Barristers' Chambers in the UK - A to B
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*Defending and prosecuting white-collar and serious crime
*Medical & police regulatory and disciplinary proceedings
*Led by highest ranked QC's and leading junior barristers
*With strength at all levels
Abbey Chambers, based in Shepperton,
Middlesex, offers a high-quality service to clients in SW London and the Home Counties.
Members have a wide variety of relevant expertise drawn from the police force, military, social
services, local government, media and the entertainment business.
ADR Chambers (UK) Limited
is the UK arm of a worldwide alternative dispute resolution group which has successfully settled tens of
thousands of cases around the globe, from Canada to Hong Kong, over the last decade.
Established in this country in 1999 to support Lord Woolfs reforms ADR Chambers is unique
among ADR providers in that it is based on a judicial panel of retired Law Lords, Lords Justices,
High Court, Circuit and other retired Judges, many still active in the
development and administration of the law. There are also many
Barristers and Solicitors who are trained mediators, arbitrators or neutral evaluators, and who are
dedicated to specific areas of law. ADR Chambers is also establishing regional panels, in support of
court-based mediation schemes and to meet local demand.
Albany Chambers is a mixed criminal and common-law set,
offering skilled junior counsel with extensive experience in many areas of the law.
Chambers is centrally located in Bedford Row, London, close to Grays Inn and a short walk from the Royal Courts of Justice.
Particular strengths are in Crime, Employment, Family Law, Immigration, and general Civil Litigation including
Landlord and Tenant. Albany Chambers is a multiracial and multicultural set of chambers established in 1990.
We currently have sixteen practising members with approximately equal numbers of male and female barristers.
Aldbury Chambers, the Chambers of
Andrew Smiler, is a progressive set of subject-area specialists with expertise in jurisdictions as
diverse as Crime, General Civil, Employment, Family, Immigration and Planning.
Chambers provides the highest quality service for clients underpinned by an emphasis on tenant
professional development and ensuring confidence through continuity with a nominated counsel system.
Alexander Barristers Chambers, based in Wanstead, London,
specialise in all areas
of clinical negligence, medical law, nursing law, midwifery law, para-medical law, professional and
statutory regulation, in England and Wales. They provide advice and representation to solicitors,
other lawyers, public bodies, companies, professionals, and members of the public.
Angel Chambers is one of the oldest and most
established sets on the Wales and Chester Circuit having been founded in the 1920’s.
Since then a number of members of Chambers have gone on to take up Judicial Office in a variety of
capacities including recent appointments to the High Court and Circuit Bench as well as appointments as a
District Judge and Industrial Tribunal Chairman.
Members practise principally in the areas of Criminal Law, Family Law, Personal Injury and Immigration Law
and they offer a comprehensive advocacy service across South and West Wales in both English and Welsh.
Arden Chambers
practise in four areas - Housing, Local Government, Property & Planning law.
They have been voted the no 1 housing set for the last two years by Chambers &
Partners UK Guide to the Legal Profession. They
also have a number of barristers who undertake areas of public law.
There are a series of "EFlashes" on the site, which are immediate responses to recent
decision or legal developments. These can be sent direct to peoples' mailboxes or viewed on site.
There is also a service called HousingLawDirect which allows Corporate and Fellow members of the
Chartered Institute of Housing in England and Wales to access advice on housing law
from specialist housing barristers.
Assize Court Chambers
is a dedicated western circuit set situated in Bristol.
All Counsel undertake Legally Aided work and Chambers has specialist
practitioners in most fields of law.
Atkin Chambers consists of 13 Queen's Counsel
and 20 Junior Counsel. These Chambers have long been at the forefront of construction and construction
related arbitration, litigation and advisory work. Former Members include current Judges of the
Technology and Construction Court and internationally renowned arbitrators. Its Members practice in
England and Wales and their lay and professional client base ranges from the United States of America
through Europe, Northern, Eastern and Southern Africa, the Gulf, Asia, the Middle and Far East,
China and the Russian Federation.
Atkinson Bevan Chambers, at 2 Harcourt Buildings,
is a leading specialist criminal set, defending and prosecuting on
the South Eastern and Western Circuit, also represented on the Treasury
Counsel team at the Old Bailey.
