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“Sources describe the set as London quality based in Bristol, and say that its barristers are of a very high calibre.” Chambers UK (2018)
- Leslie Blohm QC
- Christopher Sharp QC
- Kathryn Skellorn QC
- William Godwin QC
- Derek O'Sullivan QC
- Suzanne Ornsby QC
- Matthew Phillips QC
- Jeremy Phillips QC
- Christopher Wilson-Smith QC
- Louise Asprey
- Jody Atkinson
- Charles Auld
- Jimmy Barber
- Julia Belyavin
- John Blackmore
- Abigail Bond
- Adam Boyle
- Michael Clarke
- Marcus Coates-Walker
- Andrew Commins
- John Dickinson
- Harriet Dudbridge
- Natasha Dzameh
- Caroline Elford
- Judi Evans
- David Forster
- Asha Groves
- Ben Handy
- Jack Harris
- Graeme Harrison
- Julian Horne
- James Hughes
- Jacqueline Humphreys
- Susan Hunter
- Zahid Hussain
- Christopher Jones
- Rhodri Jones
- Joss Knight
- Iain Large
- Timothy Leader
- Tom Leeper
- Darren Lewis
- Prof Roy Light
- Jonathan Lindfield
- Dianne Martin
- James Marwick
- Adrian Maxwell
- Vanessa McKinlay
- Andrew McLaughlin
- Nick Miller
- Robert Mills
- Ryan Morgan
- Simon Morgan
- Robin Neill
- Charlie Newington-Bridges
- Richard Norman
- Matthew O'Regan
- James Pearce-Smith
- Kate Pearson
- Sarah Phillimore
- Olivia Pike
- Nick Pointon
- Lucy Reed
- Oliver Riley
- Rachel Russell
- Annie Sampson
- Zoë Saunders
- Bethany Scarsbrook
- Rachel Segal
- John Sharples
- Sophie Smith-Holland
- Daniel Soar
- Richard Stead
- Rebecca Taylor
- Georgina Thompson
- Delia Thornton
- Alex Troup
- Justin Valentine
- Peter Wadsley
- Patrick West
- Matthew White
- Oliver Wooding
- Emma Zeb
- Guy Adams
- Richard Gold
- Tim Higginson
- Andrew Kearney
- Richard Mawhinney
- George Rowell
- Anna Symington
- Lauren Karmel
- Diana Panizzon-Pineda
- Jack Pankhurst

William Godwin QC
Year of call: 1986
Year of silk: 2017
William Godwin QC specialises in commercial and technology and construction law.
Derek O'Sullivan QC
Year of call: 1990
Year of silk: 2006
Derek O’Sullivan QC has a very extensive personal injury practice.
Derek O'Sullivan QC
Year of call: 1990
Year of silk: 2006
Derek O’Sullivan QC has a very extensive personal injury practice.
Derek O'Sullivan QC
Year of call: 1990
Year of silk: 2006
Derek O’Sullivan QC has a very extensive personal injury practice.

Suzanne Ornsby QC
Year of call: 1986
Year of silk: 2012
Suzanne Ornsby QC is a highly proficient public, planning and environmental lawyer with wide experience of acting for utilities, multinationals, planning authorities, action groups and individuals.

Suzanne Ornsby QC
Year of call: 1986
Year of silk: 2012
Suzanne Ornsby QC is a highly proficient public, planning and environmental lawyer with wide experience of acting for utilities, multinationals, planning authorities, action groups and individuals.

Suzanne Ornsby QC
Year of call: 1986
Year of silk: 2012
Suzanne Ornsby QC is a highly proficient public, planning and environmental lawyer with wide experience of acting for utilities, multinationals, planning authorities, action groups and individuals.

Suzanne Ornsby QC
Year of call: 1986
Year of silk: 2012
Suzanne Ornsby QC is a highly proficient public, planning and environmental lawyer with wide experience of acting for utilities, multinationals, planning authorities, action groups and individuals.

Suzanne Ornsby QC
Year of call: 1986
Year of silk: 2012
Suzanne Ornsby QC is a highly proficient public, planning and environmental lawyer with wide experience of acting for utilities, multinationals, planning authorities, action groups and individuals.

Matthew Phillips QC
Year of call: 1993
Year of silk: 2017
Matthew is known for his expertise in clinical negligence, personal injury and sports law cases.

Matthew Phillips QC
Year of call: 1993
Year of silk: 2017
Matthew is known for his expertise in clinical negligence, personal injury and sports law cases.

Matthew Phillips QC
Year of call: 1993
Year of silk: 2017
Matthew is known for his expertise in clinical negligence, personal injury and sports law cases.

Matthew Phillips QC
Year of call: 1993
Year of silk: 2017
Matthew is known for his expertise in clinical negligence, personal injury and sports law cases.

Matthew Phillips QC
Year of call: 1993
Year of silk: 2017
Matthew is known for his expertise in clinical negligence, personal injury and sports law cases.

Jeremy Phillips QC
Year of call: 2004
Year of silk: 2018
Jeremy is a Licensing QC who uniquely combines the highest levels of academic expertise and advocacy as a barrister, following an equally successful career as a solicitor, working direct with companies & building teams as a partner in leading licensing and international law firms.

Jeremy Phillips QC
Year of call: 2004
Year of silk: 2018
Jeremy has a broad range of experience in the specialist field of planning work, ranging from major infrastructure inquiries, advising on draft Core Strategy, High Court challenges on technical issues to smaller inquiries on enforcement issues and housing and retail development schemes.

Jeremy Phillips QC
Year of call: 2004
Year of silk: 2018
Jeremy is a Licensing QC who uniquely combines the highest levels of academic expertise and advocacy as a barrister, following an equally successful career as a solicitor, working direct with companies & building teams as a partner in leading licensing and international law firms.

Jeremy Phillips QC
Year of call: 2004
Year of silk: 2018
Jeremy is a Licensing QC who uniquely combines the highest levels of academic expertise and advocacy as a barrister, following an equally successful career as a solicitor, working direct with companies & building teams as a partner in leading licensing and international law firms.

Jeremy Phillips QC
Year of call: 2004
Year of silk: 2018
Jeremy is a Licensing QC who uniquely combines the highest levels of academic expertise and advocacy as a barrister, following an equally successful career as a solicitor, working direct with companies & building teams as a partner in leading licensing and international law firms.

Christopher Wilson-Smith QC
Year of call: 1965
Year of silk: 1986
Christopher Wilson-Smith’s practice covers personal injury, often compounded by breaches of duty in healthcare following the initial trauma; clinical negligence; and serious crime, primarily involving corporate manslaughter and health and safety cases.

Christopher Wilson-Smith QC
Year of call: 1965
Year of silk: 1986
Christopher Wilson-Smith’s practice covers personal injury, often compounded by breaches of duty in healthcare following the initial trauma; clinical negligence; and serious crime, primarily involving corporate manslaughter and health and safety cases.

Christopher Wilson-Smith QC
Year of call: 1965
Year of silk: 1986
Christopher Wilson-Smith’s practice covers personal injury, often compounded by breaches of duty in healthcare following the initial trauma; clinical negligence; and serious crime, primarily involving corporate manslaughter and health and safety cases.

Guy Adams
Year of call: 1989
Guy is a chancery and commercial specialist who acts in complex cases across a range of practice areas.

Guy Adams
Year of call: 1989
Guy has a niche administrative law practice as part of a wider commercial and chancery practice.

Guy Adams
Year of call: 1989
Guy specialises in wills and trust matters, with a particular expertise in derivative actions.

Guy Adams
Year of call: 1989
Guy is an experienced chancery practitioner with a strong focus on real estate work. His expertise covers commercial and residential landlord and tenant matters as well as development issues.

Guy Adams
Year of call: 1989
Guy has extensive experience of acting in professional negligence matters, but in particular in relation to solicitors and financial advisers.

Guy Adams
Year of call: 1989
Guy has a strong commercial practice that covers complex cases across this field.

Guy Adams
Year of call: 1989
Guy has extensive experience of issues affecting farmers in relation to property, partnerships, mortgages, landlord and tenant and family disputes.

Louise Asprey
Year of call: 2007
Louise has extensive experience of representing claimants and defendants in personal injury matters.

Jody Atkinson
Year of call: 2005
Jody is a specialist private client barrister, and is therefore a member of both the wills, trusts & tax and financial remedy teams at St John’s Chambers.

Jody Atkinson
Year of call: 2005
Jody is a specialist private client barrister, and is therefore a member of both the wills, trusts & tax and financial remedy teams at St John’s Chambers.

Jody Atkinson
Year of call: 2005
Jody is a popular choice for cases involving will disputes, the administration of trusts and estates, the Inheritance Act, as well as disputes concerning the ownership of property.

Jody Atkinson
Year of call: 2005
Jody advises and represents claimants and defendants in professional negligence actions arising in his specialist areas.

