Barristers

A full list of our barristers is provided below. Click on any barrister's to view a full CV which includes details of specialisms, reported and leading cases, other significant work performed, career history and professional memberships. 

 

  • Frances Patterson QC

    Frances Patterson QC

    Practice: Town and country planning Environmental law Compulsory purchase and compensation Highways Education Administrative law Judicial review Statutory challenges Community care law Profile: Frances is a leading practitioner in all aspects of...more

  • Stephen Sauvain QC

    Stephen Sauvain QC

    Practice Town and country planning Highways law Education law Local government and finance Compulsory purchase and compensation Judicial review Environmental law Major retail and town centre redevelopment schemes Minerals and Landfill Regeneration schemes ...more

  • Michael Booth QC

    Michael Booth QC

    Practice: Chancery Commercial Litigation Commercial Fraud Company and Insolvency Property Litigation Professional Indemnity Profile: Michael works exclusively on commercial and chancery matters with a strong emphasis on litigation, particularly trials,...more

  • Dr Nicholas Braslavsky QC

    Dr Nicholas Braslavsky QC

    Practice: Personal Injury litigation Clinical Negligence litigation Regulatory and Disciplinary disputes Profile: Nicholas Braslavsky is a leading common law practitioner with a specialist practice in personal injury and clinical negligence litigation. He has...more

  • Vincent Fraser QC

    Vincent Fraser QC

    Practice: Town and Country Planning Compulsory Purchase and Compensation Highways law Local government finance and administration Administrative law Environmental law Education law Judicial review Profile: Vincent is a leading practitioner in all...more

  • Paul Chaisty QC

    Paul Chaisty QC

    Practice Chancery and Commercial litigation Insolvency - Individual and Corporate Partnerships Professional Negligence Directors' Disqualification Banking (principally recoveries, guarantees and securities) Company Law (particularly shareholder disputes) ...more

  • David Manley QC

    David Manley QC

    Practice Planning Environment Health and Safety Local Government Highways Law Compulsory Purchase Profile David specialises in planning and environmental law and compulsory purchase. He has had the conduct of a large number of UDP and local plan inquiries...more

  • Lesley Anderson QC

    Lesley Anderson QC

    Practice: Chancery and commercial litigation Insolvency – corporate and individual Commercial contracts including joint ventures, distribution and agency contracts and share and asset sale warranty claims Company law – especially shareholder disputes and breach of...more

  • Eric Owen

    Eric Owen

    Practice: Public law European law Environmental law Compulsory Purchase law Planning law Mineral planning Energy Retail Planning Human rights Highways Local Government Public Procurement Regulatory Law, including Licensing Ecclesiastical Law ...more

  • Jeffrey Terry

    Jeffrey Terry

    Practice: Commercial & Chancery litigation Insurance Commercial contracts, including sale & carriage of goods, agency, distributorship agreements, share and assets sales & warranty claims Construction Professional negligence in all fields except clinical negligence ...more

  • Roger Lancaster

    Roger Lancaster

    Practice: Planning Environmental Law Compulsory Purchase Valuation Profile: Roger specialises in planning and environmental law, compulsory purchase and valuation. Formerly a solicitor, he has an extensive practice advising and appearing for a wide range of...more

  • Shokat Khan

    Shokat Khan

    Practice: Personal Injury work Professional Negligence Employer's and public liability Industrial disease Road traffic Clinical negligence UK Immigration and Nationality Law Profile: Shokat has specialised in Personal Injury and associated Professional...more

  • John Barrett

    John Barrett

    Practice: Housing Waste disposal and management Minerals Highways UDP and Local Plan inquiries Inquiries relating to substantial commercial and retail developments, especially supermarkets and public houses/restaurants. Profile: John specialises in all...more

  • Neil Berragan

    Neil Berragan

    Practice: Commercial litigation, including: Sale and carriage of Goods Commercial and construction arbitrations Warranty claims in business and share sales Commercial fraud Computer software defects claims Insurance Pre-emptive and restraint injunctions, including...more

  • Alan Evans

    Alan Evans

    Practice: Town and country planning Highways Public rights of way Village greens Compulsory purchase Profile: Alan specialises in town and country planning, highways, public rights of way, village greens and compulsory purchase. He has been involved in...more

