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London Bar > Consumer Tier 3

5 Paper Buildings' 'powerful consumer law group' is very experienced in handling prosecution and defence work, and has established strength in acting for and against regulatory entities. Miles Bennett is 'a consummate advocate, possessing courtroom flair, balanced judgement and shrewd persuasion in equal measure'. Andrew Johnson 'builds rapport with all within a court room' and 'has a strong, determined style of advocacy that the courts enjoy'. Charlene Sumnall has expertise in consumer rights law, and has particular strength in representing clients from the entertainment sector.

Leading Juniors

Miles Bennett –5 Paper Buildings 'Miles is a doyen of the consumer law world.'

Ranked: Tier 1

Andrew Johnson –5 Paper Buildings ‘Andrew commands attention by his succinct and calm tone, and being persuasive and sensitive when required.’

Ranked: Tier 2

Carolina Bracken –5 Paper Buildings 'A very formidable barrister in court.'

Ranked: Tier 3

Charlene Sumnall - 5 Paper Buildings

Ranked: Tier 3

Testimonials

‘Dale Jones is a brilliant senior clerk.’

‘Dale Jones is first class and highly experienced.’

‘Dale Jones knows the practice inside out. A gem.’

‘A very strong set.’

‘A leading consumer law set.’

London Bar > Crime Tier 3

5 Paper Buildings ‘is an excellent set with many first class advocates‘ doing high-level work. Benjamin Douglas-Jones KC represented the CPS in an appeal concerning the proper scope of the refugee defence to document offences under s.31 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999. Deanna Heer KC successfully prosecuted in a high-profile murder trial in which the defendant was convicted for having murdered and subsequently decapitated a woman in an attempt to obtain her estate. Joshua Normanton raised the rare defence of automatism to a charge of causing death by dangerous driving.

Leading Silks

Miranda Moore KC –5 Paper Buildings

Ranked: Tier 2

Benjamin Douglas-Jones KC – 5 Paper Buildings 'Ben is a truly superb lawyer with an encyclopedic knowledge of statute and caselaw. He is able to deploy that knowledge effectively in both his written and oral advocacy, and is particularly good at marshalling law and facts during submissions.'

Ranked: Tier 3

2022 Silks

Deanna Heer KC –5 Paper Buildings 'Deanna is amazing at quickly coming up to speed on a case. She is able to steer a prosecution with authority and her advocacy is persuasive and commanding.'

Leading Juniors

Jennifer Dannhauser – 5 Paper Buildings 'Jennifer is very user friendly and has a diplomatic directness with clients. She is very bright, proactive in her management of cases, and her attention to detail is excellent. She is well regarded by her peers and definitely one to watch for the future.'

Ranked: Tier 3

Teresa Hay – 5 Paper Buildings 'Teresa has an easy and natural style of advocacy that engenders trust in what she is saying. She is compassionate and empathetic whilst also being a tough cross-examiner who makes her case with skill and dexterity.'

Ranked: Tier 3

David Osborne – 5 Paper Buildings 'David is a confident advocate who is not afraid of making big decisions. His past as a solicitor has taught him how to read the marketplace well and he also gets on well with his opponents.'

Ranked: Tier 4

Joshua Normanton – 5 Paper Buildings ‘Josh is the complete barrister. He has deep knowledge and understanding of the law. His written work is clear, logical and concise and in oral advocacy he has the ear of the court. He is a superb advocate and lawyer and will be a leader of the profession before long.’

Ranked: Tier 4

Testimonials

‘All the clerks at 5PB are really good. They are happy to accommodate and will always try and help. This is no surprise given the role played by the Dale Jones who is the architect of such a good team, ably supported by Graham Briggs.’

‘Dale Jones is a great senior clerk heading up an organised and skilled team.’

‘Dale Jones and Graham Briggs are very impressive and very commercially aware.’

‘5PB has a good range from pupils to silks, they are all top class.’

‘5 Paper Buildings is a set where there is strength and depth throughout. The barristers are experienced, highly competent and sympathetic to the needs of instructing solicitors.’

‘Chambers is a stellar set, with highly trained advocates at every level. There is almost always counsel available who are able to prepare and robustly represent clients within the given time.’

‘An outstanding clerks’ room with diligent, organised, efficient clerks attuned to the needs of instructing solicitors.’

Work highlights

London Bar > Fraud: crime

Leading Silks

Julian Christopher KC – 5 Paper Buildings 'Julian is an elegant and charming advocate. He is incredibly bright and his advocacy is clear and compelling.'

Ranked: Tier 2

David Durose KC – 5 Paper Buildings ‘David is the consummate fraud prosecutor. He is prepared, diligent, bright and entertaining – he brings difficult cases to life ensuring that juries understand and believe him.’