Jody Atkinson
Year of call: 2005
Jody is a popular choice to represent both married and unmarried clients in any dispute arising out of the breakdown of family relationships.

Jody Atkinson
Year of call: 2005
Jody undertakes the full range of Court of Protection work combining his family and trusts/probate expertise.

Jody Atkinson
Year of call: 2005
As a private client specialist, Jody is able to offer clients advice and representation with regard to all litigation arising out of the breakdown of family relationships.

Charles Auld
Year of call: 1980
Charles’ practice comprises both commercial disputes and more traditional chancery matters. He has particular experience of land registration and land-related cases and of Inheritance Act and probate related matters.

Charles Auld
Year of call: 1980
Charles often deals with cases arising under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975.

Charles Auld
Year of call: 1980
Charles has considerable experience of cases where the validity of that will is in dispute.

Charles Auld
Year of call: 1980
Charles has considerable experience of advising on the construction of wills and of trusts.

Charles Auld
Year of call: 1980
Charles has considerable experience dealing with real estate matters including boundary disputes, landlord and tenant work, rights of way, restrictive covenants and registration at HM Land Registry.

Charles Auld
Year of call: 1980
Charles’ practice deals with a significant number of commercial cases.

Jimmy Barber
Year of call: 2008
Jimmy specialises in personal injury and clinical negligence with an interest in consumer aviation and travel law.

Jimmy Barber
Year of call: 2008
Jimmy specialises in personal injury and clinical negligence with an interest in consumer aviation and travel law.

Jimmy Barber
Year of call: 2008
Jimmy specialises in personal injury and clinical negligence with an interest in consumer aviation and travel law.

Jimmy Barber
Year of call: 2008
Jimmy specialises in personal injury and clinical negligence with an interest in consumer aviation and travel law.

Jimmy Barber
Year of call: 2008
Jimmy specialises in personal injury and clinical negligence with an interest in consumer aviation and travel law.

Jimmy Barber
Year of call: 2008
Jimmy specialises in personal injury and clinical negligence with an interest in consumer aviation and travel law.

Jimmy Barber
Year of call: 2008
Jimmy specialises in personal injury and clinical negligence with an interest in consumer aviation and travel law.

Jimmy Barber
Year of call: 2008
Jimmy specialises in personal injury and clinical negligence with an interest in consumer aviation and travel law.

Jimmy Barber
Year of call: 2008
Jimmy specialises in personal injury and clinical negligence with an interest in consumer aviation and travel law.

Julia Belyavin
Year of call: 2003
Julia specialises in children law both public law and private law.

Julia Belyavin
Year of call: 2003
Julia specialises in children law, both public law and private law cases.

Julia Belyavin
Year of call: 2003
Julia specialises in children law (both public law and private law).

Julia Belyavin
Year of call: 2003
Julia’s private law practice focuses on more complex cases where there are issues such as significant domestic abuse or neglect, factitious or induced illness or forced marriage.

John Blackmore
Year of call: 1983
John is a specialist commercial litigator with a wide practice in dispute resolution, company law, shareholder matters, partnership disputes, civil fraud, restraint of trade, intellectual property law and professional negligence.

John Blackmore
Year of call: 1983
John is a specialist commercial litigator with a wide practice in dispute resolution, company law, shareholder matters, partnership disputes, civil fraud, restraint of trade, intellectual property law and professional negligence.

John Blackmore
Year of call: 1983
John is a specialist commercial litigator with a wide practice in dispute resolution, company law, shareholder matters, partnership disputes, civil fraud, restraint of trade, intellectual property law and professional negligence.

John Blackmore
Year of call: 1983
John is a specialist commercial litigator with a wide practice in dispute resolution, company law, shareholder matters, partnership disputes, civil fraud, restraint of trade, intellectual property law and professional negligence.

John Blackmore
Year of call: 1983
John is a specialist commercial litigator with a wide practice in dispute resolution, company law, shareholder matters, partnership disputes, civil fraud, restraint of trade, intellectual property law and professional negligence.

Leslie Blohm QC
Year of call: 1982
Year of silk: 2006
Leslie is one of the Western Circuit’s leading commercial and chancery silks. His practice encompasses property and commercial litigation, as well as probate, Inheritance Act disputes and village green work.

Leslie Blohm QC
Year of call: 1982
Year of silk: 2006
Leslie is one of the country’s foremost chancery barristers with experience of appearing in front of the highest courts in wills and trusts cases.

Leslie Blohm QC
Year of call: 1982
Year of silk: 2006
Leslie is one of the country’s foremost chancery barristers, and accepts instructions as leading counsel in tax cases.

Leslie Blohm QC
Year of call: 1982
Year of silk: 2006
Leslie is a leading silk who is praised for having an exceptional real estate practice.

Leslie Blohm QC
Year of call: 1982
Year of silk: 2006
Leslie accepts instructions in public and administrative law matters, including planning, environment, licensing and highways & rights of way. He acts for developers, local authorities and third parties in many Inquiries.

Leslie Blohm QC
Year of call: 1982
Year of silk: 2006
Leslie has appeared and advised in a number of high profile inquests and enquiries relating to deaths in the UK and abroad.

Leslie Blohm QC
Year of call: 1982
Year of silk: 2006
Leslie has appeared and advised in a number of high profile inquests and enquiries relating to deaths in the UK and abroad.

Leslie Blohm QC
Year of call: 1982
Year of silk: 2006
Leslie is one of the Western Circuit’s leading commercial and chancery silks, who also is regularly instructed in a wide variety of Court of Protection matters involving property and affairs cases.

Leslie Blohm QC
Year of call: 1982
Year of silk: 2006
Leslie is one of the Western Circuit’s leading commercial and chancery silks acting in a broad range of commercial disputes including those concerning professional negligence, real estate and agriculture.

Leslie Blohm QC
Year of call: 1982
Year of silk: 2006
Leslie maintains a formidable reputation in agriculture and rural affairs on the Western Circuit with over thirty years experience.

Leslie Blohm QC
Year of call: 1982
Year of silk: 2006
Leslie is one of the Western Circuit’s leading commercial and chancery silks. His practice encompasses property and commercial litigation, as well as probate, Inheritance Act disputes and village green work.

Leslie Blohm QC
Year of call: 1982
Year of silk: 2006
Leslie is one of the Western Circuit’s leading commercial and chancery silks. His practice encompasses property and commercial litigation, as well as probate, Inheritance Act disputes and village green work.

Abigail Bond
Year of call: 1999
Abigail specialises in family law, and practises in all aspects of the law relating to children. She has considerable experience of care proceedings.

Abigail Bond
Year of call: 1999
Abigail specialises in family law, and practises in all aspects of the law relating to children. She has considerable experience of care proceedings.

Abigail Bond
Year of call: 1999
Abigail specialises in family law, and practises in all aspects of the law relating to children. She has considerable experience of care proceedings.

Abigail Bond
Year of call: 1999
Abigail specialises in family law, and practises in all aspects of the law relating to children. She has considerable experience of care proceedings.

Adam Boyle
Year of call: 2012
Adam is a specialist commercial and chancery barrister. His practice includes property work, court of protection matters, wills, trusts & probate cases, insolvency and commercial disputes.

Adam Boyle
Year of call: 2012
Adam is a specialist chancery barrister. He has experience ranging from everyday court hearings to more involved matters, such as projects worth north of £100,000,000 and cases in the High Court and the Court of Appeal.

Adam Boyle
Year of call: 2012
Adam is a specialist chancery barrister. He has experience ranging from everyday court hearings to more involved matters, such as projects worth north of £100,000,000 and cases in the High Court and the Court of Appeal.

Adam Boyle
Year of call: 2012
Adam is a specialist chancery barrister. He has experience ranging from everyday court hearings to more involved matters, such as projects worth north of £100,000,000 and cases in the High Court and the Court of Appeal.

Adam Boyle
Year of call: 2012
Adam is a specialist commercial and chancery barrister. His practice includes property work, court of protection matters, wills, trusts & probate cases, insolvency and commercial disputes.

Adam Boyle
Year of call: 2012
Adam is a specialist chancery barrister. He has experience ranging from everyday court hearings to more involved matters, such as projects worth north of £100,000,000 and cases in the High Court and the Court of Appeal.

Adam Boyle
Year of call: 2012
Adam is a specialist chancery barrister. He has experience ranging from everyday court hearings to more involved matters, such as projects worth north of £100,000,000 and cases in the High Court and the Court of Appeal.

Adam Boyle
Year of call: 2012
Adam is a specialist chancery barrister. He has experience ranging from everyday court hearings to more involved matters, such as projects worth north of £100,000,000 and cases in the High Court and the Court of Appeal.

Adam Boyle
Year of call: 2012
Adam is a specialist chancery barrister. He has experience ranging from everyday court hearings to more involved matters, such as projects worth north of £100,000,000 and cases in the High Court and the Court of Appeal.