  • Mark Halliwell

    Mark Halliwell

    Practice: General chancery Commercial law Real property Landlord and tenant law Corporate and individual insolvency Charities Trusts Probate Administration of estates Professional negligence Markets and fairs Commercial Arbitrations Profile: ...more

  • Simon Hilton

    Simon Hilton

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  • Katherine Dunn

    Katherine Dunn

    Practice Professional negligence Personal and corporate insolvency Mortgages and Land law generally Landlord and tenant law Wills and probate Trusts Company law Banking General chancery work Commercial litigation Profile Katherine practises as a...more

  • Nigel Clayton

    Nigel Clayton

    Practice: Real Property Law - all aspects of advisory, drafting and litigation work. Land Law (incl. Adverse Possession, Boundaries, Easements, Restrictive Covenants etc). Title - Registered and Unregistered Conveyancing. Mortgages and Mortgage Litigation. Co-ownership...more

  • Ruth Stockley

    Ruth Stockley

    Practice: Town and Country Planning Highways and Rights of Way Environmental Law Compulsory Purchase Village Greens Taxi Licensing Education Local Government Judicial Review Profile: Ruth practises in all aspects of town and country planning,...more

  • Fiona Ashworth

    Fiona Ashworth

    Practice: Employer's liability. Public liability. Industrial disease (including deafness, asbestos related diseases, HAVS, Dermatitis). Road traffic and sporting injuries. Professional personal injury-related negligence. Fibromyalgia. Profile: ...more

  • Paul Tucker

    Paul Tucker

    Practice: Town and country planning Environmental law Local Government law Highway law Compulsory purchase Retail proposals Minerals Landfill proposals Local authority licensing Profile: Paul practises in the areas of town and country planning,...more

  • Geoffrey Pass

    Geoffrey Pass

    Practice: Intellectual property Trusts Company law Commercial law Real property and conveyancing Landlord and tenant Wills and probate Directors' disqualification Profile: Geoffrey's practice is now as part of the chancery and commercial...more

  • Stephen Pritchett

    Stephen Pritchett

    Profile: Stephen’s practice has a broad base in traditional chancery and commercial law with a particular emphasis on:- Real property and conveyancing disputes including title, restrictive covenants, boundaries and easements, adverse possession, estoppel and constructive...more

  • Nigel Poole

    Nigel Poole

    Practice Clinical Negligence Personal Injury Profile: Nigel is a member of the Common Law group specialising in clinical negligence and personal injuries of the utmost severity. The UK Legal 500 notes his specialist practice in cosmetic surgery litigation. He was...more

  • Andrew Singer

    Andrew Singer

    Practice: Construction litigation Construction arbitration Professional negligence General commercial litigation Profile: Andrew can rightly be regarded as the only true construction barrister on the Northern Circuit and is in the Technology &...more

  • Paul Johnson

    Paul Johnson

    MEDIATION BIOGRAPHY OF PAUL JOHNSON Mediation experience Paul Johnson was until November 2006, one of the senior litigation partners in Pannone LLP in Manchester. He left partnership with Pannone LLP to pursue a career as a mediator. For this reason...more

  • Simon Burrows

    Simon Burrows

    Practice Employment Personal injury Clinical negligence Mental Health Community care Profile Simon has a long standing specialist interest in employment law, both in the Employment Tribunal (including discrimination work) and the ordinary Courts. As well as...more

  • Matthew Smith

    Matthew Smith

    Practice: Employment Costs Profile Matthew is recommended for employment law in the Legal 500. ...more

  • Andrew Grantham

    Andrew Grantham

    Practice: Agency (including commercial agency) and distribution agreements. Banking claims. Claims arising out of business and share sales, Civil claims arising out of fraud, Commercial arbitration. Company disputes (including shareholder disputes and directors'...more

  • Michael Rawlinson

    Michael Rawlinson

    Practice: Personal Injury Industrial Disease Clinical Negligence Profile: Michael joined chambers in 2004 having practiced at 28 St. John Street, Manchester since his call in 1991. He both claims and defends within his areas of practice. Disease...more

  • Nigel Bird

    Nigel Bird

    Practice: Company Commercial litigation Insolvency Public Interest VAT and duties Profile: ...more

  • Martin Carter

    Martin Carter

    Practice: Town and Country Planning Compulsory Purchase Highway Law Town and Village Greens Local Government Law Environmental Law Public Law / Judicial Review Profile: Martin practises in all areas of Town and Country Planning, including...more

