) | ||
| Members of Chambers | MAJUMDAR KC, Shantanu (1992, 2020) | ||
| Members of Chambers | BOARDMAN KC, Christopher (1995, 2020) | ||
| Members of Chambers | SELWAY KC, Kate (1995, 2020) | ||
| Members of Chambers | WEAVER, Matthew (2002, 2022) | ||
| Members of Chambers | FELL, Mark (2004, 2022) | ||
| Members of Chambers | QUINT, Francesca (1970) | ||
| Members of Chambers | NURSE, Gordon (1973) | ||
| Members of Chambers | OVEY, Elizabeth (1978) | ||
| Members of Chambers | WILLIAMS, Simon (1984) | ||
| Members of Chambers | KYRIAKIDES, Tina (1984) | ||
| Members of Chambers | FELTHAM, Piers (1985) | ||
| Members of Chambers | SMITH, Howard (1986) | ||
| Members of Chambers | MULLIS, Roger (1987) | ||
| Members of Chambers | HOLBECH, Charles (1988) | ||
| Members of Chambers | McQUAIL, Katherine (1989) | ||
| Members of Chambers | DEACOCK, Adam (1991) | ||
| Members of Chambers | DODGE, Peter (1992) | ||
| Members of Chambers | BLEASDALE, Marie-Claire (1993) | ||
| Members of Chambers | MILLS, Simon (1994) | ||
| Members of Chambers | HOLMES, Justin (1994) | ||
| Members of Chambers | OHRENSTEIN, Dov (1995) | ||
| Members of Chambers | KEEL, Douglas (1997) | ||
| Members of Chambers | MOYS, Clive (1998) | ||
| Members of Chambers | BOLTON, Caroline (1998) | ||
| Members of Chambers | DEARING, Anthony (1998) | ||
| Members of Chambers | BURTON, Paul (1998) | ||
| Members of Chambers | MOFFETT, William (2000) | ||
| Members of Chambers | WELLS, Nathan (2000) | ||
| Members of Chambers | LIDINGTON, Gary (2000) | ||
| Members of Chambers | WINFIELD, Joshua (2001) | ||
| Members of Chambers | FLAVIN, Marcus (2001) | ||
| Members of Chambers | COMISKEY, Reuben (2002) | ||
| Members of Chambers | OUWEHAND, Martin (2002) | ||
| Members of Chambers | HILTON, Oliver (2002) | ||
| Members of Chambers | BEASLEY, Tom (2003) | ||
| Members of Chambers | BARRETT, Steven (2003) | ||
| Members of Chambers | BUCKLEY, Christopher (2004) | ||
| Members of Chambers | HICKS, Edward (2004) | ||
| Members of Chambers | LEWISON, Josh (2005) | ||
| Members of Chambers | MATHERS, Wendy (2005) | ||
| Members of Chambers | McCAMBLEY, Dawn (2005) | ||
| Members of Chambers | DORAN, Catharine (2008) | ||
| Members of Chambers | BURTON, Daniel (2009) | ||
| Members of Chambers | ROGERS, Kate (2009) | ||
| Members of Chambers | DAY, Henry (2011) | ||
| Members of Chambers | MACKLAM, Nicholas (2013) | ||
| Members of Chambers | ROGERS, Sophia (2013) | ||
| Members of Chambers | LONGSTAFF, Katie (2013) | ||
| Members of Chambers | EDWARDS, Jonathan (2014) | ||
| Members of Chambers | BROWN, Andrew (2014) | ||
| Members of Chambers | SHUFFREY, Chloe (2014) | ||
| Members of Chambers | KELL, Zachary (2015) | ||
| Members of Chambers | TONNARD, Matthew (2015) | ||
| Members of Chambers | MILLS, Matthew (2016) | ||
| Members of Chambers | KREAMER, Lauren (2017) | ||
| Members of Chambers | KINGSTON-SPLATT, Alexander (2017) | ||
| Members of Chambers | LOIZOU, Emma (2018) | ||
| Members of Chambers | RIMINGTON-POUNDER, Poppy (2018) |
Meet The Clerk(s)
Barrister Profiles
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Steven Barrett | Commercial Chancery; property litigation – landlord and tenant and real property; professional… | View Profile |
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Tom Beasley | Barrister with general commercial and Chancery advising and litigation practice. Chancery (general); commercial… | View Profile |
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Marie-Claire Bleasdale | The focus of Marie-Claire Bleasdale’s practice is advocacy in court, in particular… | View Profile |
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Christopher Boardman | Leading commercial chancery junior, specialising in insolvency (including cross border), company commercial… | View Profile |
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Christopher Buckley | Barrister specialising in contentious insolvency, company (in particular directors’ disqualification) and private… | View Profile |
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Daniel Burton | Banking and financial services, commercial litigation; consumer credit; insolvency (corporate, personal, directors… | View Profile |
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Reuben Comiskey | Reuben Comiskey is a busy commercial chancery junior, with a focus on… | View Profile |
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Henry Day | Barrister specialising in pensions; private client; trusts, wills and estates; financial services;… | View Profile |
