Set Profile > Chambers of Toby Hedworth QC > Newcastle upon Tyne, England
Chambers of Toby Hedworth QC Offices
Trinity Chambers
THE CUSTOM HOUSE, QUAYSIDE
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
NE1 3DE
England
Chambers of Toby Hedworth QC > The Legal 500 Rankings
Commercial, banking, insolvency and Chancery law
Members of Trinity Chambers are instructed in a wide range of commercial, company and Chancery matters, with financial misselling cases a key growth area for the set. Another notable area of specialism is alternative dispute resolution, with several qualified mediators in chambers.
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Crime
Trinity Chambers is a significant presence in the Newcastle and Teeside area for criminal work, though members are also instructed from further afield. Violent crime and sexual offences remain key areas of work for the set. Caroline Goodwin QC defended a client accused of a series of three arson attacks against the same victim, including an an attack on a house, concerning a supposed debt.
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Employment
Members of Trinity Chambers are instructed by both claimants and respondents in employment law cases, with a particular focus on equal pay cases as well as wider discrimination work.
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Family and children law
At Trinity Chambers, members are instructed across the spectrum of family law, including both children law and financial remedy. Of recent note, Margaret Sweeting represented the respondent father, a serving police officer, in a case involving implacable hostility between the parties and which had to take into account the mother's psychological difficulties.
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Regulatory, health and safety, and licensing
At Trinity Chambers, Charles Holland specialises in licensing and represents the full range of interested parties in such cases. Notable recent work has included several taxi licensing matters, such as his recent representation of an interested party in judicial review proceedings brought by United Cabbies Group against the decision to grant a private hire vehicle operator's licence to Uber, in which Holland acted as a junior to Gerald Gouriet QC. Other key sectors of the licensing practice include firearms, entertainment and alcohol, betting and gaming, and scrap metal dealerships.
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Set overviews: England and Wales
Trinity Chambers is ‘one of the most renowned sets in the North East for good reason’. The set has built on a track record of family law, with recent growth in other practice areas, including employment. Recent recruits include former employment judge and now mediator Michael Malone, and Paul Reid (who joined from Fountain Chambers). In other recent news, Caroline T Goodwin QC has been elected chair of the Criminal Bar Association. In the ‘very good, knowledgeable and responsive’ clerks’ room, Tim Harris MBE joined as chambers director in October 2018, with Steve Walker (‘an experienced hand who knows the strengths of each tenant’), Steven Preen, Liam Gorman (‘very professional’) and the ‘excellent’ Chris Gibbin leading the civil, family, criminal, and Middlesbrough teams respectively. Offices in: Middlesbrough and Newcastle
Regional Bar > North Eastern Circuit > Commercial, banking, insolvency and Chancery law
Members of Trinity Chambers are instructed in a wide range of commercial, company and Chancery matters, with financial misselling cases a key growth area for the set. Another notable area of specialism is alternative dispute resolution, with several qualified mediators in chambers.
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Regional Bar > North Eastern Circuit > Employment
Members of Trinity Chambers are instructed by both claimants and respondents in employment law cases, with a particular focus on equal pay cases as well as wider discrimination work.
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Regional Bar > North Eastern Circuit > Family and children law
At Trinity Chambers, members are instructed across the spectrum of family law, including both children law and financial remedy. Of recent note, Margaret Sweeting represented the respondent father, a serving police officer, in a case involving implacable hostility between the parties and which had to take into account the mother's psychological difficulties.
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Regional Bar > North Eastern Circuit > Regulatory, health and safety, and licensing
At Trinity Chambers, Charles Holland specialises in licensing and represents the full range of interested parties in such cases. Notable recent work has included several taxi licensing matters, such as his recent representation of an interested party in judicial review proceedings brought by United Cabbies Group against the decision to grant a private hire vehicle operator's licence to Uber, in which Holland acted as a junior to Gerald Gouriet QC. Other key sectors of the licensing practice include firearms, entertainment and alcohol, betting and gaming, and scrap metal dealerships.
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Chambers of Toby Hedworth QC > Firm Profile
Trinity Chambers, operating from premises in Newcastle upon Tyne and Middlesbrough, is an established yet progressive set covering a wide range of practice areas supported by an experienced and approachable clerking team.
The set: Trinity Chambers, established in 1954, is one of the leading sets of barristers chambers in the North of England. This reputation has been built on a strategic programme of rolling investment in technology, staff and facilities. Trinitys sites in Newcastle and Middlesbrough are each located close to the court centres. The premises in Newcastle, at the historic Custom House, provide state of the art facilities, including video link, extensive conferencing rooms and seminar facilities. The barristers provide an ongoing rolling programme of CPD training events. Many of Trinitys members sit as deputy district judges and Crown Court recorders. Trinity barristers deal with instructions and hearings across the UK, acting for a wide range of clients including solicitorsâ firms, in-house counsel, insurers, blue chip companies, local authorities, police authorities and NHS trusts.
