Radcliffe Chambers > London, England > Set Profile
Radcliffe Chambers Offices

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
Leading Juniors
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
Leading Silks
Leading Juniors
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
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‘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
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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
Leading Juniors
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
Leading Juniors
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
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
Midland Circuit > Commercial litigation
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Midland Circuit > Company and insolvency
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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
Leading Juniors
London Bar > Financial services regulation
2022 Silks
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London Bar > Tax: VAT and excise
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London Bar > Agriculture
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London Bar > Company
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London Bar > Commercial litigation
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London Bar > Fraud: civil
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London Bar > Tax: personal
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London Bar > Tax: corporate
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London Bar > Sport
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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