9-12 Bell Yard
is a leading set of barrister chambers specialising in
Criminal Law.
All members of Chambers have experience & expertise in criminal
litigation both prosecuting and defending.
Falcon Chambers is a set of 35 barristers, 9 Queen's Counsel and 26 juniors, all of whom
specialise in property law. The members of chambers work principally in
the litigation of the many aspects of real property and property-related
law, and also in advisory and drafting work in the same fields. A number
of free articles are available on the site on property topics
Farrars Building, the Chambers of Patrick Harrington QC,
is a long established set of common law chambers with an excellent reputation built up over many years.
They provide a high quality service for Claimants and Defendants in a wide range of work. Practice areas
fall within the broad categorisation 'General Common Law', but Members of Chambers specialise in the distinct
fields both individually and collectively. Chambers is not formally divided into practice groups, but there
are informal meetings of those practising in Personal Injury/Professional Negligence and Employment.
Members of Chambers practice primarily in London and the South East but they retain strong connections
with the Wales and Chester circuit with a number of silks practising predominantly on that circuit,
although still clerked from London.
There are free email bulletins on employment topics and personal injury topics respectively.
Fenners Chambers, founded in Cambridge in 1973,
has established a reputation in East Anglia and the East Midlands for a professional and businesslike
approach to the provision of legal services. There is also a base in Peterborough.
Fenners Chambers is organised around groups of barristers, each led by a senior member of chambers and
specialising in different areas of work: Commercial, Crime, Environment & Planning, Employment, Family, Personal Injury, Property and Probate & Inheritance law. Within each group there is further individual specialisation.
Field Court Chambers has now been established from the merger of
2 Field Court and 17 Bedford Row and is based at 5 Field Court, Gray's Inn. The specialisms are in Civil,
Family and Public Law. Head of Chambers is Lucy Theis QC.
4 Field Court
is now replaced by Stone chambers - so see under S.
187 Fleet Street, the Chambers of Andrew Trollope QC,
is a specialist criminal set of Chambers, conducting prosecution and defence work, principally, but not
exclusively, in London and the South East. They
moved from 1 Middle Temple Lane in 2001, having been there since its inception in 1976.
Chambers covers all aspects of crime, with particular expertise in the fields of: serious fraud,
financial regulatory offences, murder, drugs offences and matters arising out of both the Drugs
Trafficking Offences Act and Proceeds of Crime Act, mental health cases, sexual offences,
health and safety, police disciplinary matters, terrorism and war crimes.
Foregate Chambers is an established set of
barrisers' chambers conveniently situated 50 yards from the Crown, County and Magistrates Courts
in Worcester. They offer a combination of experienced Counsel and reliable Clerking, with a
distinctive competence and identity. Specialist areas include Crime, Family and Common Law,
Commercial and Employment law, Personal Injury and Credit Hire.
Fountain Chambers was
established as Middlesbrough's first Barristers' Chambers in 1970 to satisfy the
demand for specialist advocates in all areas of law to serve Teesside and the North East.
It is mainly a criminal and common law chambers and also has specialists who deal with
commercial and business law, clinical negligence, local government and licensing.
Fountain Court Chambers,
the chambers of Michael Brindle QC and Michael Lerego QC, is a long established
and substantial set of commercial barristers' chambers, based in the Temple, London.
There are 59 members of which 21 are silks. The site includes updates to a book published by Sweet and
Maxwell called Commercial Court Procedure.
5 Fountain Court, Birmingham is now called No5 chambers, so see under "N".
8 Fountain Court, Birmingham is now called No8 chambers, so see under "N".
Francis Taylor Building (formerly at 2 Harcourt Buildings) is a
long-established and leading set of Public Law Chambers specialising in
planning, environmental, licensing, administrative and parliamentary
work, all increasingly influenced by E.C. Law and the European
Convention on Human Rights. Members of Chambers undertake specialist
advisory work and appear regularly at planning inquiries, the High
Court, the Court of Appeal, the House of Lords, the Lands Tribunal and
before Select Committees in Parliament. They also appear at the ECJ.
