The criminal team at New Park Court Chambers‘ ’depth of expertise and knowledge is second to none‘. In recent work for the group, the ’impressive‘ Nicholas Lumley KC defended a woman from Teesside who was charged under the 1861 Offences Against the Person Act with carrying out an illegal abortion on herself during the first UK Covid-19 lockdown; Cox was found not guilty after prosecutors offered no evidence. In a separate matter, the ’very personable‘ Nicholas de la Poer KC successfully prosecuted a man who was convicted of attempting to collect information useful for terrorism; the defendant was alleged to have been filming security arrangements around an Iranian dissident television station based in Chiswick. Among the juniors, Adam Birkby’s ‘command of a case is almost unrivalled’ and Eleanor Fry is ‘tenacious and persuasive’. The senior end of the team was recently bolstered by Tom Storey KC‘s elevation to silk in March 2024.
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Lawyers
Leading silks
KCs at the very top of their field, with a long-established record of market-defining cases, and widespread endorsement from clients and peers. All silks appointed in the last two rounds are listed further below.
Nicholas Lumley KC
Alistair MacDonald KC
Robert Smith KC
Simon Kealey KC
Nicholas de la Poer KC
Jason Pitter KC
2024 Silks
KCs at the very top of their field, with a long-established record of market-defining cases, and widespread endorsement from clients and peers. All silks appointed in the last two rounds are listed further below.
Tom Storey KC
Leading juniors
Leading juniors are those with significant experience of key cases, strong market recognition from both peers and clients, and are seen as future candidates for silk.