With three QCs, one Senior Treasury Counsel, one Junior Treasury Counsel, and over 30 juniors,
Atkinson Bevan Chambers is one of the leading specialist criminal sets in the Temple.
Chambers is committed to maintaining a balance of defence and prosecution work, and strongly encourages
members to develop their practices accordingly - they believe that this provides barristers with a wider
perspective which benefits all clients.
Members of Chambers are involved in all kinds of criminal cases, ranging from high profile and sensitive
matters requiring specialist expertise such as murder and terrorism, to more routine offences found every day
in the magistrates' and Crown Courts. Many barristers have developed particular expertise in such
areas as commercial, Revenue and VAT frauds, drugs cases, corruption, child abuse and sexual offences,
and multi-handed police undercover and surveillance operations.
Atlantic Chambers are a large set with 60 members
including 2 Queen's Counsel. They have specialists in Personal Injury,
Professional Negligence (including Clinical Negligence), Crime, Family, Employment, Chancery
and Commercial work. They are one of the first in the country to obtain Quality Mark
accreditation from the Legal Services Commission.
Bank House Chambers in Sheffield, was formed in 1864 and is
a long established yet progressive set of chambers with strength and
experience at all levels of seniority.
BarristerWeb, the chambers of Tim Wallis,
is based in Milton Keynes. Chambers
provides "virtual" clerking services to barristers as an
alternative to or as well as membership of more traditional chambers.
BarristerWeb takes advantage of the internet to offer access to online libraries,
electronic mailing of documents, links to courts with maps pinpointing their exact locations
and internet'chat rooms' for exchange of views on specialist topics between BarristerWeb
members. Key staff are Senior Clerk Andrew Hutchins and Chambers Director Neil Goodman-Smith.
Bath Chambers is a specialist common law set
recently established to bring together the expertise of barristers specialising in Personal Injury law,
Employment law, Planning, Sports law and Financial Services law.
Although primarily covering the Western Circuit and in particular the courts in Bath, Trowbridge/Frome,
Bristol, Swindon, Shaftesbury and Salisbury, through associated barristers, Bath Chambers is able to
provide representation in most parts of the country.
2 Bedford Row,
the chambers of William Clegg QC, and previously of 3 Hare Court, is
a specialist set of criminal law barristers, described in the Chambers Directory
as "a leading set of specialist criminal practitioners at the forefront of
defence and prosecution work in the South east and
throughout the country as well as abroad". They recently received
the Chambers & Partners Crime Set of the Year Award 2006.
There are articles and case notes posted on the site.
7 Bedford Row -
is a modern, common law set of chambers which was established more
than 50 years ago. It is now well established in both civil and criminal work
both in London and on Circuit. It is one of the leading sets of chambers
on the Midland and Oxford Circuit.
9 Bedford Row, the chambers of
Anthony Berry Q.C. started as a common law set but for the last 30 years or so
have specialised in criminal law and related areas.
They receive instructions in all kinds of criminal cases, cases of all levels of
complexity and gravity.
17 Bedford Row has now merged with 2 Field Court to form Field Court Chambers.
25 Bedford Row (previously in 3 Grays Inn Square),
the chambers of Rock Tansey QC, offer experience in all types of criminal cases including terrorism
and war crimes, espionage, murder, serious fraud, organised crime, international drugs trafficking
and money laundering. They also offer representation in the conduct of civil cases, such as Mental Health
Review Tribunals and actions against the police. They work at every level from Magistrates Courts to the
European Court of Human Rights and International War Crimes Tribunals. They helped to create the
European Criminal Bar Association.
29 Bedford Row Chambers
has evolved from a set of chambers established in the Temple in the 1950s.
Areas of specialisation are Family Law, Personal Injury, Employment Law,
Administrative Law, Multi-party Actions, Professional Negligence, Property,
Judicial Review, Medical Negligence and Commercial/Chancery/Insolvency.
33 Bedford Row, the chambers of David Barnard,
has groups in civil law, family law and criminal law.
36 Bedford Row is a multidisciplinary set of Chambers
with a national and international reputation - voted Chambers of the Year
in 1998 by The Lawyer. They are one of the largest sets of Chambers in the country
and are able to offer in-depth experience and expertise across a broad range of
legal disciplines. They have premises in London, Leicester, Nottingham
and Northampton with conference and videoconference facilities.