Ranked: Tier 2

Miranda Moore KC – 5 Paper Buildings 'Miranda's ability to manage and present huge amounts of complex information is formidable, and her grasp of the minutiae, and ability to deploy it, is impressive. She is also very good at leading a team: she sets objectives, gives clear instructions, and offers support and guidance where needed.'

Ranked: Tier 3

Michael Brompton KC – 5 Paper Buildings

Ranked: Tier 4

Benjamin Douglas-Jones KC – 5 Paper Buildings ‘Ben is a legal powerhouse and judges are often mesmerised by his legal acuity.’

Ranked: Tier 4

Leading Juniors

Jenny Goldring – 5 Paper Buildings 'Jenny has a rare talent and is able to hold the engagement of her audience through clear, persuasive and passionate advocacy. As this talent is coupled with her mastery of her brief and attention to details she is a heavyweight and formidable barrister.'

Ranked: Tier 3

Stephen Hopper – 5 Paper Buildings ‘Stephen is one of the most able at the Bar when it comes to difficult and highly technical expert evidence. He has a highly impressive ability to focus on and simplify complex scientific analysis and concepts, and can make the seemingly incomprehensible both intelligible and digestible. He comes across as so reasonable in his advocacy that it can be very difficult to disagree with him.’

Ranked: Tier 3

Michael Hick – 5 Paper Buildings ‘Michael is a very experienced leading junior who has excellent judgement. He is able to process and efficiently lead the prosecution in cases with a high volume of digital material. He deals with disclosure efficiently. He is a very effective advocate who knows how to keep complex cases simple.’

Ranked: Tier 4

London Bar > Health and safety

2022 Silks

Deanna Heer KC –5 Paper Buildings ‘Deanna has the law at her fingertips and possesses a relentless and steely determination.‘

Deanna Heer KC - 5 Paper Buildings

Leading Juniors

Miles Bennett – 5 Paper Buildings ‘Miles is a great tactician and a first-class advocate. His cross-examination is particularly impressive, and juries enjoy his approach to witnesses.’

Ranked: Tier 2

London Bar > Professional disciplinary and regulatory law

Leading Juniors

Kevin McCartney –5 Paper Buildings ‘Kevin is absolutely excellent. He has exceptional judgement and his tactical advice is second to none.‘

Ranked: Tier 2

Catherine Rabaiotti - 5 Paper Buildings

Ranked: Tier 4

James Marsland –5 Paper Buildings

Ranked: Tier 4

Carolina Bracken –5 Paper Buildings

Ranked: Tier 4

London Bar > Business and regulatory crime (including global investigations)

Leading Juniors

Dominic Lewis - 5 Paper Buildings

Ranked: Tier 3

5pb has long been considered one of the leading criminal sets, where it continues to excel; however its members have recognised the ever evolving nature of the Bar and have expanded in the areas of financial crime, health and safety, regulatory and disciplinary it is also recognised as one of the leading chambers in consumer and trading standards law. Chambers draws upon some of the best talent at the criminal Bar and at present has 51 members, 11 of whom are KCs.

The set: Members take a results-focused approach to advocacy, working alongside clients to find practical solutions. Clients can also benefit from the outstanding clerking and case management that chambers offers, resulting in cost-effective use of court time and resources. Members bring an exceptional quality of representation and case management to all cases, regardless of level, size or complexity.

Types of work undertaken: members prosecute and defend across the full range of criminal practice at every level, including murder and manslaughter, large-scale drug importations, serious and historical sexual offences, human trafficking, corruption of public servants, firearms offences and serious violence, with particular experience in cases involving PII, sensitive disclosure issues and vulnerable witnesses.

Crime: Recent cases include: R v O’Brien – Prosecution of Britian’s ‘Most wanted criminal’, sentenced to life imprisonment. R v Harlow & Beadman (Facebook grooming murder), R v Clarke (the oldest defendant ever to be prosecuted at 101 years old), R v L (mother charged with murder of her 23-month-old daughter) and the Largest English Football Match Fixing Scandal. As well as Defending DJ Neil Fox on historial sex offences.

Financial crime: members of chambers are regularly involved in the largest and most complex financial crime cases. The sets experience includes all forms of fraud, MTIC/VAT/Revenue frauds, market abuse, asset recovery and confiscation proceedings. Instructions include the Libor and Euribor fraud cases, the Celtic Energy fraud, the Hatton Garden confiscation proceedings, Operation Greenyards (R v Urumov & others) and Operation Evenbox (R v Blakey & others). Sweet Group Ltd (1st ever company prosecuted under section 7 of the Bribery Act 2010), Skansen Interior Ltd (1st ever conviction for failure to prevent bribery),

Consumer law: 5pb is one of the countrys leading sets in consumer law and trading standards. The sets expertise include trade descriptions, pricing offences, property mis-descriptions, trade mark and copyright theft, product safety, environmental law, health and safety, food and food safety, ticket touting and underage sales. Cases include the first ever prosecution of a pyramid scheme in the UK (£21m) by the OFT/CMA and a £60m money laundering case involving 30 different consumer scams in nine countries in which the elderly were targeted.

