Hailsham Chambers > London, England > Set Profile
Hailsham Chambers Offices
CHAMBERS OF JULIAN PICTON QC
4 PAPER BUILDINGS, TEMPLE
EC4Y 7EX
England
Hailsham Chambers > The Legal 500 Rankings
London Bar > Clinical negligence Tier 1
The ‘first-class’ clinical negligence barristers at Hailsham Chambers are ‘experts in their field’, acting for claimants and defendants. The set also has professional negligence and inquest practices, and members are experienced in mediation. Alexander Hutton KC was recently involved in the case of HM v Great Ormond Street Hospital NHS Foundation Trust – acting for the trust in an claim against them involving complications in an operation which led to brain damage. Tejina Mangat has experience in maximum severity injury cases, with significant medical expertise; Jane Tracy Forster has substantial experience in birth asphyxia claims, including claims involving cerebral palsy.Leading Silks
Leading Juniors
Testimonials
‘Michael Kilbey is excellent.’
‘An excellent clinical negligence set with strength in depth at all levels.’
‘An excellent set of chambers with some first-class barristers who are experts in their field and a real pleasure to work with.’
‘The clerks always provide a friendly, efficient and responsive service.’
‘The clerks are the backbone of Hailsham. Enquiries are always dealt with swiftly and expertly. The team are approachable and knowledgeable and a pleasure to work with. You know you are in safe hands with the clerks at Hailsham.’
Work highlights
London Bar > Professional negligence Tier 1
Hailsham Chambers is a leading professional negligence set with, ‘a huge number of specialists, their KCs are absolute market leaders’. William Flenley KC recently acted in Salter v PCL – a claim against a planning KC and planning consultant concerning whether they acted negligently in their advice on technical issues of planning law. Additionally, Michael Pooles KC recently completed a five-week trial whereby the claimants brought a £40m claim against a firm of solicitors – the claimants alleged that as a result of the solicitors’ conduct they had been deprived of a high-value business opportunity in the motor trade.Leading Silks
2022 Silks
2024 Silks
Leading Juniors
Testimonials
‘I have always found the clerking team very helpful and responsive.’
‘The clerks are excellent and very helpful.’
‘All of the clerks that I have worked with have been most helpful and responsive, even on short notice.’
‘Clerks are fine and very accessible. It’s a smooth operation that has never caused any issues.’
‘The clerks are excellent, always prompt in their response.’
‘The set is generally excellent. They have particular expertise in solicitors negligence.’
‘Hailsham Chambers have a long-established pedigree in professional negligence claims. They are also very willing to offer training to our firm on relevant areas of interest and new cases. They are quick to publish a case note on new decisions of interest.’
‘Hailsham are my go-to chambers. They are great to work with. The clerks are always courteous, helpful, and fast. The barristers are always good quality, pleasant to work with, with realistic and up-front pricing. We get far fewer unexpected fee notes with Hailsham.’
London Bar > Costs Tier 2
Hailsham Chambers are a ‘go-to set for costs related matters’, where in addition to the highly regarded advocacy on major precedent-setting cases, members are valued for their advisory and drafting skills, frequently handling complex retainers and funding arrangements on which the recovery of millions of pounds of fees may depend. The ‘wonderful’ Jamie Carpenter KC successfully defeated a High Court appeal in Diag Human & Stava v Volterra Fietta, with the ruling that it was not possible to sever the hourly rate part of a retainer with an unenforceable success fee. Alexander Hutton KC acted for the appellant in Harrison v University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust, with the Court of Appeal handing down a ruling in December 2022 that compensation as part of a settlement, like as part of an award of damages, cannot be set off against litigation costs in cases where qualified one-way costs shifting applies. At junior level, Joshua Munro faced senior opposition in McGuinness v Mawer, a long-running case that saw the High Court find that disclosure of a CFA is no longer the norm where there is no inter partes success fee.Leading Silks
Leading Juniors
Testimonials
‘Stephen Smith is always available and keen to assist.’
‘Michael Kilby is excellent – helpful, reliable and knowledgeable.’
‘I have found all of the clerks – and in particular Stuart Paley – to be responsive, clear and helpful.’
‘Excellent service, fast, friendly, responsive and wholly in tune with the needs of their instructing solicitors; a seamless part of the legal team.’
‘Hailsham’s strength in depth on costs and retainer issues is unmatched.’
‘One of, if not the best costs set in the country. Great strength in depth.’
The costs team is smaller than others but excellent and they have a rigorous process to identify the junior talent.’