Bell Yard Chambers
is a specialist criminal set.
Chambers' work covers a wide geographical area, predominantly on the South-Eastern
and Western circuits, although individual members of Chambers conduct
cases the length and breadth of England and Wales
7 Bell Yard is the Chambers of David Wolchover,
formerly Lion Court. Members offer representation before a wide variety of courts and tribunals
at every level, and are happy to advise and assist at all stages of a case.
A new website is presently being constructed.
9-12 Bell Yard Chambers, the chambers of Lord Carlile of Berriew QC,
specialises in various areas of Criminal law and Civil law. This large and leading set of Chambers provides
a wide range of experience covering the whole spectrum of criminal litigation and has a long established
reputation in cases of commercial fraud (criminal and civil aspects), corruption, serious crime, professional
disciplinary proceedings and Judicial Review.
Blackstone Chambers combines its formidable strengths
in commercial, public, employment, EU and public international law with state of the art facilities and a
friendly and open approach to client service. The nature of practice in Chambers has evolved to become
increasingly multi-jurisdictional in nature, designed to meet the needs of the legal market in the 21st century.
Brick Court Chambers is one of the leading sets of Barristers
Chambers in London with a strong reputation in Commercial, Public and European Union Law. They presently have
65 members who practise full-time, including 25 QCs.
Commercial work includes all aspects of international trade, finance and commerce, with particular
emphasis on banking, insurance, reinsurance, shipping and "city" work and on private international law.
Chambers also has an outstanding team of European Union lawyers, who are specialists in all aspects of EU
and Competition litigation.
Members of Chambers have considerable expertise in Human Rights and in Commercial and Regulatory Judicial Review.
One Brick Court is a long established
specialist barristers chambers based in the Temple, London.
They are recognised as leaders in the fields of defamation, privacy and the law as it affects
freedom of expression and the publication of false, damaging and intrusive information.
There is an extensive Media Law Update on the site, with reports of the latest cases and also
articles written by members of chambers.
4 Brick Court, set up in the mid 1970s by David Medhurst,
today the Chambers of Miss Janet Mitchell, has an established reputation in Family Law and Immigration,
Crime, Common Law, Employment and Licensing.
The Family Team is renowned for its work in child care as well as in private law children work and ancillary relief.
Advocacy and advisory work is undertaken for solicitors nationwide. Other professional clients include local
authorities and prosecution authorities. There are a large number of articles on family law on the site
and a monthly "update" on family law with summaries of recent cases, articles etc.
One of the barristers, Jacqui Gilliatt has set up a blog on UK family law called
Bloody relations
("Where there's a relative there's a bloody good argument to be had").
The site is also associated with a wiki called
familylawfaqs which is still in its early stages and calling for
others to contribute their knowledge as well as the original authors.
Bridewell Chambers, the Chambers of
Colin Challenger, is a set of Commercial, Common Law Barristers providing specialist advice and
representation in all courts in the UK and abroad. With over 40 Barristers they are able to
provide both professional and lay clients with a wide choice of Counsel at all levels of experience,
practising in many Specialist Areas.
Broad Chare Chambers,
Newcastle, is an old established chambers with, traditionally, an emphasis on
crime and personal injury but also, now, family law and employment Law.
Not available at present.
Broadway House Chambers, formed in 1926, is
conveniently located in the centre of Bradford, only two minutes away from the city’s Combined Court Centre.
They act regularly on the North Eastern Circuit, principally in West Yorkshire, but often travel further
afield and off Circuit.
They specialise in crime and family law with developing practices in other areas. They are organised in
the following specialised practice teams:
Criminal Law, Family Law, Personal Injury & General Common Law, Employment & Immigration Law and
Environmental Law.
As well as the usual support facilities and meeting rooms they also have an excellent library and legal CD-Rom resource.
They also have fully staffed premises with extensive conference facilities at 31 Park Square, Leeds.
Byrom Street Chambers
consists of 14 Queen's Counsel who practise from Byrom Street, Manchester.
Chambers are exclusively dedicated to the work of Leading Counsel thus
facilitating a highly individual and personalised service to be provided by
both Members and Clerks.