Adam Boyle
Year of call: 2012
Adam is a specialist chancery barrister. He has experience ranging from everyday court hearings to more involved matters, such as projects worth north of £100,000,000 and cases in the High Court and the Court of Appeal.

Michael Clarke
Year of call: 2009
Michael specialises in wills, trusts, probate and inheritance (including private client taxation and ToLATA), professional negligence (including negligent tax advice) and contractual disputes.

Michael Clarke
Year of call: 2009
Michael specialises in wills, trusts, probate and inheritance (including private client taxation and ToLATA), professional negligence (including negligent tax advice) and contractual disputes.

Michael Clarke
Year of call: 2009
Michael specialises in wills, trusts, probate and inheritance (including private client taxation and ToLATA), professional negligence (including negligent tax advice) and contractual disputes.

Michael Clarke
Year of call: 2009
Michael specialises in wills, trusts, probate and inheritance (including private client taxation and ToLATA), professional negligence (including negligent tax advice) and contractual disputes.

Michael Clarke
Year of call: 2009
Michael specialises in wills, trusts, probate and inheritance (including private client taxation and ToLATA), professional negligence (including negligent tax advice) and contractual disputes.

Michael Clarke
Year of call: 2009
Michael specialises in wills, trusts, probate and inheritance (including private client taxation and ToLATA), professional negligence (including negligent tax advice) and contractual disputes.

Michael Clarke
Year of call: 2009
Michael specialises in wills, trusts, probate and inheritance (including private client taxation and ToLATA), professional negligence (including negligent tax advice) and contractual disputes.

Marcus Coates-Walker
Year of call: 2013
Marcus specialises in personal injury, clinical negligence and inquests work. He has a busy practice which is balanced between court and paper work as well as being a trained mediator.

Marcus Coates-Walker
Year of call: 2013
Marcus specialises in personal injury, clinical negligence and inquests work. He has a busy practice which is balanced between court and paper work as well as being a trained mediator.

Marcus Coates-Walker
Year of call: 2013
Marcus has an extensive practice encompassing all aspects of personal injury litigation. He has acted for both claimants and defendants in a wide variety of matters.

Marcus Coates-Walker
Year of call: 2013
Marcus has experience of a broad range of inquest work arising in the context of both personal injury and clinical negligence. He has appeared at Article 2 and jury inquests with multiple lay and expert witnesses.

Marcus Coates-Walker
Year of call: 2013
Marcus has a broad clinical negligence practice. He represents both claimants and defendants in cases across a range of medical and dental specialisms.

Andrew Commins
Year of call: 2004
Andrew is a family law barrister specialising in all matters of family finance including divorce and financial remedy, the dissolution of civil partnerships, cohabitation disputes (TALATA), Schedule 1 applications, Inheritance Act and related professional negligence claims.

Andrew Commins
Year of call: 2004
Andrew has worked as a mediator for over 6 years. He offers solicitors of represented clients two bespoke forms of ADR in family finance and TLATA 1996 disputes.

Andrew Commins
Year of call: 2004
Andrew is a family law barrister, mediator and author specialising in all matters of family finance.

Andrew Commins
Year of call: 2004
Andrew is a family law barrister specialising in all matters of family finance including divorce and financial remedy, the dissolution of civil partnerships, cohabitation disputes (TALATA), Schedule 1 applications, Inheritance Act and related professional negligence claims.

Andrew Commins
Year of call: 2004
Andrew is a family law barrister specialising in all matters of family finance including divorce and financial remedy, the dissolution of civil partnerships, cohabitation disputes (TALATA), Schedule 1 applications, Inheritance Act and related professional negligence claims.

Kamala Das
Year of call: 1975
Kamala is a senior barrister, and specilises in divorce & financial remedy and children private & public law cases.

Kamala Das
Year of call: 1975
Kamala is a senior barrister, and specilises in divorce & financial remedy and children private & public law cases.

John Dickinson
Year of call: 1995
John has over 20 years experience in chancery and commercial matters with a particular emphasis on probate, real estate and commercial work.

John Dickinson
Year of call: 1995
John has over 20 years experience in chancery and commercial matters with a particular emphasis on probate, real estate and commercial work.

John Dickinson
Year of call: 1995
John has over 20 years experience in chancery and commercial matters with a particular emphasis on probate, real estate and commercial work.

John Dickinson
Year of call: 1995
John has over 20 years experience in chancery and commercial matters with a particular emphasis on probate, real estate and commercial work.

John Dickinson
Year of call: 1995
John has over 20 years experience in chancery and commercial matters with a particular emphasis on probate, real estate and commercial work.

John Dickinson
Year of call: 1995
John has over 20 years experience in chancery and commercial matters with a particular emphasis on probate, real estate and commercial work.

John Dickinson
Year of call: 1995
John has over 20 years experience in chancery and commercial matters with a particular emphasis on probate, real estate and commercial work.

John Dickinson
Year of call: 1995
John trained as a mediator at the London School of Mediation, was accredited in 2015 and now serves as both a mediator and as a representative at mediations.

Harriet Dudbridge
Year of call: 2015
Harriet has completed a specialist family law pupillage and accepts instructions across all areas of family law.

Harriet Dudbridge
Year of call: 2015
Harriet has completed a specialist family law pupillage and accepts instructions across all areas of family law.

Harriet Dudbridge
Year of call: 2015
Harriet has completed a specialist family law pupillage and accepts instructions across all areas of family law.

Harriet Dudbridge
Year of call: 2015
Harriet has completed a specialist family law pupillage and accepts instructions across all areas of family law.

Harriet Dudbridge
Year of call: 2015
Harriet has completed a specialist family law pupillage and accepts instructions across all areas of family law.

Natasha Dzameh
Year of call: 2010
Natasha is a specialist commercial and chancery barrister. She has successfully appeared in the County Court and the High Court on numerous matters including small claims, fast track and multi-track disputes.

Natasha Dzameh
Year of call: 2010
Natasha is a commercial and chancery barrister who is frequently instructed as sole counsel in high value litigation. Her diverse practice includes commercial disputes, insolvency, professional negligence, property damage, real estate, trusts and wills.

Natasha Dzameh
Year of call: 2010
Natasha is a specialist commercial and chancery barrister. She has successfully appeared in the County Court and the High Court on numerous matters including small claims, fast track and multi-track disputes.

Natasha Dzameh
Year of call: 2010
Natasha is a specialist commercial and chancery barrister. She has successfully appeared in the County Court and the High Court on numerous matters including small claims, fast track and multi-track disputes.

Natasha Dzameh
Year of call: 2010
Natasha is a specialist commercial and chancery barrister. She has successfully appeared in the County Court and the High Court on numerous matters including small claims, fast track and multi-track disputes.

Natasha Dzameh
Year of call: 2010
Natasha is a specialist commercial and chancery barrister. She has successfully appeared in the County Court and the High Court on numerous matters including small claims, fast track and multi-track disputes.

Natasha Dzameh
Year of call: 2010
Natasha is a specialist commercial and chancery barrister. She has successfully appeared in the County Court and the High Court on numerous matters including small claims, fast track and multi-track disputes.

Natasha Dzameh
Year of call: 2010
Natasha is a specialist commercial and chancery barrister. She has successfully appeared in the County Court and the High Court on numerous matters including small claims, fast track and multi-track disputes.

Natasha Dzameh
Year of call: 2010
Natasha is a specialist commercial and chancery barrister. She has successfully appeared in the County Court and the High Court on numerous matters including small claims, fast track and multi-track disputes.

Natasha Dzameh
Year of call: 2010
Natasha is a specialist commercial and chancery barrister. She has successfully appeared in the County Court and the High Court on numerous matters including small claims, fast track and multi-track disputes.

Caroline Elford
Year of call: 2002
Caroline is a specialist family barrister who practises in all areas of family law with a strong emphasis on care proceedings, and has a special interest in matters of divorce and financial remedy.

Caroline Elford
Year of call: 2002
Caroline accepts instructions in respect of court of protection matters.

Caroline Elford
Year of call: 2002
Caroline is a specialist family barrister who practises in all areas of family law with a strong emphasis on care proceedings, and has a special interest in matters of divorce and financial remedy.

Caroline Elford
Year of call: 2002
Caroline is a specialist family barrister who practises in all areas of family law with a strong emphasis on care proceedings, and has a special interest in matters of divorce and financial remedy.

Caroline Elford
Year of call: 2002
Caroline is a specialist family barrister who practises in all areas of family law with a strong emphasis on care proceedings, and has a special interest in matters of divorce and financial remedy.

Caroline Elford
Year of call: 2002
Caroline is a specialist family barrister who practises in all areas of family law with a strong emphasis on care proceedings, and has a special interest in matters of divorce and financial remedy.