Types of work undertaken: Administrative and public: complex judicial review, including public procurement, regulatory, immigration, planning, prison law, education, housing and licensing.
Agriculture: wide range of agricultural-related cases including tenancies, common agricultural policy issues, livestock, conservation, trusts.
Business: insolvency, company, partnership and commercial disputes, directorsâ duties, disqualifications, consumer credit, civil fraud, construction, financial mis-selling, sale of goods and services.
Chancery: contentious probate, Inheritance Act claims, trusts of land, property disputes, boundary disputes, housing, restrictive covenants, injunctive relief, Land Registry issues, landlord and tenant.
Costs: several members of the group sit as deputy district judges dealing with CCMCs, costs budgeting, relief from sanction, proportionality, conduct issues and appeals.
Crime: high-profile cases; instructed by the prosecution and defence in cases involving homicide, murder, manslaughter, sexual offences, serious fraud, motor offences, drugs, conspiracies, proceeds of crime, prison law appeals and courts martial.
Employment: national reputation for equal pay, discrimination, whistleblowing, redundancy, TUPE, dismissals, working time regulations and holiday pay.
Family and matrimonial finance: child care, adoption, honour violence, forced marriage, high-value matrimonial finance disputes and trusts of land.
Immigration: points-based system, entry clearance, UK Border Agency, asylum and human rights issues.
Licensing: committee hearings through to judicial review covering alcohol, taxis, premises, firearms, the sex industry, gaming and betting.
Mental health and Court of Protection: Care Act, community care, deprivation of liberty, capacity, inherent jurisdiction, vulnerable adults, welfare decisions, powers of attorney and financial abuse.
Personal injury and clinical negligence: claimant and defendant clients across the UK, dealing with portal claims, small claims, fast-track and multi-track matters, expertise in credit hire. Several of the barristers dealing with clinical negligence, dental negligence and coroners inquests.
Planning and environment: complex planning inquiries, appeals, enforcement proceedings, village greens, renewable energy, injunctions, rights of way, gypsies and travellers, environmental protection.
Regulatory: fitness to practise hearings, including NMC, HCPC, GMC and GDC. Animal welfare, marine regulation, inquests and disclosure. The team work closely with local authorities in areas such as trading standards, health and safety, RIPA, courts martial and police discipline.
Alternative dispute resolution: including qualified mediators and chartered arbitrators.
Trinity Chambers abides by its equality and diversity policies, copies of which are available on request.
Main Contacts
| Department | Name | Telephone | |
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| Practice Director | Tim Harris | tim.harris@trinitychambers.co.uk | 01912321927 |
| Business Development manager | Chris Lucarelli | chris.lucarelli@trinitychambers.co.uk | 0191 232 1927 |
| Civil Clerk | Steve Walker | stevew@trinitychambers.co.uk | 0191 232 1927 |
| Teesside clerk | Chris Gibbin | chrisg@trinitychambers.co.uk | 01642 247569 |
| Criminal and regulatory clerks | Liam Gorman | liam@trinitychambers.co.uk | 0191 232 1927 |
| family clerks | Ken McLafferty | ken@trinitychambers.co.uk | 0191 232 1927 |
| family clerks | Steven Preen | steve@trinitychambers.co.uk | 0191 232 1927 |
| Criminal and regulatory Clerks | Stephanie Foster | stephanie@trinitychambers.co.uk | 0191 232 1927 |
| Civil/family clerks | Fiona Bullock | fiona@trinitychambers.co.uk | 01642 247569 |
| family clerks | Paula McClure | paula@trinitychambers.co.uk | 0191 232 1927 |
| civil clerks | Bethany Thompson | bethany@trinitychambers.co.uk | 0191 232 1927 |
| Members of Chambers | HEDWORTH QC, Toby (1975) | ||
| Members of Chambers | STAFFORD QC, Andrew (1980)* | ||
| Members of Chambers | CAMPBELL QC, John (1981) | ||
| Member of chambers | REED, Paul (1975) | ||
| Member of Chambers | ADAMS, Jamie (1978) | ||
| Members of Chambers | FITZGIBBON QC, Francis (1986)* | ||
