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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...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...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

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...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...more

Michael Rawlinson QC

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. ...more

Eric Owen

Practice: Public law Public Procurement and State Aid European law Environmental law, including Landfill and Waste Compulsory Purchase law Licensing and Regulation Planning law, including Minerals, Retail and Gypsies and Travellers Energy Human rights ...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...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...more

Neil Berragan

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 Freezing...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...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. ...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. Chronic pain syndromes and Fibromyalgia...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 injury cases of the utmost severity. He is a Recorder on the Midland Circuit dealing with in civil matters and is...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 background Paul is considered to be one of the leading mediators in the UK. He was until November 2006, one of the senior litigation partners in Pannone LLP in Manchester. Mediation was part of his...more

Simon Burrows

Practice Personal injury Clinical negligence Mental Health Community care Profile Simon’s practice is now divided into two areas: mental health/capacity, protecting vulnerable adults and associated areas, and personal injuries. Sitting between the two is...more

Matthew Smith

Practice: Employment Costs Profile Matthew has a combined practice of employment and costs law. His work was for may years largely insurance funded work. As a result Matthew has substantial experience advising and respresenting large employers both in...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

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 housing,...more

Wilson Horne

Practice: Commercial arbitration / litigation Commercial property work Sports law Professional negligence Profile: Wilson practises as a member of the chancery and commercial group in Chambers. His practice covers a wide range of contractual areas and has a...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

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 negligence work. ...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 Breach of trust and fiduciary duties Tracing and constructive trusteeship Bankruptcy and corporate insolvency Recoveries by office holders Covenants...more

Adam Fullwood

Practice: Public Law Community Care Social Housing Asylum Support Human Rights Court of Protection Profile: Public Law This is my main area of practice. I cover all areas of judicial review with an emphasis on the following; Community care ...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 and commercial litigation, especially shareholder, director and financial disputes. Profile: Louis’ practice encompasses all aspects of the above areas which extends to both...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

Melanie Plimmer

Practice: Recognised as a leading junior in judicial review challenges against the state and public law matters with an immigration / discrimination / human rights aspect to it. Considerable experience in national security work and has appeared regularly in SIAC and the High Court in...more

Nicholas Siddall

" 'is experienced, thorough and commercial' in high-value employment disputes" - Legal 500 2009 Practice: Employment law Wrongful and unfair dismissal Working time (Nicholas was involved in one of the first cases to be decided at EAT level as...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 Industrial disease 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:- disease litigation (HAVS,...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: the law of costs and clinical negligence. What others say: Chambers and Partners 2010 records that Mark is “one of the best barristers outside London”. Previous editions of Chambers and Partners have described Mark as...more

Colin Bourne

Practice: Employment Law Mediation Profile: With a balance of Claimant and Respondent work I act for private and corporate clients in the whole range of employment related litigation: Unfair dismissal, information and consultation, redundancy claims; National...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...more

Andrew McGee

Practice: Insurance, Banking and Financial Services Commercial Agency Limitation Costs Company Law Professional Negligence Direct Public Access instructions accepted. Profile Andrew practises as a member of the Chancery and Commercial Group in...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: Personal injury Clinical negligence Profile: Helen practises in personal injury and clinical negligence. As a personal injury practitioner, she undertakes both Claimant and Defendant work in all areas of personal injury, including road traffic,...more

Martin Budworth

Practice: Sports Law Commercial Litigation Professional Negligence Employment Profile: Martin practises in all aspects of commercial litigation. He also specialises in employment law. He has a particular interest in sports law and litigation and is an...more

Catherine Brown

Practice: Personal injury Industrial disease Clinical negligence 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 Local Government Law Environment Law Highways Compulsory Purchase Licensing Law Administrative Law Profile: Matthew practices in all areas of the above specialisms. He has a diverse client base including public...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...more

David Hercock

Practice: Public Law, 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 is a public law practitioner and has been appointed to the Attorney...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 team. ...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

Craig Ralph

Practice Craig practices in all areas of the law of Costs. In addition he accepts instructions for Personal Injury and Contract matters involving significant costs issues Profile Craig accepts instructions on behalf of both Paying and Receiving parties in contentious...more

John Hunter

Practice: Planning Environmental Public Law Local Government Employment Profile: John practices in public law, planning and environmental law, employment and discrimination law. From 2004-5 John was judicial assistant to Lord Rodger and Lord Nicholls...more

Sam Karim

Practice: Administrative & Public Law including: Administrative & Public Law including: (i) All Judicial Review; (ii) Community Care; (iii) Mental Capacity/Court of Protection (iv) Immigration &...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 appears in...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 Industrial disease (primarily asbestos related lung disease and deafness) Road traffic litigation (including criminal prosecutions) Employers' liability Public liability Profile: Sophie practises as a member of the common law...more

Paras Gorasia

Practice: Employment Law Wrongful and unfair dismissal Working time Discrimination Equal Pay TUPE Employment contractual based litigation Contract Restrictive covenants Costs Profile: Paras specialises in all aspects of Employment,...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 Consumer credit Sale of goods Banking Insurance policy coverage disputes Mortgage law Company law Enforcement...more

Cheryl Dainty

Practice Corporate Insolvency Bankruptcy (including advising local autorities and debtors on council tax disputes) Debt Recovery Banking Commercial Litigation including Contract, Restitutionary Claims (mistaken overpayment claims on behalf of local authorities, companies...more

Richard Livingston

Practice Personal Injury Industrial Disease (primarily noise induced hearing loss) Public Liability Road Traffic Litigation (including Low Velocity Impact Claims) Occupiers’ Liability Employers’ Liability Fast Track and Multi Track Disposals Credit Hire...more

Johnny Ward

Practice: Construction IT Contract Personal Injury Banking Profile: Johnny's principal interest is in contract law, with a particular emphasis on technology and construction work. He joined chambers following his 12 month pupillage under pupil-supervisor...more

Dr Nathan Smith

Practice: Commercial Litigation including Contract, Restitutionary Claims, Sale of Goods and Company Law Banking Property Landlord and Tenant Construction Bankruptcy ...more

Gemma Lieberman

Practice: Personal Injury Employers’ Liability Occupiers’ Liability Public Liability Road Traffic Employment Profile: Gemma joined Chambers upon successful completion of Pupillage in October 2008. Her supervisors were Sarah Pritchard and...more

Kevin Latham

Practice: Costs Personal Injury Profile: In the short period of time that he has been practising, Kevin has gained a good understanding of the law and practice of costs. He now practises almost exclusively in that discipline, and is well regarded as being a safe pair...more

Stephen McNamara

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

Christopher Stead

Practice: Commercial litigation including; Contract, Restitution, Company law matters, Debt recovery, Sale of Goods & Supply of Services and Enforcement Banking Property, including Mortgages, Landlord and Tenant, Property Torts, Easements, and Trusts Corporate...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

Please contact Colin Griffin for a full CV for Clive Freedman QC. Year of Call: 1978 Year of Silk: 1997 Specialises in: Chancery & Commercial and Mediation Clerked By: Colin Griffin ...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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