18 Carlton Crescent,
Southampton, have been established since 1948 and are now a thriving provincial set
dedicated to offering a friendly advocacy and advice
service covering family, criminal and civil law.
Chambers is approved by the Law Society as an accredited
course provider and members of Chambers are able to provide CPD accredited seminars.
Carmelite Chambers (previously at 2-4 Tudor Street)
is one of the largest and longest established sets in the UK. They
are leaders within their field, both for defence and prosecution, with specific expertise in serious fraud,
terrorism, murder, espionage, money laundering, extradition, miscarriages of justice and Courts Martial.
Castle Chambers, based in Harrow, was founded in April 2004.
The main area of practice is in criminal advocacy, both defence and prosecution. They defend at all levels,
from first appearances in the magistrates' court through to trial in the Crown Court and to
hearings in the Court of Appeal and other appellate courts. Members of Chambers prosecute on behalf
of the Crown Prosecution Service in a number of areas, government departments, local authorities and
the Federation Against Copyright Theft. they have growing strengths in general common law, personal
injury, family law and employment.
25 Castle Street, in Liverpool, the chambers of Stephen Riordan QC,
are a long established set of chambers with a very strong reputation for criminal work and civil litigation.
42 Castle Street in Liverpool, is a specialist civil set predominantly
undertaking personal injury work. Chambers is very busy in the
Liverpool courts but has also developed a national reputation in industrial disease and clinical negligence work.
Chambers is now on the panel of most major insurers for disease work, often the only chambers outside London
on the relevant panel.
Chancery House Chambers is a specialised
Commercial/Chancery Law set of Barristers based in Leeds.
All Members of Chambers are frequently instructed in relation to both contentious
and non-contentious problems that arise in a business or financial context. These instructions
include questions and disputes involving contract, property, trusts, banking, and company law.
1 Chancery Lane, the Chambers of Edward Faulks QC,
is a leading civil common law set. Its practice areas are professional negligence, clinical negligence,
personal injury, travel and property, contract and commercial, public and administrative and property.
Members specialise in a number of fields including novel duty of care claims against public authorities,
education negligence, claims involving police, human rights, conflicts of law, consumer law, health & safety,
discrimination, social welfare law, undue influence claims and judicial review. There are presently 37
members of Chambers – 4 Queens Counsel and 33 juniors – several of whom also sit as Recorders and Arbitrators.
Members of chambers are also qualified to act as Mediators. Articles, news items and briefings can be accessed
on the 1 Chancery Lane website.
Charter Chambers
was formed in July 2001 by the members of Dr Johnson's Chambers and former members of
Cardinal Chambers to produce one of the largest sets in the country. The head of
Charter Chambers is Stephen Solley QC, Chair of the Bar Human Rights Committee.
The large criminal team offers a wide range of experience in both domestic and
international crime. The civil team offers specialists in employment, family,
personal injury, immigration, sports law, landlord and tenant, commercial, aviation
law and actions against the police.
Claremont Chambers, Wolverhampton,
comprises experienced practitioners who provide a high quality expert
advocacy, advisory and drafting service to solicitors and other professionals under the Direct
Access scheme.
Clarendon Chambers is a common law set with 41 barristers,
based in Lincoln's Inn, London, United Kingdom. Members of the specialist teams appear throughout London
and the south east of England,and on the Midland Circuit where they have an annex in Northampton.
Clerksroom is a new clerking service
set up by two barristers, Harry Hodgkin and Jonathan Dingle and a
senior clerk, Stephen Ward. The service is based in Somerset but barristers -
and the solicitors briefing them - can be anywhere.
Barristers pay a monthly subscription fee and are given an individual
security-protected password - they can to access the service via a computer from
anywhere in the world. The service uses the leading chambers software from Meridian and
provides diary control, case information, billing, fee collection, aged debt, VAT and tax.
Research facilities - library and case law - are also provided.