Judi Evans
Year of call: 1996
Judi heads our family & divorce team, and practises across public and private family law, with particular expertise in cases of abduction and the international relocation of children.

Judi Evans
Year of call: 1996
Judi is Head of our Family & Divorce team, and practises across public and private family law, with particular expertise in cases of abduction and the international relocation of children.

Judi Evans
Year of call: 1996
Judi Heads our Family & Divorce team, and practises across public and private family law, with particular expertise in cases of abduction and the international relocation of children.

Judi Evans
Year of call: 1996
Judi is Head of our Family & Divorce team, and practises across public and private family law, with particular expertise in cases of abduction and the international relocation of children.

Judi Evans
Year of call: 1996
Judi is Head of our Family & Divorce team, and practises across public and private family law, with particular expertise in cases of abduction and the international relocation of children.

Judi Evans
Year of call: 1996
Judi heads our family & divorce team, and practises across public and private family law, with particular expertise in cases of abduction and the international relocation of children.

David Forster
Year of call: 2018
David specialises in personal injury and clinical negligence matters.

William Godwin QC
Year of call: 1986
William Godwin QC specialises in commercial and technology and construction law.

William Godwin QC
Year of call: 1986
William Godwin QC specialises in commercial and technology and construction law.

William Godwin QC
Year of call: 1986
William Godwin QC specialises in commercial and technology and construction law.

Richard Gold
Year of call: 2006
Richard is a general chancery and commercial barrister, with a particular expertise in real estate and wills & trusts. He also acts as a mediator.

Richard Gold
Year of call: 2006
Richard is a general chancery and commercial barrister, with a particular expertise in real estate and wills & trusts. He also acts as a mediator.

Richard Gold
Year of call: 2006
Richard is a general chancery and commercial barrister, with a particular expertise in real estate and wills & trusts. He also acts as a mediator.

Richard Gold
Year of call: 2006
Richard is a general chancery and commercial barrister, with a particular expertise in real estate and wills & trusts. He also acts as a mediator.

Richard Gold
Year of call: 2006
Richard is a general chancery and commercial barrister, with a particular expertise in real estate and wills & trusts. He also acts as a mediator.

Asha Groves
Year of call: 2013
Asha is a specialist family barrister with a focus on all aspects of child law. Her busy practice has been strengthened by her experience of working in a Children’s Services Legal Department of a Local Authority in the South West prior to coming to the Bar.

Asha Groves
Year of call: 2013
Asha is a specialist family barrister with a focus on all aspects of Child Law. Her busy practice has been strengthened by her experience of working in a Children’s Services Legal Department of a Local Authority in the South West prior to coming to the Bar.

Asha Groves
Year of call: 2013
Asha is a specialist family barrister with a focus on all aspects of child law. Her busy practice has been strengthened by her experience of working in a Children’s Services Legal Department of a Local Authority in the South West prior to coming to the Bar.

Asha Groves
Year of call: 2013
Asha is a specialist family barrister with a focus on all aspects of child law. Her busy practice has been strengthened by her experience of working in a Children’s Services Legal Department of a Local Authority in the South West prior to coming to the Bar.

Ben Handy
Year of call: 2008
Chambers’ Head of Pupillage, Ben is an experienced personal injury specialist instructed in high value cases involving complicated issues of causation and quantum.

Ben Handy
Year of call: 2008
Ben is a personal injury and clinical negligence specialist, as well as a qualified mediator. He is increasingly instructed in complex or high value cases, which often involve allegations of fraud.

Ben Handy
Year of call: 2008
Ben is a personal injury and clinical negligence specialist, as well as a qualified mediator. He is instructed in complex or high value cases, which often involve allegations of fraud.

Ben Handy
Year of call: 2008
Chambers’ Head of Pupillage, Ben is an experienced personal injury specialist instructed in high value cases involving complicated issues of causation and quantum.

Ben Handy
Year of call: 2008
Chambers’ Head of Pupillage, Ben is an experienced personal injury specialist instructed in high value cases involving complicated issues of causation and quantum.

Ben Handy
Year of call: 2008
Chambers’ Head of Pupillage, Ben is an experienced personal injury specialist instructed in high value cases involving complicated issues of causation and quantum.

Ben Handy
Year of call: 2008
Chambers’ Head of Pupillage, Ben is an experienced personal injury specialist instructed in high value cases involving complicated issues of causation and quantum.

Ben Handy
Year of call: 2008
Ben is a personal injury and clinical negligence specialist, as well as a qualified mediator. He is increasingly instructed in complex or high value cases, which often involve allegations of fraud.

Ben Handy
Year of call: 2008
Ben is a personal injury and clinical negligence specialist, as well as a qualified mediator. He is increasingly instructed in complex or high value cases, which often involve allegations of fraud.

Jack Harris
Year of call: 2012
Jack is a specialist family barrister specialising in financial remedy proceedings, schedule 1 applications, domestic violence, ToLATA disputes, as well as international child abductions.

Jack Harris
Year of call: 2012
Jack is a specialist family barrister specialising in financial remedy proceedings, schedule 1 applications, domestic violence, ToLATA disputes, as well as international child abductions.

Jack Harris
Year of call: 2012
Jack is regularly instructed in Children Act 1989 proceedings to appear at first appointments, dispute resolution appointments, and final hearings, some of which span several days.

Jack Harris
Year of call: 2012
Jack is a specialist family barrister specialising in financial remedy proceedings, schedule 1 applications, domestic violence, ToLATA disputes, as well as international child abductions.

Graeme Harrison
Year of call: 1997
Graeme has been a specialist child law barrister for over 15 years with extensive knowledge and experience in public law cases.

Graeme Harrison
Year of call: 1997
Graeme has been a specialist child law barrister for over 15 years with extensive knowledge and experience in public law cases.

Graeme Harrison
Year of call: 1997
Graeme has been a specialist child law barrister for over 15 years with extensive knowledge and experience in public law cases.

Graeme Harrison
Year of call: 1997
Graeme has been a specialist child law barrister for over 15 years with extensive knowledge and experience in public law cases.

Graeme Harrison
Year of call: 1997
Graeme has been a specialist child law barrister for over 15 years with extensive knowledge and experience in public law cases.

Tim Higginson
Year of call: 1977
Tim Higginson has a varied practice which principally encompasses commercial and chancery litigation, professional negligence disputes and sports-related matters. He has acted as arbitrator in commercial disputes and is an accredited mediator.

Tim Higginson
Year of call: 1977
Tim Higginson has a varied practice which principally encompasses commercial and chancery litigation, professional negligence disputes and sports-related matters. He has acted as arbitrator in commercial disputes and is an accredited mediator.

Tim Higginson
Year of call: 1977
Tim Higginson has a varied practice which principally encompasses commercial and chancery litigation, professional negligence disputes and sports-related matters. He has acted as arbitrator in commercial disputes and is an accredited mediator.

Tim Higginson
Year of call: 1977
Tim Higginson has a varied practice which principally encompasses commercial and chancery litigation, professional negligence disputes and sports-related matters. He has acted as arbitrator in commercial disputes and is an accredited mediator.

Julian Horne
Year of call: 1998
Julian is an experienced barrister specialising in personal injury and insurance litigation, with expertise across the field.

Julian Horne
Year of call: 1998
Julian practises in all areas of property damage litigation and regularly represents local authorities and other landowners in cases of property damage.

Julian Horne
Year of call: 1998
Julian is an experienced personal injury barrister with expertise across the field.

Julian Horne
Year of call: 1998
Julian is an experienced barrister specialising in personal injury and insurance litigation, with expertise across the field.

Julian Horne
Year of call: 1998
Julian is an experienced barrister specialising in personal injury and insurance litigation, with expertise across the field.

Julian Horne
Year of call: 1998
Julian is an experienced barrister specialising in personal injury and insurance litigation, with expertise across the field.

Julian Horne
Year of call: 1998
Julian is an experienced barrister specialising in personal injury and insurance litigation, with expertise across the field.

Julian Horne
Year of call: 1998
Julian is an experienced barrister specialising in personal injury and insurance litigation, with expertise across the field.

Julian Horne
Year of call: 1998
Julian is an experienced barrister specialising in personal injury and insurance litigation, with expertise across the field.

Julian Horne
Year of call: 1998
Julian is an experienced barrister specialising in personal injury and insurance litigation, with expertise across the field.

Julian Horne
Year of call: 1998
Julian is an experienced barrister specialising in personal injury and insurance litigation, with expertise across the field.

Julian Horne
Year of call: 1998
Julian is an experienced barrister specialising in personal injury and insurance litigation, with expertise across the field.

James Hughes
Year of call: 2011
James is a specialist personal injury and clinical negligence practitioner, appearing for both claimants and defendants on the fast and multi-track across the full spectrum of personal injury work, nationwide.

James Hughes
Year of call: 2011
James is a specialist personal injury and clinical negligence practitioner, appearing for both claimants and defendants on the fast and multi-track across the full spectrum of personal injury work, nationwide.