| Members of Chambers | GOODWIN QC, Caroline (1988) | ||
| Members of Chambers | STONOR QC, Nicholas (1993) | ||
| Members of Chambers | DUFFIELD, Stephen (1969) | ||
| Members of Chambers | GATLAND, Glenn (1972) | ||
| Members of Chambers | KNOX, Christopher (1974) | ||
| Members of Chambers | HAWKS, Anthony (1975) | ||
| Members of Chambers | CALLAN, David (1979) | ||
| Members of Chambers | ENGELMAN, Philip (1979)* | ||
| Members of Chambers | WILKINSON, John (1979) | ||
| Members of Chambers | CROSS, Paul (1981) | ||
| Members of Chambers | SMART, Jacqueline (1981) | ||
| Members of Chambers | RICHARDSON, James (1982) | ||
| Members of Chambers | WALSH, Peter (1982) | ||
| Members of Chambers | McKENZIE, Lesley (1983) | ||
| Members of Chambers | SPAIN, Timothy (1983) | ||
| Members of Chambers | O'SULLIVAN, John (1984) | ||
| Members of Chambers | TAYLOR, Susan (1987) | ||
| Members of Chambers | ROUTLEDGE, Shaun (1988) | ||
| Members of Chambers | RUTTER, Andrew (1990) | ||
| Members of Chambers | SCOTT BELL, Ros (1993) * | ||
| Members of Chambers | DUNN, Katherine (1993) | ||
| Members of Chambers | GRAY, Justin (1993) | ||
| Members of Chambers | HOLLAND, Charles (1994) | ||
| Members of Chambers | CALLAN, Jane (1995) | ||
| Members of Chambers | CAPPS, Deveral (1995)* | ||
| Members of Chambers | SWEETING, Margaret (1996) | ||
| Member of Chambers | CAULFIELD, Paul (1996) | ||
| Members of Chambers | TAYLOR, Yvonne (1998) | ||
| Members of Chambers | WALKER, Fiona (1998) | ||
| Member of Chambers | CRAWLEY, Kevin (1998)* | ||
| Members of Chambers | ALLAN, Nicola (1999) | ||
| Members of Chambers | GOLDBERG, Simon (1999) | ||
| Members of Chambers | HEDWORTH, Rachel (1999) | ||
| Members of Chambers | KEMP, James (1999) | ||
| Members of Chambers | KITCHING, Kossar (1999) | ||
| Member of Chambers | RODGER, Jonathan (1999) | ||
| Members of Chambers | MENDOZA, Elizabeth (1999) | ||
| Member of Chambers | CURRER, Paul (2000) | ||
| Member of Chambers | HIRST, Sue (2001) | ||
| Member of Chambers | PHILLIPS, Ruth (2001) | ||
| Member of Chambers | MATHER, Brian (2002) | ||
| Member of Chambers | HEDWORTH, Joe (2002) | ||
| Member of Chambers | STEVENS, Henry (2002) | ||
| Member of Chambers | WOOD, Katherine (2002) | ||
| Member of Chambers | ANDREWS, Natasha (2002) | ||
| Member of Chambers | CORNBERG, Tony (2003) | ||
| Member of Chambers | FOLEY, Jane (2003) | ||
| Member of Chambers | ANDERSON, Jamie (2004) | ||
| Member of Chambers | BRISSENDEN, Claire (2004) | ||
| Member of Chambers | TINNION, Antoine (2004) | ||
| Member of Chambers | COMBE, David (2005) | ||
| Member of Chambers | STUBBS, Richard (2005) | ||
| Member of Chambers | HOLT, Kim (2005) | ||
| Member of Chambers | BYRNE, William (2006) | ||
| Member of Chambers | HOGBEN, Helen (2006) | ||
| Member of Chambers | MORGAN, Jamie (2006) | ||
| Member of Chambers | STOKES-HERBST, Rebecca (2006) | ||
| Member of Chambers | CLEGHORN, Marian (2007) | ||
| Member of Chambers | CRAMMOND, Andrew (2008) | ||
| Member of Chambers | MARWICK, James (2008)* | ||
| Member of Chambers | SEHAT, Amanda (2009) | ||
| Member of Chambers | BRIEN, Morgan (2010) | ||
| Member of Chambers | MCHUGH, James (2010) | ||
| Member of Chambers | GOODINGS, Patrick (2010) | ||
| Member of Chambers | NAGEL, Laura (2012) | ||
| Member of Chambers | SUTTLE, Rebecca (2012) | ||
| Member of Chambers | CROWE, Matthew (2013) | ||
| Member of Chambers | DUFFY, Stephen (2013) | ||
| Member of Chambers | FENWICK, Kate (2013) | ||
| Member of Chambers | RICHARDSON, Alice (2013) | ||
| Member of Chambers | ADAMS, Verity (2013) | ||
| Member of Chambers | MORTON, Grace (2014) | ||
| Member of Chambers | KIDWELL, Nigel (2015) | ||
| Member of Chambers | O'NEILL, Kieran (2017) | ||
| Member of Chambers | MARSHALL, Helen (2017) | ||
| Member of Chambers | LITTLEFAIR, Alex (2017) | ||
| Member of Chambers | REED, Stephen (2017) | ||
| Member of Chambers | NAJAH, Parissa (2017) | ||
| memeber of chambers | HEGARTY, Chris (2018) | ||
| Member of Chambers | KERFOOT, Paul (2018) | ||
| Member of Chambers | SHERLOCK, Louisa (2018) | ||
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