Guildhall Chambers

Guildhall Chambers has ‘good strength in depth on costs and funding issues, and is able to offer a strong range of costs specialists’. Oliver Moore, who leads the costs group, is ‘a stand out barrister in costs and litigation funding, combining sharp strategic insight with a practical, no-nonsense approach’. Moore is well known for his expertise in advising on costs matters relating to clinical negligence and personal injury claims, and has a solid track record in handling costs litigation. James Wibberley is ‘an excellent advocate’, ‘brilliant on his feet’ and ‘immensely practical’; he appeared for the successful respondent in Birley & Another v Heritage Independent Living Ltd, a Court of Appeal case concerning whether a party bringing a claim for personal injuries sustained as a result of a breach of confidence can claim qualified one-way costs shifting protection and seek the recovery of an ATE premium.