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9 Park Place
9-10 PARK PLACE
CARDIFF
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9 Park Place is one of the largest and longest-established sets on the Wales and Chester Circuit.
The set: A multi-disciplinary set with 66 tenants, including seven silks (two of whom are associate members), providing a comprehensive advisory and advocacy service to the legal community across Wales and beyond. It has large practice teams in its primary practice areas of civil, chancery and commercial, crime, family and employment.
Types of work undertaken
Administrative and local government: members of the public law team handle cases involving administrative, environmental, housing and planning law. Clients include central and devolved government departments, local authorities and regulatory authorities such as the Public Service Ombudsman for Wales. Members possess extensive experience of devolved matters and have been at the forefront of developments of the law in Wales. The team deals with all aspects of housing law, from straightforward possession and disrepair claims to more complex matters, including unlawful eviction, harassment, beneficial interest disputes and judicial review proceedings which affect housing issues.
Civil, chancery and commercial: a large practice team offers expertise in all areas, ranging from the sale and supply of goods and services to large-scale company or partnership disputes, building disputes and advising and acting in the interpretation and construction of commercial contracts. Chancery specialists are available to deal with disputes concerning land and property, including HM Land Registry adjudications, wills, trusts and probate issues, village green inquiries, Court of Protection matters and intellectual property claims. Insolvency practitioners provide specialist advice and advocacy in all aspects of insolvency and bankruptcy. In the field of common law, the team handles disputes including landlord and tenant, forfeiture, rent review and leasehold enfranchisement, professional negligence as well as traditional contract and tort disputes.
Crime: the crime team handles the whole spectrum of criminal work. Expertise covers specialist areas such as sexual offences and child abuse, serious fraud, confiscation, money laundering, homicide, violence, drugs and vehicle crime. Members are frequently involved in the highest profile cases heard on circuit.
Employment: members of the team act for both employers and employees, providing advisory services and advocacy in employment tribunals and appellate courts. They have substantial experience in all aspects of employment law, including unfair and wrongful dismissal, redundancy, discrimination, equal pay, transfer of undertakings, working time claims, restraint of trade and breach of confidence.
Family: the family team has expertise in all areas of matrimonial, cohabitee and civil partnership litigation. They handle every aspect of public law children work, representing parents, local authorities and guardians, as well as all private law children disputes. In addition, the team has specialists in ancillary relief work, where members are frequently instructed in high-value cases and have particular interests in the forensic examination of family and related business interests.
Immigration: chambers’ specialist barristers appear in both first-tier and upper-tier tribunals and in judicial review applications. They undertake all aspects of tribunal work, including immigration, asylum, nationality, deportation and human rights.
Personal injury and clinical negligence: clients range from individuals to major trade unions, insurers and large employers. The teams work includes all types of injuries, from the minor to the catastrophic, whether sustained at work, in road accidents or elsewhere. Members handle claims involving industrial diseases, fatal accident litigation and inquests, psychiatric illness arising from trauma and stress at work as well as employers’, occupiers’ and product liability matters. In the clinical negligence field, all aspects of medical and dental neglect are covered.
Regulatory: chambers specialists act for public bodies, individuals and groups and are experienced in areas such as licensing, animal welfare and care standards, Companies Act, the environment, food standards, health and safety, parole hearings, professional disciplinary cases and trading standards proceedings.
