39 Essex Chambers are recognised as a ‘costs powerhouse, with expertise from silk level to the most junior level’. Members are well versed in a broad range of matters from commercial and insurance litigation to clinical negligence and personal injury. Nicola Greaney KC is acting for Mark McClaren Class Representative in relation to litigation funding issues in the Competition Appeal Tribunal case following the PACCAR judgment. Led by Susan Rodway KC, Shaman Kapoor is acting as the cost lead in Various Claimants v Rugby League, a significant group action claim worth £1bn with a complex interplay between litigation funder costs, the application of QOCS and retainer issues relating to individual and common costs.
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Profile
Position
Barrister specialising in all areas of public and administrative law (including health, local government, community care, education, telecommunications, prisons, information law) professional discipline and regulatory law, clinical negligence, personal injury, costs incapacity cases. Appointed attorney general’s A panel 2012.
Career
Called 2000; Inner Temple; tenant at 39 Essex Street from October 2000.
Languages
Fluent German, French, basic Italian.
Memberships
Liberty, Association of Women Barristers; ALBA; ARDL; PIBA.
Education
King Edward VI Grammar School, Chelmsford; New Hall, Cambridge (1995 Part 1 French and German; 1998 Law BA Hons); Inns of Court School of Law (1999 BUC).
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Testimonials
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- '39 Essex's clerks are excellent, with down to earth, get it done attitudes.'
- 'I always appreciate the clerks in any set. Essex St clerks are personable, creative and cost minded.'
- 'The clerks are personable, easy to work with and always find the right barrister for the job.'
- 'The clerks at 39 Essex Street are always responsive and helpful.'
- '39 Essex's costs team is one of the most impressive at the Bar currently with a number of up-and-coming juniors in this area. The set are increasingly able to offer a range of costs expertise at different levels of seniority. A growing and impressive team and one to watch.'
- '39 Essex have a strong costs offering and they are able to offer a full range of suitable barristers to deal with any ongoing costs issues.'
- '39 Essex are a very good chambers and have many highly regarded barristers.'
- '39 Essex provide a high quality in all fields with silks at this level is particularly good in costs. '