Clock Chambers is located in Wolverhampton to the west of
the industrial Midlands on the edge of rural Staffordshire, Shropshire and Worcestershire. Counsel from
Chambers act on behalf of clients throughout the surrounding industrial and rural areas and further
afield when necessary.
Established in 1993, the work of Chambers is expanding both in volume and range.
The work undertaken by members of Chambers extends across criminal law in respect of prosecutions and defences,
family law, general commercial work and personal injury. Individual members of Chambers specialise within
these general areas of work, accepting briefs from local authorities and other public bodies, dealing with
landlord and tenant disputes, company and partnership matters, insolvency and property issues and matrimonial
property disputes.
Cloisters, at 1 Pump Court in the Temple, was founded 50 years ago by
barristers with a common goal of fighting for the rights of the individual. Now they
represent both claimants and defendants, and have a strong reputation particularly in
employment law, personal injury, clinical negligence and medical law, public law and
judicial review, commercial, media and sports law. Joint heads of chambers are
Brian Langstaff QC and Robin Allen QC.
Cobden House Chambers are an established set of chambers
located in Manchester, within walking distance of the courts and enjoying an excellent reputation on the
Northern Circuit for being a friendly and client focussed set.
They work primarily within the following areas of law:
Crime, Personal Injury, Housing, Family, Chancery and Employment
They also provide Law Society accredited seminars and workshop training in these areas.
College Chambers was founded in 1989 by Robin Belben and
Roger Shawcross (now His Honour Judge Shawcross). Their reputation is based on their work as specialist advocates.
The key areas of practice include civil, family, general common law and mediation, backed by a breadth of
experience and expertise in all areas. College Chambers is committed to providing the reliable service
which clients expect and deserve.
12 College Place, of Southampton, cover Crime & Regulatory,
Family, Chancery, Planning & Local Government, Housing, Employment and Common Law. They are a long-established
set of chambers with 42 tenants and are probably the largest independent set of barristers in central Southern England.
They act for clients throughout the UK and abroad. They were previously based at 17 Carlton Crescent in Southampton.
Colleton Chambers, at Exeter and Taunton,
is the longest established independent set of Chambers west of Bristol. Their aim has always
been to offer to west country solicitors an easily accessible Bar working to the highest professional
standards of advice and advocacy.
Members of Chambers appear in crown courts and magistrates courts throughout the west country, as well
as the Divisional Court and the Court of Appeal, and are regularly instructed in notable criminal cases
by defence solicitors, statutory agencies, local authorities and corporate clients as well as the
Crown Prosecution Service.
Conference Chambers, the chambers of Ryan Clement,
based in Harrow, specialise in employment, immigration law, construction law, landlord and tenant,
commercial, banking, personal injury, general civil and crime.
They also undertake Public Access work.
Coram Chambers was formed in
October 1999as a result of the merger of civil and family practitioners
from 4 Brick Court and family practitioners from Queen Elizabeth Building.
Cornwall Street Chambers is one of the leading sets
of barristers' chambers in Birmingham, servicing court centres throughout England and Wales but with
a particularly strong presence on the Midland Circuit. Chambers has 3 core practice groups corresponding
to the wider areas of legal activity, namely Criminal, Civil and Family law. There is an annexe at Shrewsbury.
One Crown Office Row, the Chambers of Philip Havers QC, is a
long established leading civil set with particular strengths in clinical negligence (for which it is widely
recognised as the leading set), other professional negligence, public, administrative and Human Rights Act law,
judicial review, environmental law, personal injury, professional disciplinary, sports law, immigration
and VAT. Two silks are also recognised as leading matrimonial finance practitioners. A large Annexe in
Brighton is the only Chambers based in that city. They provide a Human Rights Update on their site which
is a database of 800 reports and commentaries on human rights dating back to 1998 with a weekly update
co-ordinated by Chambers Academic Rosalind English. The cases are taken from domestic courts and the
Strasbourg court involving human rights points that demonstrate the impact of the European Convention
on domestic law and also explores the practical impact of these cases for practitioners.