Excellent costs practice at Hailsham, second to none for depth of expertise and experience.’
Work highlights
London Bar > Personal injury, industrial disease and insurance fraud
Leading Silks
Personal injury - Leading Juniors
North Eastern Circuit > Chancery, probate, and tax
North Eastern Circuit > Commercial litigation
London Bar > Professional disciplinary and regulatory law
Hailsham Chambers > Set Profile
Hailsham Chambers strives to provide clients with excellent service. The multi-award winning set is frequently praised for its friendly and helpful clerking, the quality of its members’ work and for its reliability.
The set: Established more than 100 years ago and today offering 55 barristers, elevan of whom are silks, Hailsham Chambers contains many of the most sought-after barristers at the London Bar. The set’s progressive thinking and use of modern technologies help chambers to run efficiently and to offer clients choice and flexibility.
Types of work undertaken: Chambers acts for claimants and defendants, providing advice and representation before all levels of courts and tribunals throughout the world, in the specialist areas of:
Professional negligence: in cases involving lawyers, accountants, auditors, surveyors, valuers, financial professionals and trustees, as well as advising about professional indemnity insurance coverage points.
Clinical negligence: acting for patients and their relatives and dependants, trusts, doctors, dentists, healthcare professionals, health authorities, private hospitals and clinics in civil litigation, at inquests and in the Court of Protection.
Costs litigation: involving points of principle and advising in disputes between solicitor and client, retainers, funding arrangements, DBAs, CFAs and costs budgets.
Professional discipline: advice and advocacy before tribunals and regulatory bodies, both medical and non-medical.
Personal injury: acting for claimants and defendants and their insurers in RTA claims and claims based upon employer’s, occupier’s, public and product liability, with an emphasis on cases of high value and complexity.
Commercial litigation: acting in general commercial matters, such as insurance claims, fraud and partnership disputes.
To find out about the availability of counsel, please contact Hailsham’s clerking team by telephone (0)20 7643 5000 or email clerks@hailshamchambers.com.
Main Contacts
Department | Name | Telephone | |
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Senior clerk | Stephen Smith | 0207 643 5000 | |
Deputy senior clerk | Michael Kilbey | 0207 643 5000 | |
Head of Chambers | PICTON KC, Julian (1988) | 0207 643 5000 | |
Members of Chambers | DAVIDSON KC, Nicholas (1974) | 0207 643 5000 | |
Members of Chambers | POOLES KC, Michael (1978) | 0207 643 5000 | |
Members of Chambers | PITTAWAY KC, David (1977) | 0207 643 5000 | |
Members of Chambers | NOLAN KC, Dominic (1985) | 0207 643 5000 | |
Members of Chambers | FLENLEY KC, William (1988) | 0207 643 5000 | |
Members of Chambers | POST KC, Andrew (1988) | 0207 643 5000 | |
Members of Chambers | HUTTON KC, Alexander (1992) | 0207 643 5000 | |
Members of Chambers | RUSHTON KC, Nicola (1993) | 0207 643 5000 | |
Members of Chambers | CARPENTER KC, Jamie (2000) | 0207 643 5000 | |
Members of Chambers | HOWARTH KC, Simon (1991) | 0207 643 5000 | |
Members of Chambers | TRACY FORSTER, Jane (1975) | 0207 643 5000 | |
Members of Chambers | MISHCON, Jane (1979) | 0207 643 5000 | |
Members of Chambers | HOLWILL, Derek (1982) | 0207 643 5000 | |
Members of Chambers | JACKSON, Matthew (1986) | 0207 643 5000 | |
Members of Chambers | BACON, Francis (1988) | 0207 643 5000 | |
Members of Chambers | MANGAT, Dr Tejina (1990) | 0207 643 5000 | |
Members of Chambers | WILTON, Simon (1993) | 0207 643 5000 | |
Members of Chambers | PEACOCK, Nicholas (1992) | 0207 643 5000 | |
Members of Chambers | CHRISTIE-BROWN, Sarah (1994) | 0207 643 5000 | |
Members of Chambers | EWINS, Catherine (1995) | 0207 643 5000 | |
Members of Chambers | STACEY, Dan (1996) | 0207 643 5000 | |
Members of Chambers | FRISTON, Dr Mark (1997) | 0207 643 5000 | |
Members of Chambers | ELLIS, Dr Peter (1997) | 0207 643 5000 | |
Members of Chambers | FERGUSON, Eva (1999) | 0207 643 5000 | |
Members of Chambers | MUNRO, Joshua (2001) | 0207 643 5000 | |
Members of Chambers | GILBERTHORPE, James (2002) | 0207 643 5000 | |
Members of Chambers | MACKINNON, Lucy (2003) | 0207 643 5000 | |