James Hughes
Year of call: 2011
James is a specialist personal injury and clinical negligence practitioner, appearing for both claimants and defendants on the fast and multi-track across all the full spectrum of personal injury work, nationwide.

James Hughes
Year of call: 2011
James is a specialist personal injury and clinical negligence practitioner, appearing for both claimants and defendants on the fast and multi-track across all the full spectrum of personal injury work, nationwide.

James Hughes
Year of call: 2011
James is a specialist personal injury and clinical negligence practitioner, appearing for both claimants and defendants on the fast and multi-track across the full spectrum of personal injury work, nationwide.

James Hughes
Year of call: 2011
James is a specialist personal injury and clinical negligence practitioner, appearing for both claimants and defendants on the fast and multi-track across all the full spectrum of personal injury work, nationwide.

James Hughes
Year of call: 2011
James is a specialist personal injury and clinical negligence practitioner, appearing for both claimants and defendants on the fast and multi-track across all the full spectrum of personal injury work, nationwide.

James Hughes
Year of call: 2011
James is a specialist personal injury and clinical negligence practitioner, appearing for both claimants and defendants on the fast and multi-track across the full spectrum of personal injury work, nationwide.

James Hughes
Year of call: 2011
James is a specialist personal injury and clinical negligence practitioner, appearing for both claimants and defendants on the fast and multi-track across the full spectrum of personal injury work, nationwide.

James Hughes
Year of call: 2011
James is a specialist personal injury and clinical negligence practitioner, appearing for both claimants and defendants on the fast and multi-track across the full spectrum of personal injury work, nationwide.

James Hughes
Year of call: 2011
James is a specialist personal injury and clinical negligence practitioner, appearing for both claimants and defendants on the fast and multi-track across the full spectrum of personal injury work, nationwide.

Jacqueline Humphreys
Year of call: 1994
Jacqueline specialises in the financial aspects of relationship breakdown. She rejoined the St John’s Chambers Family & Divorce team from chambers in Birmingham where she had an enviable reputation for quality and attention to detail.

Jacqueline Humphreys
Year of call: 1994
Jacqueline specialises in the financial aspects of relationship breakdown. She rejoined the St John’s Chambers Family & Divorce team from chambers in Birmingham where she had an enviable reputation for quality and attention to detail.

Jacqueline Humphreys
Year of call: 1994
Jacqueline specialises in the financial aspects of relationship breakdown. She rejoined the St John’s Chambers Family & Divorce team from chambers in Birmingham where she had an enviable reputation for quality and attention to detail.

Susan Hunter
Year of call: 1985
Susan practises across the spectrum of family work with extensive experience in family finance proceedings.

Susan Hunter
Year of call: 1985
Susan practises across the spectrum of family work with extensive experience in family finance proceedings.

Susan Hunter
Year of call: 1985
Susan is a children law expert with 30 years' experience in children private law cases.

Susan Hunter
Year of call: 1985
Susan is a children law expert with 30 years' experience in children private law cases.

Zahid Hussain
Year of call: 2001
Zahid frequently represents parents, family members, Guardians, the Official Solicitor & local authority’s in care proceedings at all tiers of Court across the South West.

Rhodri Jones
Year of call: 2017
Rhodri specialises in personal injury and clinical negligence matters. He practised as a medical doctor for 18 years.

Christopher Jones
Year of call: 2004
Christopher is a chancery and commercial specialist with particular emphasis on trust litigation and advice, contentious and non-contentious probate applications, real estate litigation, commercial and agricultural landlord and tenant disputes.

Christopher Jones
Year of call: 2004
Christopher is a wills & trusts barrister, regularly advising in cases involving the division of assets between cohabitees, disputed wills and the administration of estates.

Christopher Jones
Year of call: 2004
Christopher has extensive expertise in a wide variety of real estate issues.

Christopher Jones
Year of call: 2004
Christopher acts for businesses and individuals in claims concerning all aspects of professional negligence related to his areas of expertise.

Christopher Jones
Year of call: 2004
Christopher regularly advises on and appears in cases involving the Mental Capacity Act 2005 and the property and affairs jurisdiction of the Court of Protection.

Christopher Jones
Year of call: 2004
Christopher has experience in a variety of construction and engineering matters.

Christopher Jones
Year of call: 2004
Christopher acts for businesses in cases concerning all aspects of commercial and contract disputes.

Christopher Jones
Year of call: 2004
Christopher is a member of the Agricultural Law Association and has extensive expertise in a wide variety of agricultural issues.

Lauren Karmel
Year of call: 2017
Lauren joins our Clinical Negligence and Personal Injury teams as a pupil, under the supervision of Justin Valentine and Vanessa McKinlay.

Andrew Kearney
Year of call: 2007
Andrew is widely regarded as the Western Circuit’s leading barrister for construction and engineering disputes. Qualified Arbitrator and Adjudicator and Regional Co-ordinator for the Society of Construction Law.

Joss Knight
Year of call: 2014
Joss is a commercial and traditional chancery barrister with particular expertise in professional negligence, trusts and real estate matters.

Joss Knight
Year of call: 2014
Joss is a commercial and traditional chancery barrister with particular expertise in professional negligence, trusts and real estate matters.

Joss Knight
Year of call: 2014
Joss is a commercial and traditional chancery barrister with particular expertise in professional negligence, trusts and real estate matters.

Joss Knight
Year of call: 2014
Joss is a commercial and traditional chancery barrister with particular expertise in professional negligence, trusts and real estate matters.

Joss Knight
Year of call: 2014
Joss is a commercial and traditional chancery barrister with particular expertise in professional negligence, trusts and real estate matters.

Joss Knight
Year of call: 2014
Joss is a commercial and traditional chancery barrister with particular expertise in professional negligence, trusts and real estate matters.

Joss Knight
Year of call: 2014
Joss is a commercial and traditional chancery barrister with particular expertise in professional negligence, trusts and real estate matters.

Joss Knight
Year of call: 2014
Joss is a commercial and traditional chancery barrister with particular expertise in professional negligence, trusts and real estate matters.

Timothy Leader
Year of call: 1994
Tim specialises in planning, compulsory purchase, local government and commercial law.

Timothy Leader
Year of call: 1994
Tim appears regularly at public inquiries and has handled all kinds of proposals, including those for housing development (with a focus on those raising issues relating to the need for housing and housing land supply), employment, retail, listed building waste and minerals matters.

Tom Leeper
Year of call: 1991
Tom practises exclusively in clinical negligence and inquests. Within these fields he works on behalf of the injured, the bereaved and potential defendants.

Tom Leeper
Year of call: 1991
Tom practises exclusively in clinical negligence and inquests. Within these fields he works on behalf of the injured, the bereaved and potential defendants.

Tom Leeper
Year of call: 1991
Tom practises exclusively in clinical negligence and inquests. Within these fields he works on behalf of the injured, the bereaved and potential defendants.

Tom Leeper
Year of call: 1991
Tom practises exclusively in clinical negligence and inquests. Within these fields he works on behalf of the injured, the bereaved and potential defendants.

Darren Lewis
Year of call: 2004
Darren comes from the Welsh Valleys and has over 12 years' experience in personal injury and employment law. He has a loyal personal following across the West Country, Wales and the West Midlands.

Darren Lewis
Year of call: 2004
Darren acts in all areas of employment law for both claimants and respondents.

Darren Lewis
Year of call: 2004
Darren has over 12 years' experience in personal injury law with extensive experience in industrial disease litigation and employer's liability.

Darren Lewis
Year of call: 2004
Darren has over 12 years' experience in personal injury law with extensive experience in industrial disease litigation and employers' liability.

Darren Lewis
Year of call: 2004
Darren has over 12 years' experience in personal injury law with extensive experience in industrial disease litigation and employer's liability.

Darren Lewis
Year of call: 2004
Darren has over 12 years' experience in personal injury law with extensive experience in industrial disease litigation and employer's liability.

Darren Lewis
Year of call: 2004
Darren has a specialist knowledge and is frequently instructed concerning accidents abroad, Rome II, jurisdictional disputes and choice of law.

Darren Lewis
Year of call: 2004
Darren is one of the leading personal injury costs barristers, having appeared in high-profile cases setting out the limits of the new costs rules.

Prof Roy Light
Year of call: 1992
Roy specialises in licensing, planning and related areas of public and criminal law. He acts for individuals and small businesses as well as public authorities and international corporations throughout England and Wales.

Prof Roy Light
Year of call: 1992
Roy is one of the UK’s leading licensing barristers and has appeared in a number of important High Court cases.

Prof Roy Light
Year of call: 1992
Roy accepts instructions on all planning matters and has particular experience of the relationship of planning and licensing.

Prof Roy Light
Year of call: 1992
Roy’s practice covers the actions of administrative and judicial agencies of government, particularly in regulatory, adjudicatory and enforcement matters.