This resource is made available free for all to use (you have to register on site but it is
not too intrusive). There is a good search engine and it is possible to sign up for a weekly update
by email. For less experienced users, it includes a practical guide to the Convention and the Act;
what are "Incorporated Rights", "Procedures and Remedies" and so on.
Crown Office Chambers
is the largest civil common law set of chambers in London, with nearly 80 members.
Areas of specialisation include construction and commercial work,
insurance and reinsurance, contract, professional negligence, personal injury, health and safety, product liability
and clinical negligence.
There is a regular news section, a serious of regularly updated articles, and a section giving details
of the seminars provided.
Deans Court Chambers,
in Manchester, with 8 Queen's Counsel and 33 junior counsel,
aims to provide in-depth expertise across a broad spectrum of work.
Derwent Chambers is Derby’s first set of Barristers’ Chambers.
It is a new chambers, set up in 2007, but all the Barristers already have well-established practices on the Midland Circuit,
with a particular experience of the Courts in Derby and Derbyshire. Main areas of work are Family Law,
Civil Law and Crime.
Design Chambers,
a small recently formed chambers in Outer Temple on the Strand, directly
opposite the Royal Courts of Justice, specialising
in Intellectual Property, Internet, Media and Commercial cases.
They are willing to advise to advise on all matters from limited questions of
discovery in a simple copyright case to appearing in major patent cases.
Devereux Chambers,
is a thriving and well-established set of Chambers with a wide client base of public companies,
underwriters, brokers, local authorities, government departments, trade unions, individuals and others.
A number of senior members of Chambers serve as Deputy High Court Judges and Recorders. Members of Chambers
sit on the Criminal Injuries Compensation Appeals Panel, Mental Health Independent Review Tribunal,
Rent Assessment Panel and Leasehold Valuation Tribunal, the Boundary Commission and Sports Disputes
Resolution Panel. They also sit as Arbitrators and chair Tribunals and Inquiries.
Devon Chambers, in Plymouth and covering the entire West Country,
has 15 members who provide experience and expertise in all levels of Crime, Family, Personal Injury,
Commercial, Employment, Housing, Landlord & Tenant, Immigration and Judicial Review.
3 Dr Johnson's Building was established over 50 years ago.
It has long enjoyed a strong reputation in all aspects of Family Law, but in recent years has broadened
its scope to cover many key areas of Civil Law.
Barristers practice in Courts at all levels, throughout the country. Professional clients range from small High
Street practitioners to large City firms and Local Authorities.
Many Barristers can offer foreign languages and expertise in foreign law.
Doughty Street Chambers is at the forefront of many
cutting-edge domestic and international human rights cases and has long been recognised as a leader
in the field of civil liberties and human rights. The site includes
information on Human Rights topics, including articles and comment on the act,
European Convention material, international material, a news section,
a good set of Human Rights links and information on the
HRA Research Project (HRARP) which is an independent research
initiative funded to monitor and evaluate the Human Rights Act 1998
and the enjoyment of human rights in the UK. They also offer an email updating service.
Durham Barristers' Chambers was
established in 1996 by local practitioners, and has grown since then and
developed a number of distinct specialisations. These include
common law matters, crime, civil and commercial law planning, environmental
and local government law.
2 Dyers Building is the Michael Gledhill QC.
They are organised into teams of specialists covering
anti-money laundering, financial services, fraud, crime, extradition, and local authority work.
East Anglian Chambers
was established in Colchester in 1946. It later expanded to Norwich, Ipswich and Chelmsford and,
working also in Cambridgeshire, now fields a team of nearly 60 barristers providing
an efficient and comprehensive Common Law service to the whole of eastern England.
Recently attaining both Bar Mark and ISO 9002:1994 status, they offer solicitors and
DPA firms dedicated and highly regarded teams of criminal, family, property,
personal injury, and other civil practitioners - available throughout the region and beyond.