Main Contacts
Department | Name | Telephone | |
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Senior clerk | Michael Lieberman | clerks@9parkplace.co.uk | 02920382731 |
Chambers administrator | Lisa Hunt | 02920382731 | |
Head of Chambers | ELIAS KC, David (1994) | ||
Member of Chambers | HOPKINS KC, Paul (1989) | ||
Member of Chambers | THOMAS KC, Owen (1994) | ||
Member of Chambers | HIPKIN KC, John (1989) | ||
Associate | HUGHES KC, William (1989) | ||
Associate | VATER KC, Jonathan (1995) | ||
Member of Chambers | HUGHES KC, Kate (1992) | ||
Member of Chambers | ROBERTS, Hilary (1978) | ||
Member of Chambers | WILLIAMS, Karl (1982) | ||
Member of Chambers | GRIFFITHS, Roger (1983) | ||
Member of Chambers | LEWIS, Owen Prys (1985) | ||
Member of Chambers | BENNETT, Ieuan (1989) | ||
Member of Chambers | DAVIES, Emily (1989) | ||
Member of Chambers | WALDON, Kay (1989) | ||
Member of Chambers | JACKSON, Adrian (1990) | ||
Member of Chambers | DONOGHUE, Steven (1992) | ||
Member of Chambers | THOMAS, Gareth (1993) | ||
Member of Chambers | KEMBER, Richard (1993) | ||
Member of Chambers | ACE, Richard (1993) | ||
Member of Chambers | THOMAS, Christina (1994) | ||
Member of Chambers | HUGHES, Gwydion (1994) | ||
Member of Chambers | ROBERTS, Matthew (1994) | ||
Member of Chambers | EDWARDS, Heath (1996) | ||
Member of Chambers | JONES, Laurence (1997) | ||
Member of Chambers | FELSTEAD, Christopher (1998) | ||
Member of Chambers | THOMAS, Lisa (1998) | ||
Member of Chambers | COBBE, Matthew (1998) | ||
Member of Chambers | GOBIR, Nuhu (1998) | ||
Member of Chambers | WILLIAMS, Eifion (2000) | ||
Member of Chambers | WILLIAMS, Owen (2000) | ||
Member of Chambers | SANDERCOCK, Natalie (2000) | ||
Member of Chambers | DAVIES, Angharad (2000) | ||
Member of Chambers | KIRBY, Rhian (2000) | ||
Member of Chambers | HAMMETT, Michael (2001) | ||
Member of Chambers | EVANS, James (2002) | ||
Member of Chambers | BROADHURST, Katherine (2003) | ||
Member of Chambers | MORRIS, Phillip (2003) | ||
Member of Chambers | RODDICK, Helen (2004) | ||
Member of Chambers | CHAMBERLAIN, Kelly (2004) | ||
Member of Chambers | LEWIS, James (2004) | ||
Member of Chambers | MOELWYN-WILLIAMS, Anna (2006) | ||
Associate | SEAGRIM, William (2007) | ||
Member of Chambers | DEWI, Cadi (2008) | ||
Member of Chambers | EVANS, David Gareth (2008) | ||
Member of Chambers | RICCIARDI, Angela (2008) | ||
Member of Chambers | SIMMONS, Kayleigh (2009) | ||
Member of Chambers | WALTERS, Cerys (2009) | ||
Member of Chambers | PAXTON, Dafydd (2010) | ||
Member of Chambers | EDWARDS, Joseph (2011) | ||
Member of Chambers | DAVIES, Rhys (2011) | ||
Member of Chambers | ROBERTS, Tom (2011) | ||
Member of Chambers | POLLARD, Leah (2010) | ||
Member of Chambers | HEADINGTON, Jonathan Miles (2011) | ||
Member of Chambers | JONES, Lisa (2013) | ||
Member of Chambers | GOODWIN, Robert (2012) | ||
Member of Chambers | STANWAY, Thomas (2012) | ||
Member of Chambers | BOARD, Rachel (2016) | ||
Member of Chambers | MORGAN, Joseff (2017) | ||
Member of Chambers | BARRY, Nicholas (2011) | ||
Member of Chambers | PRING, Henry (2019) | ||
Member of Chambers | RUDD, Sophie (2019) | ||
Member of Chambers | HARRISON, Lewis | ||
Member of Chambers | HARAN, Joshua | ||
Pupil | WATKINS, Mari |
Barrister Profiles
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Richard Ace | Barrister handling all aspects of criminal law. | View Profile |
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Katherine Broadhurst | Barrister specialising in all aspects of family law, with particular emphasis on… | View Profile |
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Kelly Chamberlain | Year of Call: 2004 (Solicitor 2005 – 2020) Clerk: James Watson / Lee Fifield Kelly is… | View Profile |
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Matthew Cobbe | Barrister focusing on criminal litigation. | View Profile |
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Rhys Davies | Crime: general and regulatory; family: Children Act and matrimonial finance; personal injury;… | View Profile |
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Angharad Davies | View Profile | |
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Steven Donoghue | Barrister specialising in criminal work. | View Profile |
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Heath Edwards | An experienced specialist criminal advocate with a practice focusing on defending and… | View Profile |
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Joseph Edwards | Accepts instructions in civil, crime, family and employment. Experience of mercantile and… | View Profile |
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David Elias KC | Barrister focusing on all aspects of criminal law, including regulatory crime with… | View Profile |
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David Elias KC | Barrister focusing on all aspects of criminal law, including regulatory crime with… | View Profile |
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David Gareth Evans | Barrister specialising in family (public, private and matrimonial). | View Profile |
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John James Evans | All areas of criminal law. | View Profile |
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Christopher Felstead | Barrister specialising in family law. Christopher has a specific focus on heavy… | View Profile |
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Nuhu Gobir | Barrister covering the following areas: criminal law (all aspects), general common law,… | View Profile |
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Roger Griffiths | Specialist crime practitioner. Former lead of criminal team at Temple Chambers, Cardiff.… | View Profile |