  • Wilson Horne

    Wilson Horne

    Practice: Property Litigation Commercial landlord and tenant law including lease renewals, dilapidations and rent reviews Residential landlord and tenant law including leasehold enfranchisement and service charge disputes Boundary and right of way disputes Mortgages and...more

  • Lucy Powis

    Lucy Powis

    Practice: Personal injury Clinical negligence Employer's liability Public liability Road traffic (including criminal prosecutions) Equestrian injuries Profile: Lucy practises in personal injury and clinical negligence as a member of the common law...more

  • Mark Harper

    Mark Harper

    Practice: Commercial litigation (especially banking and guarantee disputes). Sports related commercial disputes including advice and representation in connection with claims before professional sporting bodies and tribunals. Personal and corporate insolvency. Professional...more

  • Sarah Pritchard

    Sarah Pritchard

    Practice: Clinical Negligence (particularly birth damage and orthopaedics) Personal Injury Employer's liability Profile: Sarah Pritchard practises as a member of the common law group within Chambers and undertakes all aspects of personal injury and clinical...more

  • Richard Lander

    Richard Lander

    Practice: Property and commercial law Personal and corporate insolvency Banking law Residential and commercial landlord and tenant law Land law Family provision claims Administration of estates Inheritance Act claims Profile: Richard is a member of...more

  • Ian Ponter

    Ian Ponter

    Practice: Public law Planning Environment Trading standards Profile: Ian practises principally in planning and public law. This includes all aspects of town and country planning (including inquiries, development plan inquiries, prosecutions, injunctive...more

  • Andrew Latimer

    Andrew Latimer

    Practice: Commercial litigation Directors duties Directors disqualification Shareholders remedies Partnership Covenants in restraint of trade Confidential information Passing off Commercial property Bankruptcy and corporate insolvency Recoveries by...more

  • Gavin McBride

    Gavin McBride

    Practice Personal Injury Law Clinical Negligence Licensing Law Regulatory Law Profile Gavin practises in personal injury and clinical negligence law. He has extensive experience in representing the Claimant on a Conditional Fee basis. Gavin also practises in...more

  • Louis Doyle

    Louis Doyle

    Practice: Commercial chancery with a particular emphasis on; insolvency company law shareholder financial disputes Profile: Louis’ practice encompasses all aspects of bankruptcy, liquidations, administrations, voluntary arrangements, corporate...more

  • Jonathan Easton

    Jonathan Easton

    Practice: Town & Country Planning Environmental Law Public Law Highways Social Housing Profile: Jonathan practises in the areas of town and country planning, environmental, highways, compulsory purchase and compensation and social housing. ...more

  • Nicholas Siddall

    Nicholas Siddall

    " Incisive, no-nonsense and meticulous"... he impresses with his "incredible recollection and commanding grasp of the facts" - Chambers and Partners 2008 Practice: Employment law Wrongful and unfair dismissal Working time (Nicholas was...more

  • Simon Young

    Simon Young

    Practice: Personal injury (including employers’ liability) Employment Common law Profile: Simon has a varied common law practice specialising in personal injury and employment together with some professional negligence and general commercial litigation. ...more

  • Simon Plaut

    Simon Plaut

    Practice: Personal Injury Profile: Simon is a specialist in the field of personal injury, and is regularly instructed by solicitors nationally to deal with cases at multi track and fast track level involving:- road traffic accidents employer's liability ...more

  • Mark Cooper

    Mark Cooper

    Practice: Insolvency (Personal and corporate)and corporate restructuring Insolvency costs assessments Directors Disqualification Contractual and commercial disputes Company law including capital restructuring Banking and factoring law Credit and security including...more

  • Dr Mark Friston

    Dr Mark Friston

    Practice: Mark practices in two areas: clinical negligence and the law of costs. Profile: Mark has a (very) busy practice in the law of costs. He is the only costs practitioner outside London to be ranked to as a leading (first ranked) junior in Chambers (2008). In previous...more

  • Stephen Maguire

    Stephen Maguire

    Practice: Personal injury Clinical negligence Industrial disease Public liability Employers' liability Road traffic litigation. Health and safety law Regulatory Profile: Stephen practises as a member of the common law group in all aspects of...more