Ely Place operates from its own modernised Georgian
building at 30 Ely Place, Holborn Circus, London. The Barristers are specialist advocates whose expertise
includes offering an advisory service on commercial litigation, media/defamation, actions against the
police, employment law, professional (including clinical) negligence, personal injury, property
litigation (both commercial and residential), housing and public and local government law.
Enterprise Chambers
is a leading Commercial Chancery Set with well-established branches in
London, Leeds and Newcastle. They have experts recommended in Insolvency/Bankruptcy,
Commercial, Company & Partnership, Professional Negligence, Property and Traditional Chancery.
Erskine Chambers
has a long-established reputation as a company law set. It covers all aspects of company law, corporate
finance, corporate insolvency, financial services and related professional negligence matters.
Alongside its reputation in company law, the set is known for its commercial litigation experience
over a range of practice areas and business sectors.
Erskine Chambers continues to maintain its position as the foremost UK company law and corporate finance set
and one of the leading corporate insolvency sets. In these areas members of Chambers have been involved in many
of the largest and most significant cases and deals of the year - in the UK and in other jurisdictions. The set
also has leading practices in accountancy law, financial services and regulatory work.
One Essex Court, the Chambers of Lord Grabiner QC,
is a leading set of barristers chambers where the principal areas of practice are
commercial law, arbitration, company and insolvency, banking, European Union
law, intellectual property, revenue law and licensing.
5 Essex Court the Chambers of Simon Freeland
QC, is recognized by the main legal directories as a leading set in police law and has a proud record of having
been involved in nearly all of the police law landmark cases both in the domestic and the European courts.
Members of Chambers haves also been involved in such high profile Public Inquiries as the Stephen Lawrence Inquiry,
the Marchioness Inquiry, the Hutton Inquiry, the Bichard Inquiry and the Morris Inquiry.
Founded as a common law set in 1954 by the late Mr Justice Michael Eastham, 5 Essex Court became a civil set in
October 2004. It specializes in police law, public law, employment and personal injury.
There are extensive case notes on the site from the cases in which members have acted.
Essex Court Chambers
called Four Essex Court until its relocation to Lincoln's Inn Fields in 1994, was
formed as a separate chambers in 1961.
The set specialises in commercial, international & European Law. There are a number of substantial
articles online.
20 Essex Street, the Chambers of Iain Milligan QC,
specialise in international commercial litigation. Chambers currently comprises 48 barristers, of whom
17 are Queen's Counsel. There are also 12 senior members who practise as
arbitrators and mediators. Members appear as advocates in
litigation and arbitration worldwide and advise across a wide range of
international and commercial law. They have an excellent reputation as one of
the leading international commercial sets, and are at the forefront of
developments in commercial, EU and public international law.
23 Essex Street is primarily a criminal set whose members
practise in all areas of criminal law, both defending and prosecuting, across London and the South Eastern
Circuit. Silks practise throughout the country. 23 Essex Street has a particular reputation in the core area
of criminal work, in cases concerning serious crime, such as murder and sexual offences and other cases
involving vulnerable witnesses; white-collar crime, such as criminal fraud and money-laundering offences;
and customs and revenue offences. Chambers has acquired a considerable reputation in both defending and prosecuting in criminal proceedings and its members have been involved in many of the celebrated and high-profile cases over the last 50 years.
There are a number of articles available on the "News" section of the site.
35 Essex Street has now become Outer Temple Chambers
39 Essex Street, the Chambers of Nigel Pleming QC,
has 50 members, including 10 Queens Counsel. Members' practices cover three broad fields:
commercial, common and public law. Within these fields members have considerable specialist
expertise, and between these fields there is frequent exchange of information and know-how.
Thus 39 Essex Street is able to offer a complete and integrated service.
39 Essex Street is described as "client-focused, modern and unstuffy" by Chambers & Partners.
Exchange Chambers, in
Liverpool, comprises 52 barristers of whom 8 are Silks and provides a number
of specialisations. There is an online Personal Injury Newsletter,
compiled by Bill Braithwaite QC which includes
an extensive set of summaries of cases tried and cases settled over the last 2 years.
There are also a number of commercial articles.