Members of Chambers | GRIFFIN, Margaret (2004) | 0207 643 5000 | |
Members of Chambers | BENSON, Imran (2005) | 0207 643 5000 | |
Members of Chambers | NASH, Alice (2006) | 0207 643 5000 | |
Members of Chambers | BANKES-JONES, Henry (2004) | 0207 643 5000 | |
Members of Chambers | O'REILLY, Niamh (2007) | 0207 643 5000 | |
Members of Chambers | McMAHON, Heather (1999) | 0207 643 5000 | |
Members of Chambers | BAILEY, Stephen (2006) | 0207 643 5000 | |
Members of Chambers | JUCKES, David (2008) | 0207 643 5000 | |
Members of Chambers | MEILAND, Justin (2010) | 0207 643 5000 | |
Members of Chambers | PILSBURY, Nicholas (2008) | 0207 643 5000 | |
Members of Chambers | CROCKETT, Thomas (2009) | 0207 643 5000 | |
Members of Chambers | CAMPBELL-CLAUSE, Nicola (2010) | 0207 643 5000 | |
Members of Chambers | ANDERTON, Richard (2010) | 0207 643 5000 | |
Members of Chambers | CORAM JAMES, Clementine (2012) | 0207 643 5000 | |
Members of Chambers | TEW, Alicia (2012) | 0207 643 5000 | |
Members of Chambers | STORY, David (2012) | 0207 643 5000 | |
Members of Chambers | STEER, Jack (2013) | 0207 643 5000 | |
Members of Chambers | COLEMAN, Jake (2013) | 0207 643 5000 | |
Members of Chambers | PATRICK, Michael (2014) | 0207 643 5000 | |
Members of Chambers | ELLIOTT, Clare (2015) | 0207 643 5000 | |
Members of Chambers | ECHLIN, Alexander (2017) | 0207 643 5000 | |
Members of Chambers | TAYLOR, Lucile (2018) | 0207 643 5000 | |
Members of Chambers | STAFFORD, Tom (2018) | 0207 643 5000 | |
Members of Chambers | COOKE, Christopher (2018) | 0207 643 5000 | |
Members of Chambers | DOCHERTY, Joe (2019) | 0207 643 5000 | |
Members of Chambers | BADENACH-NICOLSON, Bramble (2019) | 0207 643 5000 | |
Members of Chambers | PHILLIPS, Thomas (2021) | 0207 643 5000 |
Barrister Profiles
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Richard Anderton | Richard joined Chambers in October 2012 and has developed his practice in… | View Profile | |
Francis Bacon | Francis specialises in professional negligence, commercial insurance and commercial litigation. He has… | View Profile | |
Bramble Badenach-Nicolson | Following the successful completion of her probationary tenancy, Bramble joined Hailsham in… | View Profile | |
Stephen Bailey | Stephen specialises in professional liability, medical law, commercial disputes and costs. He… | View Profile | |
Henry Bankes-Jones | Described by Legal 500, 2021 as “fantastic. He always delivers his work on… | View Profile | |
Imran Benson | Imran is an experienced litigator who is well known for a robust… | View Profile | |
Nicola Campbell-Clause | Nicola has a busy practice and specialises in claims arising out of… | View Profile | |
Jamie Carpenter | Jamie specialises in costs and professional and clinical negligence. Leading firms of… | View Profile | |
Sarah Christie-Brown | Sarah specialises in medical law, clinical negligence, inquests and disciplinary work. She… | View Profile | |
Jake Coleman | Jake has a busy practice spanning the full range of Chambers’ core… | View Profile | |
Christopher Cooke | Christopher accepts instructions in Chambers’ core practice areas including commercial, costs and… | View Profile | |
Clementine Coram James | Clementine’s main areas of practice are personal injury, clinical negligence and professional… | View Profile | |
Thomas Crockett | Thomas specialises in clinical negligence, professional negligence, and personal injury law. He… | View Profile | |
Nicholas Davidson | Nicholas Davidson KC is a commercial litigator, mediator and arbitrator. One of… | View Profile | |
Joe Docherty | Joe accepts instructions in professional negligence, clinical negligence, personal injury, and regulatory… | View Profile | |
Lewis Dunsmure | Lewis joined Hailsham as a tenant following successful completion of his pupillage.… | View Profile | |
Alexander Echlin | Alexander accepts instructions in professional negligence, clinical negligence, costs, and commercial disputes.… | View Profile | |
Clare Elliott | Clare has a busy practice across all Hailsham’s key practice areas and… | View Profile | |
Dr Peter Ellis | Dr Peter Ellis joined Hailsham Chambers in January 2018. He is ranked… | View Profile | |
Catherine Ewins | Catherine acts on behalf of both claimants and defendants in clinical negligence… | View Profile | |
Eva Ferguson | Eva is a determined and meticulous advocate who wants to win and… | View Profile | |
