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Linenhall Chambers
1 STANLEY PLACE
CHESTER
CH1 2LU
England
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Linenhall Chambers > The Legal 500 Rankings
Wales and Chester Circuit > Crime (general and fraud) Tier 1
The ‘excellent barristers‘ of Chester-based Linenhall Chambers regularly handle serious criminal matters, including murders and other types of homicide, sexual offences, serious fraud, and drugs conspiracies, across Chester and North Wales, the set’s presence in the latter aided by its six fluent Welsh speakers. Matthew Dunford prosecuted a romance fraudster who was convicted of money laundering offences, while Simon Rogers and Ember-Jade Wong prosecuted a twelve-defendant case involving the importation of over 18kg of cocaine and 19kg of amphetamines into North Wales. Anna Pope‘s advocacy is ‘persuasive and to-the-point‘ and she has an excellent reputation for prosecuting serious sexual offences, particularly those involving vulnerable witnesses. Simon Mills is now a circuit judge.2023 Silks
Leading Juniors
Testimonials
‘Linenhall Chambers in Chester has many excellent barristers who provide a service in Cheshire and North Wales, with some barristers bilingual.’Â
‘Full range of experience within chambers so they can cover the full range of cases.’Â
‘Linnenhall is a very good set. Its members are well-respected barristers, and the clerks are efficient and personable.’
‘Linenhall Chambers is very well run and their clerks are available should any queries or problems arise.’
Wales and Chester Circuit > Family: children and domestic violence Tier 1
Linenhall Chambers is ‘the best chambers in the North Wales and Chester area’ for children work, with members regularly instructed to act in complex cases by families and local authorities, among others. The set has a particularly strong reputation for working with vulnerable individuals and notably includes four members able to conduct cases in Welsh. Daniel Dodd heads the family team and specialises in complex and sensitive child law cases involving death and serious injury. Kathryn Anslow regularly represents local authorities, parents, and children in relation to a wide range of matters, including serious physical abuse, long-term chronic neglect, sexual abuse, and substance misuse and addiction. Hannah Horton is ‘clear and firm with her advice‘ and has a care led practice split between representing parents and local authorities. Nicholas Sefton handles cases involving  issues surrounding attachment disorders in children, among others.Rising stars
Leading Juniors
Testimonials
‘Lucy Morris in particular is very responsive.’
‘The best chambers in the North Wales and Chester area. Counsel are all of a high standard with a particularly strong and experienced family team.’
‘Linenhall Chambers always offers excellent communication and service from dedicated family law clerks.’
‘When we have contacted chambers they have always been helpful and provided availability where possible, often going the extra mile to see if anything is due to change in the diaries to allow for counsel to become available.’
Wales and Chester Circuit > Personal injury Tier 2
Members of Chester-based Linenhall Chambers are well known for representing both defendants and claimants in fast-track personal injury cases on the Wales and Chester Circuit. Dominic Joyce ‘remains in control of any situation‘ and has particular experience handling cases concerning road traffic accidents, including those involving credit hire and alleged fraud. He also acts in employers’ and occupiers’ liability cases. Russell Moffat also has broad personal injury experience, with expertise in cases involving credit hire.Leading Juniors
Testimonials
‘James D’Arcy is excellent. He does the main clerking for the more senior barristers and always accommodates our needs.’Â
‘Linenhall Chambers provides a good skill set of barristers and the clerking always accommodates our firm well.’Â
‘The clerking team does excellent work. They respond to availability queries for their members promptly so that in the instances they are not able to provide counsel there is enough time to find alternative representation. They are also very polite and professional and respond to queries and try to provide the best counsel for the case.’Â
Work highlights
Northern Circuit > Crime (general and fraud)
Leading Juniors
Wales and Chester Circuit > Chancery, probate, and tax
Linenhall Chambers > Set Profile
Linenhall Chambers was formed in 2011 following the amalgamation of the two largest chambers in Chester, each with a history going back over 60 years. Now with over 60 members and specialist and experienced support staff, the chambers primarily serves the law firms, legal departments, public authorities and bodies, businesses and individuals in Cheshire and the Wirral and in North and Mid Wales, as well as in Shropshire, Staffordshire and Herefordshire. Members are regularly instructed by clients from across England and Wales with matters proceeding in these localities and also appear in courts across the country for local clients.