Furnival Street, with
particular expertise in Asset Forfeiture, Money Laundering, and Criminal Law.
One Garden Court,
Family Law Chambers, has 47 members. This is the largest
set of Chambers in which all members specialise in family law.
There are a number of articles on family law issues on the site (kept well up to date)
as well as a pdf version of their newsletter which also includes articles on family law topics.
Two Garden Court
has now moved and has changed its name to Garden Court Chambers - see below.
Garden Court Chambers is built upon professional
excellence, a fearless commitment to further human rights and social justice working to the highest ethical
standards. Over the past 30 years, they have built a reputation as one of the leading multi-disciplinary
chambers in the UK with over 100 highly regarded barristers. Garden Court has been involved in many
landmark cases and decisions, particularly in the areas of crime, immigration, claims against the police
and public authorities and inquests.
They have created a bank of specialist legal resources on their web site, relevant to their practice
areas (take "Resources" and then "Legal Resources"). Case-law, legislation and useful links are all
organised under major headings such as Civil, Community Care, Crime, Family, Housing and Immigration.
All of the resources (cases, relevant legislation and useful links) are organised under these headings.
The site makes extensive use of the new Statute Law database, thus providing links to up-to-date versions
of the legislation. The key reported cases cited in each section involving Garden Court Chambers make
extensive use of BAILII.
Chambers also produces key current awareness bulletins on Community Care Law, Employment Law, Housing Law
and Immigration Law. These are free of charge and sent monthly by email. You can sign up on the website.
Garden Court North Chambers (The Chambers of Ian Macdonald QC),
formed in 1996, is a progressive set of barristers with a strong commitment to publicly funded work and
to offering representation to those disadvantaged by discrimination and inequality. This ethos underpins
their emphasis upon criminal defence and civil rights based work in all the areas in which they practice.
Based in Manchester, they were recommended as "only set in the North which has set its stall out to do
human rights work" in Chambers & Partners 2006. The site offers a substantial number of case commentaries
in their areas of work and also a series of news items on legal rulings and topics.
Garden Square is a newly formed specialist criminal law
chambers in Leicester, founded with the specific aim of providing experienced jury advocates to the East Midlands
area and beyond. All members of chambers are well known and established members of the Midland Circuit.
Chambers' areas of expertise covers all aspects of the criminal law, both prosecution and defence,
legally aided and privately funded. In addition, some of the barristers also have specialist areas of
knowledge which extend to Mental Health Review Tribunals, Courts-Martial, Licensing Law, Police Disciplinary
hearings, Personal injury, Health and Safety and Trading Standards cases.
Goldophin Chambers is the only barristers'
chambers in Cornwall. Barristers practising at Godolphin Chambers appear in courts and tribunals in Truro,
Penzance, Bodmin, Launceston, Liskeard, Plymouth, Exeter and other courts in the South West and further afield.
The three broad practice areas in Chambers are family, civil and crime with specialists in all fields.
They accept publicly and privately funded work and direct public access work.
Goldsmith Chambers
the Chambers of Philip Sapsford QC, are specialists in Family Law, Criminal Law and Civil Law.
9 Gough Square - a leading
multi-disciplinary Common Law barristers chambers.
In addition to accepting privately funded, insurance-backed
and legally-aided work they are pleased to consider
conditional fee agreements where appropriate.
1 Gray's Inn Square is the chambers of Angus Gloag and
Jonathan Goodman. It is is one of the largest and longest established Barristers' Chambers in Gray's Inn.
Chambers boasts an excellent reputation both within the Inn and at the Bar in general, both for its
high quality work and progressive outlook. Chambers is particularly proud of its diverse composition and
commitment to equal opportunities.
2-3 Gray's Inn Square
are a modern set, recognised as a leader in their fields by all the current guides.
They are recognised experts in the areas of law: Local Government,
Planning, Housing, Environment, Licensing, Civil Litigation and Regulatory Crime.
Many current members hold part-time judicial appointments, sit as legal assessors on various disciplinary
boards and tribunals, including the RICS, the Lands Tribunal, the Adjudication Panel of England & Wales
and sporting bodies' dispute resolution panels. Members also sit as arbitrators and act as treasury counsel.