Professional discipline and regulatory: 5pb is regularly instructed in healthcare regulation and professional discipline matters. Acting for individuals and corporate clients, chambers frequently appears in parallel proceedings involving criminal investigations, inquests and disciplinary proceedings. Members are also instructed in MHRA and FRC work. Members regularly appear before the GMC, GPhC, HCPTS, NMC and GOC and when necessary, on appeal. Members frequently represent doctors, pharmacists and NHS trusts at inquests. In addition 5pb appears in matters involving accountants, architects, police officers, solicitors and barristers.

Health and safety: members have extensive expertise dealing with HSE prosecutions both on behalf of the defence and the prosecution and have represented companies and individuals following workplace accidents. 5pb appeared on behalf of a company in the first ever acquittal of a company charged with corporate manslaughter and secured the conviction of one of the UKs largest engineering companies following the death of a contract worker.

Inquests and public inquiries: complementing chambers experience in medical inquests, members are regularly instructed in inquests where a death in the workplace has occurred. Chambers has considerable experience in public inquiries, having been instructed in some of the most important inquiries including Leveson and The Bloody Sunday Inquiry.

International: members have experience of work in Hong Kong, Singapore and the Caribbean.

Department	Name	Email
Senior clerk	Dale Jones	clerks@5pb.co.uk
Members of Chambers	SELLS KC, Oliver (1972)
Members of Chambers	CAPLAN KC, Jonathan (1973)
Members of Chambers	BROMPTON KC, Michael (1973)
Members of Chambers	JENKINS KC, Edward (1977)
Members of Chambers	TREMBATH KC, Graham (1978)
Members of Chambers	MOORE KC, Miranda (1983)
Door Tenant	WYETH KC, Mark (1983)
Members of Chambers	CHRISTOPHER KC, Julian (1988)
Members of Chambers	O'SULLIVAN KC, Robert (1988)
Members of Chambers	DOUGLAS-JONES KC, Benjamin (1998)
Members of Chambers	DUROSE KC, David (1996)
Members of Chambers	REES KC , Jonathan (2000)
Members of Chambers	HEER KC, Deanna (1994)
Members of Chambers	FOOKS, Nicholas (1978)
Members of Chambers	JUDGE, Charles (1981)
Members of Chambers	BENNETT, Miles (1986)
Members of Chambers	McCARTNEY, Kevin (1991)
Members of Chambers	SHELLARD, Robin (1992)
Members of Chambers	WEEKS, Janet (1993)
Members of Chambers	GOLDRING, Jenny (1993)
Members of Chambers	HICK, Michael (1995)
Members of Chambers	BARRY, Denis (1996)
Members of Chambers	QUINTON, Thomas (1997)
Members of Chambers	PURNELL, Catherine (1999)
Members of Chambers	LEWIS, Dominic (2000)
Members of Chambers	NORMAN, James (2000)
Members of Chambers	HAY, Teresa (2001)
Members of Chambers	HOPPER, Stephen (2001)
Members of Chambers	KEENE, Rory (2001)
Members of Chambers	RABAIOTTI, Catherine (2002)
Members of Chambers	MACKAY, Archie (2003)
Members of Chambers	SUMNALL, Charlene (2003)
Members of Chambers	RICHARDS, Alan (2004)
Door Tenant	COADE, Georgina (2005)
Members of Chambers	ATTENBOROUGH, Michael (2008)
Members of Chambers	JOHNSON, Andrew (2008)
Members of Chambers	MARSLAND, James (2008)
Members of Chambers	HUCKLESBY, Anthony (2008)
Members of Chambers	DANNHAUSER, Jennifer (2010)
Members of Chambers	PADLEY, Richard (2011)
Members of Chambers	FREER, Ellen (2011)
Members of Chambers	BRACKEN, Carolina (2012)
Members of Chambers	NORMANTON, Joshua (2012)
Members of Chambers	RAO, Aparna (2013)
Members of Chambers	PARKER, Kate (2014)
Members of Chambers	SMITH, Miriam (2016)
Members of Chambers	SEEGROVE, Natayla (2016)
Members of Chambers	JENKINS, Chris (2016)
Members of Chambers	NASH, James (2018)
Members of Chambers	HUCKER, Chloe (2018)
Members of Chambers	LAKE, NATASHA (2018)
Members of Chambers	OLIVER PATEMAN (2021)
Members of Chambers	RYAN EVANS (2021)