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Adam Deacock | Commercial litigator specialising in insolvency, company fraud, banking and real estate disputes.… | View Profile |
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Peter Dodge | Barrister specialising in commercial Chancery litigation; in particular, banking and financial services,… | View Profile |
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Catherine Doran | Specialist areas of practice include: personcal and corporate insolvency, directors’ disqualification, company,… | View Profile |
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Thomas Dumont | Tom Dumont’s practice falls into the following areas: trusts and estates, property,… | View Profile |
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Mark Fell KC | Barrister with a Chancery and commercial advisory and litigation practice. | View Profile |
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Piers Feltham | Piers Feltham has a general Chancery practice specialising in particular in property,… | View Profile |
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Marcus Flavin | Marcus Flavin practices mainly in the field of trusts and estates. His… | View Profile |
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Edward Hicks | Chancery and commercial practice, specialising in real property and private client litigation,… | View Profile |
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Oliver Hilton | Oliver is a chancery barrister specialising in trusts, estates and property disputes,… | View Profile |
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Justin Holmes | Justin Holmes is an experienced adviser and advocate in both the Chancery… | View Profile |
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Tina Kyriakides | General commercial and chancery litigation practitioner with expertise across company law, corporate… | View Profile |
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Josh Lewison | Josh is a private client specialist, concentrating on contentious and non-contentious trusts,… | View Profile |
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Gary Lidington | Gary Lidington specialises in the full range of commercial, commercial chancery and… | View Profile |
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Nicholas Macklam | Barrister specialising in both contentious and non-contentious private client work; trusts, wills… | View Profile |
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Shantanu Majumdar | Commercial: Insurance, sale of goods, financial contracts, agency, credit & security, banking… | View Profile |
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Wendy Mathers | Specialises in chancery (general), pensions, Court of Protection, contentious probate (including family… | View Profile |
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Dawn McCambley | Dawn specialises in chancert commercial litigation; with particular emphasis on insolvency, comany… | View Profile |
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Katherine Mcquail | Barrister specialising in: litigation – contractual claims, landlord and tenant, mortgages, partnership,… | View Profile |
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Simon Mills | Simon Mills is an experienced commercial barrister working in civil fraud, banking… | View Profile |
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William Moffett | Barrister specialising in Chancery and commercial litigation including contentious wills and trusts,… | View Profile |
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Clive Moys | PRACTICE AT THE BAR: Planning, property, local government, rating and valuation and… | View Profile |
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Roger Mullis | Roger Mullis is a Chancery practitioner with an emphasis on property and… | View Profile |
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Gordon Nurse | Barrister specialising in real property-related litigation and commercial litigation, particularly involving equitable… | View Profile |
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Dov Ohrenstein | Dov Ohrenstein’s practice focuses on litigation and dispute resolution in the fields… | View Profile |
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Martin Ouwehand | Martin specialises in commercial litigation, corporate and shareholder disputes, professional negligence and… | View Profile |
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Elizabeth Ovey | Barrister specialising in pensions, retail financial services and building society work (litigation… | View Profile |