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Michael Hammett | Barrister specialising in criminal law (including regulatory crime), with a particular focus… | View Profile |
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Joshua Haran | Year of Call: 2020 Josh is originally from Cardiff and was educated at… | View Profile |
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Lewis Harrison | Year of Call: 2019 Lewis is originally from Penarth and was educated… | View Profile |
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Jonathan Miles Headington | Jonathan Miles Headington has developed a busy practice with a particular emphasis… | View Profile |
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Gwydion Hughes | Barrister handling Chancery and commercial work, insolvency, company law and banking. Also… | View Profile |
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William Hughes KC | William Hughes is a criminal law specialist with a mixed prosecution and… | View Profile |
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Kate Hughes KC | Year of Call: 1992 Year of Silk: 2021 Clerk: Michael Lieberman Kate… | View Profile |
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Adrian Jackson | Adrian is an experienced barrister specialising in commercial and chancery law and… | View Profile |
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Lisa Roisin Jones | Lisa is developing a civil practice, increasingly in the areas of property… | View Profile |
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Laurence Jones | Barrister with wealth of experience in all aspects of criminal law. Equally… | View Profile |
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Rhian Kirby | Year of Call: 2000 Clerk: James Watson /Lee Fifield Rhian is a leading junior barrister… | View Profile |
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Owen Prys Lewis | Owen handles a broad range of contractual disputes including building and construction… | View Profile |
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Mr James Lewis | Year of Call: 2004 Clerk: James Watson / Lee Fifield James joined Chambers as a… | View Profile |
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Anna Moelwyn-Williams | Barrister specialising in family law, including both public and private law Children… | View Profile |
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Phillip Morris | Phillip is a specialist civil practitioner who brings his personable and knowledgeable… | View Profile |
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Elizabeth Pearson | Barrister practising in criminal law with a particular emphasis on sexual offences… | View Profile |
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Leah Pollard | Leah Pollard has developed a diverse practice and undertakes work in all… | View Profile |
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Matthew Roberts | Barrister specialising in criminal law (prosecution and defence), including fraud, computer-related crime… | View Profile |
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Hilary Roberts | All areas of criminal law. | View Profile |
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Emily Roderic Davies | Barrister focusing on all aspects of family law. | View Profile |
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Natalie Sandercock | Year of Call: 2000 Clerks: James Watson / Lee Fifield Natalie is an established… | View Profile |
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William Seagrim | Family (all aspects); criminal practice (prosecution and defence); and general commercial law… | View Profile |
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Kayleigh Simmons | Kayleigh undertakes work in all aspects of regulatory matters including licensing, food… | View Profile |
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Suzanne Thomas | Barrister specialising in the criminal law with a particular emphasis on offences… | View Profile |
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Christina Thomas | Christina Thomas specialises in Children Act cases, both private and public law.… | View Profile |
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Owen Thomas | Barrister specialising in all areas of family law. Head of family team… | View Profile |
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Ms Lisa Thomas | Year of Call: 1998 Clerks: James Watson / Lee Fifield Lisa is an experienced… | View Profile |
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Gareth Thomas | Barrister specialising in general Chancery work with a special interest in planning… | View Profile |
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John Vater | John specialises in children’s law, both public and private. In the public… | View Profile |
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Cerys Ann Walters | Cerys currently accepts instructions in civil litigation, regulatory and family law matters.… | View Profile |
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Cerys Walters | ear of Call: 2009 Clerk: Michael Lieberman Cerys currently accepts instructions in Civil Litigation, Regulatory… | View Profile |
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Owen Williams | Barrister specialising in all aspects of criminal law, prosecuting and defending. Owen… | View Profile |
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Karl Williams | Barrister specialising in criminal law. | View Profile |
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Eifion Williams | Barrister dealing with all aspects of family law and personal injury law. | View Profile |