Name	Position	Profile
Michael Attenborough	Michael has successfully represented defendants charged with sexual offences and offences related…	View Profile
Bramble Badenach-Nicolson	Bramble joined chambers in March 2021 following the successful completion of her…	View Profile
Denis Barry	Substantial practice in consumer law and in crime and fraud. Consumer law:…	View Profile
Miles Bennett	Miles has specialised for the last 20 years in consumer Law (criminal,…	View Profile
Carolina Bracken	Carolina defends and prosecutes a broad range of cases, from sex offences…	View Profile
Michael Brompton	Prosecutes and defends in financial crime and related areas. His specialist fields…	View Profile
Jonathan Caplan	Barrister advising and representing companies and individuals in the UK and abroad…	View Profile
Julian Christopher	A criminal practitioner with considerable experience in defending and prosecuting a wide…	View Profile
Miss Georgina Coade	Specalist areas: Business Crime & Financial Services Consumer Law General Crime	View Profile
Jennifer Dannhauser	Jennifer has appeared on behalf of clients charged with a spectrum of…	View Profile
Emma Deacon	A specialist in complex fraud and financial crime, corruption and organised crime.…	View Profile
Benjamin Douglas-Jones	As leader and junior, Ben defends and provides compliance advice to professional…	View Profile
Nicholas Fooks	Over the last 30 years defendant serious crimes as junior and leading…	View Profile
Ms Elaine Freer	Called 2011	View Profile
Ms Jenny Goldring	Called 1993	View Profile
Teresa Hay	Teresa enjoys a solid practice prosecuting and defending general and financial crime,…	View Profile
Deanna Heer KC	Appointed Senior Treasury Counsel in 2022, Deanna is a highly experienced criminal…	View Profile
Michael Hick	Specialises in criminal fraud and serious crime. Instructed by the Serious Fraud…	View Profile
Stephen Hopper	Stephen has combined a practice in criminal law, with an emphasis on…	View Profile
Chloe Hucker	Primary tabs View(active tab) Edit Delete Revisions Entityqueue…	View Profile
Anthony Hucklesby	Practice encompasses general crime and regulatory work, both for the defence and…	View Profile
Edward Jenkins	He is a specialist in fraud, corruption, corporate crime and related regulatory…	View Profile
Chris Jenkins	Christopher joined chambers in October 2018 following the successful completion of pupillage.…	View Profile
Andrew Johnson	Andrew is a criminal specialist, principally practicing in consumer and intellectual property…	View Profile
Charles Judge		View Profile
Rory Keene	Barrister with wide experience of defending and prosecuting serious crime at first…	View Profile
Natasha Lake	Natasha joined Chambers in March 2021 following the successful completion of pupillage.…	View Profile
Dominic Lewis	Prosecutes and defends serious crime as junior and leading junior counsel. Particular…	View Profile
Archie Mackay	Defending and prosecuting general crime and fraud in the Crown Court and…	View Profile
James Marsland	James has a general criminal practice, both prosecuting and defending in the…	View Profile
Kevin Mccartney	Kevin principally represents pharmacists and doctors before the the fitness to practise…	View Profile
Miranda Moore	A specialist in serious fraud and organised crime. Has particular experience in…	View Profile
James Nash	James joined chambers in October 2019, following the successful completion of pupillage.…	View Profile
James Norman	Criminal law, with a heavy emphasis on prosecution work. Extensive experience in…	View Profile
Joshua Normanton	Joshua has a wide range of experience in the Magistrates’, Youth and…	View Profile
Robert O"Sullivan	Specialist in Criminal Fraud with a strong emphasis on VAT (carousel) fraud…	View Profile
Mr David Osborne		View Profile
Richard Padley	Richard currently maintains a broad criminal practice, including general and serious crime,…	View Profile
Ms Kate Parker	Called 2014	View Profile
Catherine Purnell	Crime, regulatory law.	View Profile
Mr Thomas Quinton		View Profile
Catherine Sephora Rabaiotti	Specialises in criminal work, undertaking cases on behalf of the prosecution and…	View Profile
Dr Aparna Rao	Barrister. Specialist areas include: Murder and Manslaughter Drug Offences Theft and Dishonesty…	View Profile
Alan Richards	Criminal practitioner with particular specialism in fraud and the criminal aspects of…	View Profile
Natalya Segrove	Natalya joined chambers in October 2018, following the successful completion of pupillage.…	View Profile
Oliver Sells	Oliver Sells specialises in complex criminal cases (especially appellate work) involving fraud,…	View Profile
Mr Robin Shellard	Called 1992	View Profile
Ms Miriam Smith	Called 2016	View Profile
Charlene Sumnall	Charlene has a wide range of experience defending and prosecuting serious complex…	View Profile
Graham Trembath	Specialist jury advocate with experience and expertise in heavy and serious crime…	View Profile
Janet Weeks	Criminal practitioner for both the defence and prosecution. A leading fraud junior…	View Profile
Mark Wyeth	Expert in serious organised crime and fraud cases (especially those involving trademark…	View Profile