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Robert Pearce | Main practice areas include: real property disputes, landlord and tenant, contentious trust… | View Profile |
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Francesca Quint | Chancery, with an emphasis on charities: also education. Recent cases include Sparrow,… | View Profile |
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Keith Rowley | Principal area of work is general chancery, primarily pension schemes, real property,… | View Profile |
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Howard Smith | Howard Smith’s practice is in traditional and commercial chancery. He specialises in… | View Profile |
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Nathan Wells | Nathan Wells has a wide ranging Chancery practice, which includes wills and… | View Profile |
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Simon Williams | Barrister and ADR Group accredited mediator specialising in property, commercial chancery and… | View Profile |
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Joshua Winfield | Barrister specialising in Chancery, comprising charities, wills, trusts including offshore work, property,… | View Profile |
Diversity
At Radcliffe Chambers, we recognise that there is a lack of diversity in our profession. As a chambers we are committed to improving our gender balance, and ethnic and social diversity. Only by building a truly diverse chambers can we offer the broad range of perspectives that will allow us to best support our clients.
We are committed to:
- Building an outstanding team, recruited from a diverse pool of talent
- Implementing an employee value proposition including their well-being.
- Offering mentorship programmes.
- Opening and encouraging more students to consider the study of law and in particular chancery and commercial
- Addressing unconscious bias
We have policies supporting these objectives. In particular, we provide equality of opportunity in chambers and throughout our recruitment processes. In 2019, we introduced the Rare Contextual Recruitment System which uses big data to help organisations identify candidates with the greatest potential. Rare enables us to identify exceptional candidates we may otherwise miss, which is achieved by putting candidates’ accomplishments in context. We are one of only a handful of chambers that use this system. As a result we have seen an increase in candidates from non-traditional backgrounds applying for pupillage.
Radcliffe Chambers is also the only chambers to be listed as a Top 75 employer in the 2021 Social Mobility Employment Index. The Social Mobility Employment Index ranks UK employers based on the actions they take to ensure they are providing equal opportunities for people from all socioeconomic backgrounds. The index helps to highlight employers who are doing the most to change their recruitment process and advance talented employees from different backgrounds. We were also a finalist in the Progression Programme of the Year Category at the UK Social Mobility Awards 2021.
This year in collaboration with Big Voice London, we have hosted our yearly ‘Student Camp’ for sixth-form students from under-represented groups. Over a two day period, we held a series of workshops covering multiple aspects of legal practice with an emphasis on interview skills and the various routes to become a barrister. During this camp, we hope to inspire and support young people to pursue a career at the bar.
We also signed up to be a part of the 10,000 Black Interns programme, and hosted our first intern in July this year. 10,000 Black Interns is an initiative that came from the success of ‘100 Black Interns’. The aim of this programme is to transform the future prospects of young black people living in the UK through paid work experience across 24 different sectors.
Please contact Isabel Bertram if you would be interested in working with us on a joint project, or if you have any feedback on our responsible business activities.
- Charities
Top Tier Set Rankings
- Private client: trusts and probate
Set Rankings
- Midland Circuit > Chancery, probate, and tax
- Midland Circuit > Commercial litigation
- Midland Circuit > Company and insolvency
- Northern Circuit > Commercial litigation
- Northern Circuit > Company and insolvency
- Northern Circuit > Chancery, probate, and tax
- Banking and finance (including consumer credit)
- Financial services regulation
- Tax: VAT and excise
- Agriculture
- Company
- Commercial litigation
- Fraud: civil
- Tax: personal
- Tax: corporate
- Sport
- The English Bar Offshore > The English Bar Offshore