Jonathan Lindfield
Year of call: 2017
Jonathan is a specialist personal injury and clinical negligence barrister, with a busy practice across the South West and beyond. He is regularly instructed by both claimants and defendants, on a wide range of matters.

Jonathan Lindfield
Year of call: 2017
Jonathan is a specialist personal injury and clinical negligence barrister, with a busy practice across the South West and beyond. He is regularly instructed by both claimants and defendants, on a wide range of matters.

Jonathan Lindfield
Year of call: 2017
Jonathan is a specialist personal injury and clinical negligence barrister, with a busy practice across the South West and beyond. He is regularly instructed by both claimants and defendants, on a wide range of matters.

Dianne Martin
Year of call: 1992
Dianne is a specialist family barrister undertaking all aspects of Children Act work, family finance and cohabitation. She is also a family arbitrator with CIArb.

Dianne Martin
Year of call: 1992
Dianne is a specialist family barrister undertaking all aspects of Children Act work, family finance and cohabitation. She is also a family arbitrator with CIArb.

Dianne Martin
Year of call: 1992
Dianne is a specialist family barrister undertaking all aspects of Children Act work, family finance and cohabitation. She is also a family arbitrator with CIArb.

Dianne Martin
Year of call: 1992
Dianne is a specialist family barrister undertaking all aspects of public law cases. She is also a family arbitrator with CIArb.

Dianne Martin
Year of call: 1992
Dianne is a specialist family barrister undertaking all aspects of private law children work. She is also a family arbitrator with CIArb.

Dianne Martin
Year of call: 1992
Dianne is a specialist family barrister undertaking all aspects of family finance and cohabitation. She is also a family arbitrator with CIArb.

Dianne Martin
Year of call: 1992
Dianne is a specialist family barrister undertaking all aspects of family finance and cohabitation. She is also a family arbitrator with CIArb.

James Marwick
Year of call: 2008
James is an experienced personal injury, insurance and costs barrister with a nationwide following. He is often instructed where dishonesty is alleged or where there are complex or technical liability and procedural issues.

James Marwick
Year of call: 2008
James has a special interest in all matters relating to village greens, parks and open spaces. He maintains a discrete practice acting for local authorities and parish councils.

James Marwick
Year of call: 2008
James has a busy practice acting in property damage claims, including in multi-party litigation and contribution proceedings.

James Marwick
Year of call: 2008
James is an experienced personal injury, insurance and costs barrister with a nationwide following. He is often instructed where dishonesty is alleged or where there are complex or technical liability and procedural issues.

James Marwick
Year of call: 2008
James is an experienced personal injury, insurance and costs barrister with a nationwide following. He is often instructed where dishonesty is alleged or where there are complex or technical liability and procedural issues.

James Marwick
Year of call: 2008
James is an experienced personal injury, insurance and costs barrister with a nationwide following. He is often instructed where dishonesty is alleged or where there are complex or technical liability and procedural issues.

James Marwick
Year of call: 2008
James has a particular specialism in clinical negligence litigation funding and costs.

James Marwick
Year of call: 2008
James has a burgeoning clinical negligence practice acting for both claimants and defendants, which overlaps with medical inquest and court of protection work.
Richard Mawhinney
Year of call: 1977
Richard acts in a wide range of personal injury claims, including in particular severe head injury cases, those involving psychological trauma and in respect of injuries sustained by claimants in early or teenage years.
Adrian Maxwell
Year of call: 1993
Adrian is a specialist barrister in discipline and regulatory law with a national practice in this field.
Adrian Maxwell
Year of call: 1993
Adrian is a specialist barrister in discipline and regulatory law with a national practice in this field.

Vanessa McKinlay
Year of call: 2000
Vanessa Mckinlay has been appointed as a Mediator with Trust Mediation.

Vanessa McKinlay
Year of call: 2000
Vanessa is Head of our Clinical Negligence team, she specialises in all areas clinical negligence, inquests and personal injury work.

Vanessa McKinlay
Year of call: 2000
Vanessa is head of our clinical negligence team, she specialises in all areas clinical negligence, inquests and personal injury work.

Vanessa McKinlay
Year of call: 2000
Vanessa is Head of our Clinical Negligence team, she specialises in all areas clinical negligence, inquests and personal injury work.

Vanessa McKinlay
Year of call: 2000
Vanessa is Head of our Clinical Negligence team, she specialises in all areas clinical negligence, inquests and personal injury work.

Andrew McLaughlin
Year of call: 1993
Andrew is a leading barrister in the fields of personal injury and industrial disease. He is ranked as a band one practitioner in personal injury and is one of only twenty eight barristers nationwide to be listed as an industrial disease expert in Chambers and Partners Spotlight table.

Andrew McLaughlin
Year of call: 1993
Andrew is a leading barrister in the fields of personal injury and industrial disease. He is ranked as a band one practitioner in personal injury and is one of only twenty eight barristers nationwide to be listed as an industrial disease expert in Chambers and Partners Spotlight table.

Andrew McLaughlin
Year of call: 1993
Andrew is a leading barrister in the fields of personal injury and industrial disease. He is ranked as a band one practitioner in personal injury and is one of only twenty eight barristers nationwide to be listed as an industrial disease expert in Chambers and Partners Spotlight table.

Andrew McLaughlin
Year of call: 1993
Andrew is a leading barrister in the fields of personal injury and industrial disease. He is ranked as a band one practitioner in personal injury and is one of only twenty eight barristers nationwide to be listed as an industrial disease expert in Chambers and Partners Spotlight table.

Andrew McLaughlin
Year of call: 1993
Andrew is a leading barrister in the fields of personal injury and industrial disease. He is ranked as a band one practitioner in personal injury and is one of only twenty eight barristers nationwide to be listed as an industrial disease expert in Chambers and Partners Spotlight table.

Andrew McLaughlin
Year of call: 1993
Andrew is a leading barrister in the fields of personal injury and industrial disease. He is ranked as a band one practitioner in personal injury and is one of only twenty eight barristers nationwide to be listed as an industrial disease expert in Chambers and Partners Spotlight table.

Andrew McLaughlin
Year of call: 1993
Andrew is a leading barrister in the fields of personal injury and industrial disease. He is ranked as a band one practitioner in personal injury and is one of only twenty eight barristers nationwide to be listed as an industrial disease expert in Chambers and Partners Spotlight table.

Andrew McLaughlin
Year of call: 1993
Andrew is a leading barrister in the fields of personal injury and industrial disease. He is ranked as a band one practitioner in personal injury and is one of only twenty eight barristers nationwide to be listed as an industrial disease expert in Chambers and Partners Spotlight table.

Nick Miller
Year of call: 1994
Nick has over 32 years post qualification experience, exclusively acting in financial remedy cases. His practice has progressed in terms of value and complexity and his expertise is recognised by the legal directories as he has been ranked in Band 1 by Chambers & Partners Directory since 1995.

Nick Miller
Year of call: 1994
Nick has over 32 years post qualification experience, exclusively acting in financial remedy cases. His practice has progressed in terms of value and complexity and his expertise is recognised by the legal directories as he has been ranked in Band 1 by Chambers & Partners Directory since 1995.

Nick Miller
Year of call: 1994
Nick has over 32 years post qualification experience, exclusively acting in financial remedy cases. His practice has progressed in terms of value and complexity and his expertise is recognised by the legal directories as he has been ranked in Band 1 by Chambers & Partners Directory since 1995.

Robert Mills
Year of call: 2014
Robert specialises in clinical negligence and personal injury litigation and undertakes both claimant and defendant work.

Robert Mills
Year of call: 2014
Robert specialises in clinical negligence and personal injury litigation and undertakes both claimant and defendant work.

Robert Mills
Year of call: 2014
Robert specialises in clinical negligence and personal injury litigation and undertakes both claimant and defendant work.

Simon Morgan
Year of call: 1988
Simon is one of the senior members of Chambers. He specialises in regulatory offences, inquests, road traffic offences

Simon Morgan
Year of call: 1988
Simon is one of the senior members of Chambers. He specialises in regulatory offences, inquests, road traffic offences and crime.

Simon Morgan
Year of call: 1988
Simon is one of the senior members of Chambers. He specialises in regulatory offences, inquests, road traffic offences and crime.

Simon Morgan
Year of call: 1988
Simon is one of the senior members of Chambers. He specialises in regulatory offences, inquests, road traffic offences

Ryan Morgan
Year of call: 2017
Ryan specialises in all areas of family law with a particular interest in care proceedings.

Robin Neill
Year of call: 1979
Robin’s practice is focused on the resolution of commercial, construction, property-related and partnership disputes, through litigation, arbitration or mediation.

Robin Neill
Year of call: 1979
Robin’s practice is focused on the resolution of commercial, construction, property-related and partnership disputes, through litigation, arbitration or mediation.

