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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

" 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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