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Oliver Durnall

Oliver Durnall

Position

Oliver joined Chambers as a tenant in January 2026 following successful completion of his pupillage under the supervision of Aidan Briggs, John Campbell, Jessica Powers and James Saunders. During pupillage, Oliver experienced the full breadth of Chambers’ specialisms and undertook a secondment with a specialist insolvency firm.

Oliver is developing a broad commercial chancery practice and is regularly instructed to appear in court on a range of matters within Chambers’ core practice areas.

Before coming to the Bar, Oliver worked as a judicial assistant to Lord Justice Popplewell in the Court of Appeal. In that role, Oliver worked on commercial and public law appeals in areas including arbitration, insurance, shipping and private international law. Oliver previously worked as a Senior Legal Assistant to James Ramsden KC at a boutique litigation and investigations firm. In that role, Oliver worked on commercial, civil fraud and professional discipline matters. Oliver graduated with a First Class degree and ranked first in his cohort.

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