Robin Neill
Year of call: 1979
Robin’s practice is focused on the resolution of commercial, construction, property-related and partnership disputes, through litigation, arbitration or mediation.

Robin Neill
Year of call: 1979
Robin’s practice is focused on the resolution of commercial, construction, property-related and partnership disputes, through litigation, arbitration or mediation.

Robin Neill
Year of call: 1979
Robin’s practice is focused on the resolution of commercial, construction, property-related and partnership disputes, through litigation, arbitration or mediation.

Robin Neill
Year of call: 1979
Robin’s practice is focused on the resolution of commercial, construction, property-related and partnership disputes, through litigation, arbitration or mediation.

Robin Neill
Year of call: 1979
Robin’s practice is focused on the resolution of commercial, construction, property-related and partnership disputes, through litigation, arbitration or mediation.

Charlie Newington-Bridges
Year of call: 2011
Charlie undertakes a wide range of commercial and chancery work in litigation, arbitration and mediation. He has experience of substantial, complex and high-value litigation in the High Court and the Court of Appeal.

Charlie Newington-Bridges
Year of call: 2011
Charlie is a well regarded barrister for his commercial and financial services expertise, which is supported by 15 years’ prior experience as an investment banker.

Charlie Newington-Bridges
Year of call: 2011
Charlie is a well regarded barrister for his commercial and financial services expertise, which is supported by 15 years’ prior experience as an investment banker.

Charlie Newington-Bridges
Year of call: 2011
Charlie is a well regarded barrister for his commercial and financial services expertise, which is supported by 15 years’ prior experience as an investment banker.

Charlie Newington-Bridges
Year of call: 2011
Charlie acts in professional negligence claims involving architects, builders and surveyors.

Charlie Newington-Bridges
Year of call: 2011
Charlie is a well regarded barrister for his commercial and financial services expertise, which is supported by 15 years’ prior experience as an investment banker.

Charlie Newington-Bridges
Year of call: 2011
Charlie is a traditional chancery barrister with a specialism in Inheritance Act 1975 claims and experience with high-value estates and complex wills.

Charlie Newington-Bridges
Year of call: 2011
Charlie is a well regarded barrister for his commercial and financial services expertise, which is supported by 15 years’ prior experience as an investment banker.

Charlie Newington-Bridges
Year of call: 2011
Charlie acts in professional negligence claims involving architects, builders and surveyors.

Richard Norman
Year of call: 2009
Richard is a family law specialist with particular expertise in divorce & financial remedies as well as complex private law disputes concerning children.

Richard Norman
Year of call: 2009
Richard is a family law specialist with particular expertise in divorce & financial remedies as well as complex private law disputes concerning children.

Richard Norman
Year of call: 2009
Richard is a family law specialist with particular expertise in divorce & financial remedies as well as complex private law disputes concerning children.

Richard Norman
Year of call: 2009
Richard is a family law specialist with particular expertise in divorce & financial remedies as well as complex private law disputes concerning children.

Matthew O'Regan
Year of call: 2015
Matthew is a specialist competition, State aid and economic regulation lawyer. He is highly experienced in both contentious and non-contentious matters. His practice also covers commercial dispute resolution, procurement and intellectual property.

Matthew O'Regan
Year of call: 2015
Matthew is a specialist competition, State aid and economic regulation lawyer. He is highly experienced in both contentious and non-contentious matters. His practice also covers commercial dispute resolution, procurement and intellectual property.

Matthew O'Regan
Year of call: 2015
Matthew is a specialist competition, State aid and economic regulation lawyer. He is highly experienced in both contentious and non-contentious matters. His practice also covers commercial dispute resolution, procurement and intellectual property.

Matthew O'Regan
Year of call: 2015
Matthew is a specialist competition, State aid and economic regulation lawyer. He is highly experienced in both contentious and non-contentious matters. His practice also covers commercial dispute resolution, procurement and intellectual property.

Diana Panizzon-Pineda
Year of call: 2021
Diana Pannizzon-Pineda joins our Family & Divorce team as a pupil, under the supervision of Julia Belyavin.

Jack Pankhurst
Year of call: 2021
Jack has recently started his specialist commercial and chancery pupillage under the supervision of Nick Pointon.

James Pearce-Smith
Year of call: 2002
James has over 20 years’ experience as a litigator specialising in commercial, construction, insolvency and real estate, with particular expertise in professional negligence claims and company disputes.

James Pearce-Smith
Year of call: 2002
James has over 20 years’ experience as a litigator specialising in commercial, construction, insolvency and real estate, with particular expertise in professional negligence claims and company disputes.

James Pearce-Smith
Year of call: 2002
James has over 20 years’ experience as a litigator specialising in commercial, construction, insolvency and real estate, with particular expertise in professional negligence claims and company disputes.

James Pearce-Smith
Year of call: 2002
James has over 20 years’ experience as a litigator specialising in commercial, construction, insolvency and real estate, with particular expertise in professional negligence claims and company disputes.

James Pearce-Smith
Year of call: 2002
James has over 20 years’ experience as a litigator specialising in commercial, construction, insolvency and real estate, with particular expertise in professional negligence claims and company disputes.

James Pearce-Smith
Year of call: 2002
James has over 20 years’ experience as a litigator specialising in commercial, construction, insolvency and real estate, with particular expertise in professional negligence claims and company disputes.

James Pearce-Smith
Year of call: 2002
James has over 20 years’ experience as a litigator specialising in commercial, construction, insolvency and real estate, with particular expertise in professional negligence claims and company disputes.

James Pearce-Smith
Year of call: 2002
James has over 20 years’ experience as a litigator specialising in commercial, construction, insolvency and real estate, with particular expertise in professional negligence claims and company disputes.

James Pearce-Smith
Year of call: 2002
James has over 20 years’ experience as a litigator specialising in commercial, construction, insolvency and real estate, with particular expertise in professional negligence claims and company disputes. He qualified as a mediator in January 2018.

Kate Pearson
Year of call: 2019
Kate commenced a specialist family law pupillage in October 2019, under the supervision of Zoë Saunders and Lucy Reed.

Sarah Phillimore
Year of call: 1994
Sarah is a specialist family lawyer, first in London and in Bristol since 2010. She has a particular interest in care proceedings.

Sarah Phillimore
Year of call: 1994
Sarah is a specialist family lawyer, first in London and in Bristol since 2010. She has a particular interest in care proceedings.

Sarah Phillimore
Year of call: 1994
Sarah is a specialist family lawyer, first in London and in Bristol since 2010. She has a particular interest in care proceedings.

Sarah Phillimore
Year of call: 1994
Sarah is a specialist family lawyer, first in London and in Bristol since 2010. She has a particular interest in care proceedings.

Sarah Phillimore
Year of call: 1994
Sarah is a specialist family lawyer, first in London and in Bristol since 2010. She has a particular interest in care proceedings.

Olivia Pike
Year of call: 2008
Olivia is a family law barrister, specialising in public and private law cases concerning children. She was called to the Bar in 2008 and practised in Cardiff, before joining St John’s Chambers in 2018.

Olivia Pike
Year of call: 2008
Olivia is a family law barrister, specialising in public and private law cases concerning children. She was called to the Bar in 2008 and practised in Cardiff, before joining St John’s Chambers in 2018.

Olivia Pike
Year of call: 2008
Olivia is a family law barrister, specialising in public and private law cases concerning children. She was called to the Bar in 2008 and practised in Cardiff, before joining St John’s Chambers in 2018.

Olivia Pike
Year of call: 2008
Olivia is a family law barrister, specialising in public and private law cases concerning children. She was called to the Bar in 2008 and practised in Cardiff, before joining St John’s Chambers in 2018.

Olivia Pike
Year of call: 2008
Olivia undertakes all aspects of education law, advising and representing local authorities, schools, parents and students.

Nick Pointon
Year of call: 2010
Nick is a specialist commercial and chancery law barrister. His particular areas of expertise include commercial and contractual disputes, private international law, domestic and international arbitration.

Nick Pointon
Year of call: 2010
Nick handles matters from all angles of commercial law, including contractual disputes and probate work concerning offshore jurisdictions, especially the Channel Islands.

Nick Pointon
Year of call: 2010
Nick has considerable experience of company disputes, ranging from small quasi partnerships to large multi-national corporate groups.

Nick Pointon
Year of call: 2010
Nick is a specialist commercial and chancery law barrister with experience of both common law and LLP partnership disputes.

Nick Pointon
Year of call: 2010
Nick is a specialist commercial and chancery law barrister with extensive experience of acting in international and offshore litigation, both before English courts and arbitral tribunals and overseas.

Nick Pointon
Year of call: 2010
Nick is a specialist commercial and chancery law barrister. His particular areas of expertise include commercial and contractual disputes, private international law, domestic and international arbitration.