They act for over 300 local authorities, central government departments and public bodies as well as companies
and individuals. Their work extends as far as Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia and the West Indies and includes
European law and the Convention on Human Rights. They offer direct access to approved professional bodies.
2 Gray's Inn Square Chambers is a general common law set,
established in 1992. Chambers work particularly in Employment, Family (Financial & Property),
Family (Children) and Property & Commercial law. Since 1993, Chambers has been at the
forefront of organising continuing education seminars, all accredited for CPD.
There is also a section relating to Direct Public Access, and the barristers who are able to take
on work under this scheme,
here.
3 Gray's Inn Square is now 25 Bedford Row.
4-5 Gray's Inn Square -
a large and well established set with many QC's, the areas of law covered include
public law and judicial review, planning and environmental law, commercial law, European
Community law, human rights and employment law.
10-11 Gray's Inn Square is a progressive set of chambers
dedicated to the provision of expert legal services to all sectors of society. Members
act on behalf of a range of individual, professional, corporate and public clients as well as for a
number of NGOs and voluntary organisations. Chambers offers a full range of legal services in both
domestic and international jurisdictions, from research to representation in the fields of crime, family,
civil, public and international law. I cannot get this site at the moment - can anyone help me?
Gray's Inn Tax Chambers provide
specialist tax advice and tax appeal litigation. A tax and VAT case
reporting service is offered on the site, which provides online digests of all recent
tax cases in which members of chambers have appeared (although not very up to date), with full transcripts
in some cases. There are also articles and comprehensive links to other tax links worldwide.
Great James Street Chambers, led by Alun Jones QC, now has fourteen full
members. Most of their work is based in criminal law. They prosecute and defend in the Crown Court, but maintain
diverse practices, and are determined not to become too dependent on publicly-funded work. They
value not only their Crown Court work but also extradition, judicial review and mutual legal assistance
specialisations, building upon the practice which Alun Jones has developed over many years, and advisory
work in the field of international criminal law. Three members are immigration practitioners, conducting
work in business immigration and asylum. Members are regularly involved in judicial review, and two
members specialise in the obtaining of emergency interlocutory injunctions.
Guernsey Bar introduces the profession of Guernsey
Advocate and Guernsey law itself. There is extensive background information on the legal system in
Guernsey, an introduction to the Guernsey Bar, contact details for Guernsey
firms and advice about how best to work with a Guernsey Advocate.
There is also a detailed glossary of legal terms and links to other legal sites in the Channel Islands.
Guildford Chambers
provides a comprehensive service in all areas of criminal,
civil and family advisory and advocacy work to all solicitors in private or
corporate practice, prosecuting and local authorities.
Guildhall Chambers is one of the largest chambers
in the South West of England, based in Bristol with 65 barristers (including six QCs). In large part its
success has come from pursuing a rigorous policy of specialisation in the following practice areas -
Commercial, Crime, Insolvency, Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence, and Property. Banking, Local Authorities
and Sports Law are among its other areas of expertise. Guildhall Chambers aims to combine high standards of
efficiency in case management with a professional, modern approach based on flexibility and client care.
Chambers’ clerks are highly experienced and provide objective and realistic advice on choice of counsel.
Guildhall Chambers Portsmouth is a medium sized Barristers’
Chambers with an established presence on the Western Circuit. Each individual barrister’s practice encompasses
several specialist fields and accordingly Chambers is able to offer a choice of Counsel to suit both the
professional and lay client’s needs. Chambers has particular strengths in civil law including all
aspects of family and children matters, personal injury, employment law, property law and insolvency.
Hailsham Chambers,
practising at 4 Paper Buildings, is a long established set whose members practise civil
and commercial law. The main practice areas are medical law, costs,
professional negligence, personal injury, employment and disciplinary
and commercial litigation.
2 Harcourt Buildings
are now at Francis Taylor Building.
Harcourt Chambers (The Chambers of Jonathan Baker Q.C)
is based in London and Oxford. With 2 Queen's Counsel and 38 juniors, it is one of the top ten specialist family
law sets in the country, with expertise including public and private children's work, ancillary relief,
divorce, abduction and domestic violence. Civil expertise includes trusts, chancery, property and planning.