  • Giles Cannock

    Giles Cannock

    Practice: Planning Environmental Law Environmental Health Public Liability Profile: Giles specialises in planning and environmental law, acting for both the public and private sectors in England and Wales. He recently appeared for the promoter of an opencast...more

  • Andrew McGee

    Andrew McGee

    Practice: Insurance, Banking and Financial Services Commercial Agency Limitation Costs Company Law Profile Andrew practises as a member of the Chancery and Commercial Group in Chambers. His specialist areas are insurance and financial services company law,...more

  • Matthew Hall

    Matthew Hall

    Practice: Strong emphasis on the law of real property including; restrictive covenants easements proprietary estoppel / trusts of land adverse possession Significant proportion of practice in landlord and tenant and in particular; forfeiture of leases ...more

  • Helen Mulholland

    Helen Mulholland

    Practice: Employment Personal injury Profile: Helen practises as a member of the common law group, specialising in employment and personal injury law. As a personal injury practitioner, she undertakes both Claimant and Defendant work in all areas of personal injury,...more

  • Martin Budworth

    Martin Budworth

    Practice: Sports General Commercial, Contract, Sale of Goods Employment Professional Negligence Company Profile: Martin practises in all aspects of commercial litigation. He also specialises in employment law. He has a particular interest in sports law...more

  • Catherine Brown

    Catherine Brown

    Practice: Personal injury Clinical negligence Industrial disease Public liability Employers' liability Road traffic litigation. Health and safety law Profile: Catherine practises as a member of the common law group in all aspects of personal injury...more

  • Tina Ranales-Cotos

    Tina Ranales-Cotos

    Practice: Contract Sale of goods and services Carriage of goods by road (domestic and international) Restraint of trade / Competition law (UK and European) Employment (contractual and statute) including restrictive covenants Confidential information Passing off ...more

  • Eleanor Temple

    Eleanor Temple

    Practice: Insolvency Chancery and commercial litigation Banking Company law Profile: Eleanor has an exclusively chancery and commercial practice with a particular emphasis on insolvency and corporate restructuring, directors' disqualification, chancery...more

  • Matthew Copeland

    Matthew Copeland

    Practice: Town & Country Planning Environment Law Local Government Law Highway Law Compulsory Purchase Retail proposals Minerals Landfill proposals Local Authority licensing Profile: Matthew practises in all areas of Town and Country planning,...more

  • Paul Hughes

    Paul Hughes

    Practice: RTAs Employers’ Liability Public Authority Liability Occupiers’ Liability Credit Hire Industrial Disease CRU and CICA appeals Costs Profile: Paul practises as a member of the common law group, specialising in the fields of...more

  • David Hercock

    David Hercock

    Practice: Regulatory, Licensing and Disciplinary Profile: David joined Chambers at the end of 2004 from Masons Solicitors (now Pinsent Masons) in London where he was in house Counsel. He has been appointed to the Attorney General’s Panel of Prosecution Advocates...more

  • Ben Williams

    Ben Williams

    Specialisms Regulatory Consumer Food Safety and Animals Environmental All forms of Licensing Law (particularly the Licensing Act 2003) Disciplinary Inquests Employment (Wrongful and unfair dismissal, discrimination) Ben is a member of the Common Law...more

  • Geraint Wheatley

    Geraint Wheatley

    Practice: Member of the Chancery & Commercial Team, focusing in particular on the following areas: Commercial Litigation: Guarantees Contractual claims Sale of Goods Property: Easements Restrictive covenants Resulting & constructive trusts ...more

  • Claire Steward

    Claire Steward

    Practice: Personal Injury Clinical Negligence Public Liability Employers’ Liability Road Traffic Litigation Profile: Claire practices as a member of the common law group. She practices in all aspects of personal injury and clinical negligence. ...more

  • John Hunter

    John Hunter

    Practice: Planning Environmental Local Government Employment Profile: John practises across the range of planning/environmental law, public law/judicial review, licensing law, employment law and discrimination/human rights. From 2004-5 John was judicial assistant to...more

  • Sam Karim

    Sam Karim

    Practice: Administrative & Public Law Judicial Review Community Care Human Rights & Disability Discrimination Mental Health Education Personal Injury Immigration Profile: Sam specialises across the field of public law matters, particularly in...more