William Flenley | William Flenley KC practises in the fields of professional liability, insurance, regulatory… | View Profile | |
Dr Mark Friston | Dr Mark Friston is a leading expert on the law of costs… | View Profile | |
James Gilberthorpe | James gravitated from a general common law practice towards a practice in… | View Profile | |
Margaret Griffin | Margaret has a formidable reputation in the fields of commercial, commercial chancery… | View Profile | |
Derek Holwill | Derek Holwill specialises in professional negligence and clinical negligence claims. He is… | View Profile | |
Simon Howarth | Simon concentrates on professional negligence. His work principally involves lawyers, accountants, and… | View Profile | |
Alexander Hutton | Alexander’s practice is focused in two fields: clinical negligence, for claimants and… | View Profile | |
Matthew Jackson | Matthew specialises in clinical negligence, professional negligence, personal injury and general insurance… | View Profile | |
Connor Jones | Connor Jones joined Hailsham as a member of Chambers in June 2023… | View Profile | |
David Juckes | David has a broad practice including clinical and professional negligence, professional discipline,… | View Profile | |
Lucy MacKinnon | Lucy specialises in all aspects of medical law including clinical negligence claims… | View Profile | |
Dr Tejina Mangat | Before being called to the Bar, Tejina worked as a junior doctor… | View Profile | |
Heather McMahon | Heather’s areas of practice are professional liability, commercial law, professional discipline and… | View Profile | |
Justin Meiland | Justin specialises in medical law, professional liability, and professional discipline. He offers… | View Profile | |
Jane Malca Mishcon | Jane’s principal areas of practice are medical law (specialising in clinical negligence… | View Profile | |
Joshua Munro | Joshua is a leading junior in costs, professional negligence, construction, commercial litigation… | View Profile | |
Alice Nash | Alice’s practice is primarily focused on professional liability, medical law, costs and… | View Profile | |
Dominic Nolan | Dominic’s practice principally comprises complex clinical negligence and high-value, catastrophic personal injury… | View Profile | |
Niamh O'Reilly | Niamh specialises in professional liability matters with particular experience in claims against… | View Profile | |
Michael Patrick | Michael joined Chambers in September 2017, following successful completion of his pupillage under… | View Profile | |
Nicholas Peacock | Nick specialises in clinical negligence work, regulatory and disciplinary work (particularly GDC,… | View Profile | |
Thomas Phillips | Thomas completed his pupillage at Hailsham Chambers under the supervision of Thomas… | View Profile | |
Julian Picton | Julian specialises in professional indemnity, clinical negligence and personal injury claims. He frequently… | View Profile | |
Nicholas Pilsbury | Nicholas specialises in professional and clinical negligence. He also acts in commercial… | View Profile | |
David Pittaway | David Pittaway KC was Head of Chambers for a number of years,… | View Profile | |
Michael Pooles | Michael Pooles KC’s principal area of practice is that of professional indemnity… | View Profile | |
Andrew Post | Andrew undertakes clinical negligence, healthcare and disciplinary cases, and has particular expertise in dealing… | View Profile | |
Nicola Rushton | Nicola specialises in professional negligence and commercial claims, especially those with a… | View Profile | |
Dan Stacey | Dan Stacey is a senior junior barrister who specialises in professional indemnity… | View Profile | |
Tom Stafford | Tom joined chambers in 2019, after the successful completion of his pupillage… | View Profile | |
David Story | David’s areas of practice are professional negligence, commercial law, medical negligence, inquests,… | View Profile | |
Lucile Taylor | Lucile joined Chambers in 2019, having successfully completed pupillage under the supervision… | View Profile | |
Alicia Tew | Alicia’s practice spans professional negligence, commercial, insurance, regulatory, medical law, public law… | View Profile | |
Jane Tracy Forster | Jane specialises in medical law including clinical negligence claims and applications in… | View Profile | |
Simon Wilton KC | Simon is a highly experienced junior barrister specialising in professional negligence, professional… | View Profile |