Hardwicke, the
Chambers of Nigel Jones QC, is a broad based civil set located in Lincoln’s Inn. Specialist teams include:
Commercial; Education; Employment; Intellectual Property; Housing; Insurance and Reinsurance; Family;
Property; Public and administrative law, Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence.
The site includes customizable CVs for all members, newsletters on Property and Injury, articles and case reports.
A digest of the Chambers and Partners 2008 writeup is available on the site where Hardwicke scores highly
and appears as a leading set in both Education and Housing.
1 Hare Court (previously 1 Mitre Court Buildings)
the chambers of Bruce Blair QC, is a leading specialist set of chambers,
all of whose members practise solely
in the field of family law. The site contains news of some recent cases.
2 Hare Court - a leading set
specialising in criminal law and prosecuting and defending at all levels.
In recent years, chambers has increasingly specialised in commercial fraud and
corruption cases and in financial services work.
3 Hare Court came here from
One Crown office Row in September 2001. The Chambers of James Guthrie QC,
Chambers' work is concentrated in International and domestic business and
commercial law, appeals to the Privy Council and common law.
Henderson Chambers at 2 Harcourt Buildings,
the Chambers of Roger Henderson QC,
is a leading set of Barristers Chambers offering representation and advisory services to clients in
a wide range of different areas of civil litigation.
Highgate Chambers is a new set based in North London
offering specialist advice and advocacy services in Civil Litigation matters. Sole practitioner
Jonathan Wragg has particular expertise in the areas of Housing and Commercial Property Litigation.
1 High Pavement of Nottingham are regularly involved in defending
and prosecuting complex, high profile and grave cases across the whole of the Midlands.
They have have five QCs and thirty eight junior counsel.
High Street Chambers, Godalming,
is a general common law set with the emphasis on complex and serious crime. Members
of chambers work throughout the country.
I cannot get this site at the moment - can anyone help me?
Hogarth Chambers
has been formed from 5 New Square and One Raymond Buildings.
The areas of practice have three main strands:
Intellectual Property, Media & Entertainment and Chancery/Commercial & Insolvency.
Hollis Whiteman Chambers is now QEB Hollis Whiteman Chambers
India Buildings Chambers,
in Liverpool, is a long established set of Chambers providing advocacy and advice
in all aspects of Criminal, Civil, and Family work. Formed over 50 years ago, they
provide a comprehensive service to Solicitors and their Clients throughout the
North-West region and North Wales.
1 Inner Temple Lane,
the Chambers of Steven Hadley, is primarily a criminal set. Individual
members also practice family law, civil litigation and tribunal work
ensuring ensuring that we can offer a wide range of expertise.
Intellectual Property and Technology Group,
based in Manchester, is the Intellectual Property and Technology Group of Kingsgate Chambers
(from 1997 to early 2002, it practised from Lancaster Buildings in Manchester).
It is the first and so far only group of specialist intellectual property and
technology counsel to be based outside London (there are annexes in Bradford and London).
The site is designed as a resource for solicitors to use and a slightly unusual menu system
is used on the site. For each of the work areas covered
(ADR, Arbitration, Chancery, Chancery Litigation, Competion Law, Copyright, Database Rights, etc),
internal links to material produced by chambers appear to the left of the main explanatory text
and extensive links to external sites and materials appear to the right.
International Family Law Chambers
practise family law exclusively and have special expertise in matters concerning international law.
There are lawyers qualified in England and Wales, Australia, the United States, Germany and Sweden.
Expertise covers divorce; child custody, access, abduction; financial claims including property,
maintenance and enforcement action; injunctions to protect against violence and asset stripping.
Iscoed Chambers, the chambers of Miss Elwen Evans QC,
based in Swansea, is a leading, successful and long established set of chambers with a large client base.
They have established specialist groups with a view to reinforcing the strength and depth of the service
including the provision of lectures and training courses and
they were the first Chambers in Wales to be awarded the Legal Service Commissions Quality Mark for the Bar.