The chambers has a long tradition of providing legal services for Wales and many of its members are able to provide advice and conduct cases in Welsh.
Types of work undertaken: Linenhall Chambers has a broad practice with members specialising in a wide variety of areas of law. The areas of work undertaken include both prosecution and defence criminal work, private and public law family work, property and landlord and tenant disputes, commercial disputes, professional negligence claims, contested probate matters, personal injury litigation for claimants and defendants, housing, regulatory and disciplinary matters, health and safety, inquests, Court of Protection proceedings and mental health issues, public law including procurement, education, immigration, prison law, planning and environmental law.
Main Contacts
Department | Name | Telephone | |
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Senior criminal clerk | Gareth Stickels | ||
Senior family clerk | Gavin Reeves | ||
Senior civil clerk | James D'Arcy | ||
Chambers manager | Hannah Meredith-Jones | ||
Members of Chambers | HENKE KC, Ruth (1987; Silk 2006) | ||
Members of Chambers | THOMAS KC, Andrew (1989; Silk 2008) | ||
Members of Chambers | TILLYARD KC, James (1978; Silk 2001) | ||
Members of Chambers | WILLIAMS KC, Rhodri (1987; Silk 2010) | ||
Members of Chambers | MEDLAND KC, Simon (1991; Silk 2011) | ||
Members of Chambers | SCHOLZ, Karl (1973) | ||
Members of Chambers | JAMIESON, Anthony (1974) | ||
Members of Chambers | SOMERVILLE, Tom (1979) | ||
Members of Chambers | MOSS, Peter (1980) | ||
Members of Chambers | HALSALL, Kim (1982) | ||
Members of Chambers | LE BROCQ, Mark (1982) | ||
Members of Chambers | BOULD, Duncan (1984) | ||
Members of Chambers | OWEN, Elen (1985) | ||
Members of Chambers | MILLS, Simon (1986) | ||
Members of Chambers | HORNBY, Robert (1990) | ||
Members of Chambers | PHILPOTTS, John (1990) | ||
Members of Chambers | AUSTIN, Jonathan (1991) | ||
Members of Chambers | MORRIS, Shan (1991) | ||
Members of Chambers | SAMMON, Sarah (1991) | ||
Members of Chambers | DUNFORD, Matthew (1992) | ||
Members of Chambers | EDWARDS, Owen (1992) | ||
Members of Chambers | ERWOOD, Heather (1993) | ||
Members of Chambers | ROBERTS, Huw (1993) | ||
Members of Chambers | MULLAN, Richard (1994) | ||
Members of Chambers | ABBERTON, David (1994) | ||
Members of Chambers | WILLIAMS, Nicholas (1994) | ||
Members of Chambers | HEWITT, Alexandra (1995) | ||
Members of Chambers | PRICE, Anna (1996) | ||
Members of Chambers | MINTZ, Simon (1996) | ||
Members of Chambers | MASSELIS, Maria (1997) | ||
Members of Chambers | LLWYD, Elfyn (1997) | ||
Members of Chambers | AP MIHANGEL, Sion (1998) | ||
Members of Chambers | MOFFAT, Russell (1998) | ||
Members of Chambers | DOUGLAS-JONES, Ben (1998) | ||
Members of Chambers | BLYTHIN, David (1999) | ||
Members of Chambers | CORBETT JONES, Matthew (1999) | ||
Members of Chambers | ROBERTS, Gareth (1999) | ||
Members of Chambers | WILLIAMSON, Brett (2000) | ||
Members of Chambers | LLOYD, Trefor (2001) | ||
Members of Chambers | JAMIESON, Fiona (2002) | ||
Members of Chambers | MIHANGEL, Mair (2002) | ||
Members of Chambers | ROGERS, Simon (2002) | ||
Members of Chambers | DODD, Daniel (2003) | ||
Members of Chambers | MEREDITH JONES, Kate (2003) | ||
Members of Chambers | KERRUISH-JONES, Matthew (2003) | ||
Members of Chambers | BARNES, Paulinus (2004) |