  • Emily Duckworth

    Emily Duckworth

    Practice: Commercial Litigation : sale of goods, contract disputes, consumer credit, banking, mortgages, guarantees, enforcement proceedings Insolvency : bankruptcy and corporate insolvency Real Property : easements, resulting and constructive trusts, proprietary...more

  • Daniel Simons

    Daniel Simons

    Practice: Clinical Negligence Medical Product Disputes Profile: Professor Simons has been a member of the Florida Bar since 1982. He specialises in Clinical Negligence and Medical Product Disputes. In additon to his private practice Daniel Simons has been Professor of...more

  • Sarah Reid

    Sarah Reid

    Practice: Planning Law Public Law Environmental Law Profile: Sarah practises in Town and Country Planning, Environmental, Local Government, Highways, Compulsory Purchase, and Licensing Law. She has advisory experience in all of these areas, and regularly...more

  • Francesca Gardner

    Francesca Gardner

    Practice: Personal Injury Contract Consumer Credit Common Law (General) Profile: Francesca joined chambers on successful completion of pupillage in October 2005. She currently practices as part of both the Common Law and Commercial teams, and has experience in...more

  • Rachel Galloway

    Rachel Galloway

    Practice: Personal Injury Employers’ Liability Occupiers’ Liability (including Prisoner claims) Road Traffic Accidents Credit Hire Profile: Rachel practises as a member of the Common Law group, specialising in the area of Personal Injury...more

  • Sophie Allan

    Sophie Allan

    Practice: Personal injury Road traffic litigation (including criminal prosecutions) Industrial disease Employers' liability Public liability Profile: Sophie practises as a member of the common law group in all aspects of personal injury work including,...more

  • Charlotte Law

    Charlotte Law

    Practice: Personal Injury Employers’ Liability Occupiers’ Liability Public Liability Road Traffic Profile: Charlotte practises as a member of the Common Law group, specialising in personal injury litigation. She undertakes cases for both...more

  • Ben Harding

    Ben Harding

    Practice: Commercial: Contractual disputes Insurance policy coverage disputes Sale of goods Consumer credit Banking Company law ...more

  • Cheryl Dainty

    Cheryl Dainty

    Practice Bankruptcy Insolvency Banking Commercial Litigation including Contract, Restitutionary Claims, Sale of Goods and Company Law Property Landlord and Tenant Profile Cheryl joined chambers in 2007 upon successful completion of her pupillage. She...more

  • Richard Livingston

    Richard Livingston

    Practice Personal Injury Public Liability Road Traffic Litigation (including Low Velocity Impact Claims) Occupiers’ Liability Employers’ Liability Fast Track and Multi Track Disposals Credit Hire Infant and Patient Settlements Holiday Accidents ...more

  • David Gilliland QC

    David Gilliland QC

    Practice: Arbitration & Adjudication Profile: His Honour David Gilliland QC was a Senior Circuit Judge and Judge of the Technology & Construction Court from 2000 to 2007. He brings with him a wealth of experience in all areas of Construction Law and related areas...more

  • Clive Freedman QC

    Clive Freedman QC

    Lauded by market commentators as a 'heavyweight courtroom advocate' , Clive Freedman QC is one of the UK's most highly regarded commercial litigators. Called to the bar in 1978 and made silk in 1997, Clive has a wealth of experience acting for high value individuals in...more

  • John Tackaberry QC

    John Tackaberry QC

    Practice: Registered Chartered Arbitrator Former UNCC Commissioner Former Recorder Mediator Adjudicator DRB work Significant Work: Construction cases have included disputes about a hotel project in the Gambia; the construction of...more

  • Julian Ghosh QC

    Julian Ghosh QC

    Profile: Julian Ghosh’ practice covers all areas of taxation. He is particularly well known for his corporate work and that involving European taxation issues. Recent reported cases: Yorkshire Co-op v CEC (ECJ) (VAT treatment of discount coupons); CAMAS plc v...more

  • Colin Crawford

    Colin Crawford

    Practice: All aspects of local government administration and powers, including: . well-being powers under Local Government Act 2000 . the new constitutions . partnership issues . standards, conduct and probity . all matters relating to Ombudsman powers, procedures and...more

  • James Henderson

    James Henderson

    Practice: Private Client Taxation Corporate Tax VAT and Customs Duties Profile: Since October 1998 James has been a barrister at Pump Court Tax Chambers which is the largest tax chambers in the UK. James also has a door tenancy at Kings Chambers in Manchester. ...more