Nick Pointon
Year of call: 2010
Nick is a specialist commercial and chancery law barrister with extensive experience of acting in international and offshore litigation, both before English courts and arbitral tribunals and overseas.

Nick Pointon
Year of call: 2010
Nick is a specialist commercial and chancery law barrister with experience in a variety of traditional real estate fields.

Nick Pointon
Year of call: 2010
Nick is a specialist commercial and chancery law barrister with expertise in wills and trusts cases.

Nick Pointon
Year of call: 2010
Nick regularly acts in mediations, ranging from low value disputes to multi-day complex offshore mediations.

Lucy Reed
Year of call: 2002
Lucy is a child law specialist with 18 years experience in both public and private law matters. She is Chair of The Transparency Project and the author of two books on family law.

Lucy Reed
Year of call: 2002
Lucy is a child law specialist with 18 years experience in both public and private law matters. She is Chair of The Transparency Project and the author of two books on family law.

Lucy Reed
Year of call: 2002
Lucy is a child law specialist with 18 years experience in both public and private law matters. She is Chair of The Transparency Project and the author of two books on family law.

Lucy Reed
Year of call: 2002
Lucy is a child law specialist with 18 years experience in both public and private law matters. She is Chair of The Transparency Project and the author of two books on family law.

Lucy Reed
Year of call: 2002
Lucy is a child law specialist with 18 years experience in both public and private law matters. She is Chair of The Transparency Project and the author of two books on family law.

Oliver Riley
Year of call: 2013
Oliver is a family barrister specialising in financial remedies, ToLATA and private children disputes.

Oliver Riley
Year of call: 2013
Oliver is a family barrister specialising in financial remedies, ToLATA and private children disputes.

Oliver Riley
Year of call: 2013
Oliver is a family barrister and accepts instructions in all areas of family law.

Oliver Riley
Year of call: 2013
Oliver is a family barrister and accepts instructions in all areas of family law.

Oliver Riley
Year of call: 2013
Oliver is a family barrister and accepts instructions in all areas of family law.
George Rowell
Year of call: 2004
George is a commercial barrister specialising in tax disputes, professional negligence and insolvency.
George Rowell
Year of call: 2004
George is a commercial barrister specialising in tax disputes, professional negligence and insolvency.
George Rowell
Year of call: 2004
George is a commercial barrister specialising in tax disputes, professional negligence and insolvency.
George Rowell
Year of call: 2004
George is a commercial barrister specialising in tax disputes, professional negligence and insolvency.

Rachel Russell
Year of call: 2001
Rachel advises and represents clients in personal injury matters, acting for both claimants and defendants, including claims concerning fatal accidents and injuries of the utmost severity.

Rachel Russell
Year of call: 2001
Rachel advises and represents clients in personal injury matters, acting for both claimants and defendants, including claims concerning fatal accidents and injuries of the utmost severity.

Rachel Russell
Year of call: 2001
Rachel advises and represents clients in personal injury matters, acting for both claimants and defendants, including claims concerning fatal accidents and injuries of the utmost severity.

Rachel Russell
Year of call: 2001
Rachel advises and represents clients in personal injury matters, acting for both claimants and defendants, including claims concerning fatal accidents and injuries of the utmost severity.

Rachel Russell
Year of call: 2001
Rachel advises and represents clients in personal injury matters, acting for both claimants and defendants, including claims concerning fatal accidents and injuries of the utmost severity.

Annie Sampson
Year of call: 2015
Annie is a specialist commercial and chancery barrister whose expertise includes contractual disputes, the administration of estates and possession proceedings.

Annie Sampson
Year of call: 2015
Annie has a broad commercial and chancery practice with a particular focus on contentious probate matters and real estate advice and litigation.

Annie Sampson
Year of call: 2015
Annie is a specialist commercial and chancery barrister whose expertise includes contractual disputes, the administration of estates and possession proceedings.

Annie Sampson
Year of call: 2015
Annie is a specialist commercial and chancery barrister whose expertise includes contractual disputes, the administration of estates and possession proceedings.

Annie Sampson
Year of call: 2015
Annie is a specialist commercial and chancery barrister whose expertise includes contractual disputes, the administration of estates and possession proceedings.

Annie Sampson
Year of call: 2015
Annie is a specialist commercial and chancery barrister whose expertise includes contractual disputes, the administration of estates and possession proceedings.

Annie Sampson
Year of call: 2017
Annie has a broad commercial and chancery practice with a particular focus on contentious probate matters and real estate advice and litigation.

Annie Sampson
Year of call: 2015
Annie has a broad commercial and chancery practice with a particular focus on contentious probate matters and real estate advice and litigation.

Zoë Saunders
Year of call: 2003
Zoë is particularly well suited to dealing with complex cases involving husband and wife Inheritance Act claims.

Zoë Saunders
Year of call: 2003
Zoë is particularly well suited to dealing with complex cases involving husband and wife Inheritance Act claims.

Zoë Saunders
Year of call: 2003
Zoë has extensive experience of cohabitation disputes, complex financial remedy cases and private law children disputes including international issues under the Hague Conventions. Zoë also does professional negligence work related to these areas of practice.

Zoë Saunders
Year of call: 2003
Zoë is particularly well suited to dealing with complex cases involving husband and wife Inheritance Act claims.

Zoë Saunders
Year of call: 2003
Zoë has particular expertise in relation to farming cases and claims of proprietary estoppel.

Zoë Saunders
Year of call: 2003
Zoë has dealt with a number of cases involving Court of Protection issues.

Zoë Saunders
Year of call: 2003
Zoë has specialist expertise dealing with complex cases relating to Wills and Trusts, from probate disputes and Inheritance Act claims to proprietary estoppel.

Zoë Saunders
Year of call: 2003
Zoë has specialist expertise dealing with complex cases relating to Wills and Trusts, from probate disputes and Inheritance Act claims to proprietary estoppel.

Zoë Saunders
Year of call: 2003
Zoë has extensive experience of cohabitation disputes, complex financial remedy cases and private law children disputes including international issues under the Hague Conventions. Zoë also does professional negligence work related to these areas of practice.

Zoë Saunders
Year of call: 2003
Zoë is a financial remedy specialist dealing with complex cases involving significant assets as well as more modest asset cases.

Zoë Saunders
Year of call: 2003
Zoë has extensive experience of cohabitation disputes, complex financial remedy cases and private law children disputes including international issues under the Hague Conventions. Zoë also does professional negligence work related to these areas of practice.

Bethany Scarsbrook
Year of call: 2014
Bethany specialises in family law, covering both financial remedies and private children disputes.

Bethany Scarsbrook
Year of call: 2014
Bethany specialises in family law, covering both financial remedies and private children disputes.

Bethany Scarsbrook
Year of call: 2014
Bethany specialises in family law, covering both financial remedies and private children disputes.

Bethany Scarsbrook
Year of call: 2014
Bethany specialises in family law, covering both financial remedies and private children disputes.

Bethany Scarsbrook
Year of call: 2014
Bethany specialises in family law, covering both financial remedies and private children disputes.

Rachel Segal
Year of call: 2013
Rachel specialises in personal injury matters including employer’s and public Liability, Highways Act, RTA-related claims and clinical negligence cases including dental negligence.

Rachel Segal
Year of call: 2013
Rachel specialises in personal injury matters including employer’s and public Liability, Highways Act, RTA-related claims and clinical negligence cases including dental negligence.

Rachel Segal
Year of call: 2013
Rachel specialises in personal injury matters including employer’s and public Liability, Highways Act, RTA-related claims and clinical negligence cases including dental negligence.

Rachel Segal
Year of call: 2013
Rachel specialises in personal injury matters including employer’s and public Liability, Highways Act, RTA-related claims and clinical negligence cases including dental negligence.

Rachel Segal
Year of call: 2013
Rachel specialises in personal injury matters including employer’s and public Liability, Highways Act, RTA-related claims and clinical negligence cases including dental negligence.

Rachel Segal
Year of call: 2013
Rachel specialises in personal injury matters including employer’s and public Liability, Highways Act, RTA-related claims and clinical negligence cases including dental negligence.

Rachel Segal
Year of call: 2013
Rachel specialises in personal injury matters including employer’s and public Liability, Highways Act, RTA-related claims and clinical negligence cases including dental negligence.

Christopher Sharp QC
Year of call: 1975
Year of silk: 1999
Christopher has been described by solicitors and the legal directories as an “outstanding silk” in clinical negligence and personal injury with a national reputation.

Christopher Sharp QC
Year of call: 1975
Year of silk: 1999
Christopher has been described by solicitors and the legal directories as an “outstanding silk” in family, clinical negligence and personal injury with a national reputation.

Christopher Sharp QC
Year of call: 1975
Year of silk: 1999
Christopher is acknowledged by Chambers UK as one of only 5 star silks in family law in the country.

Christopher Sharp QC
Year of call: 1975
Year of silk: 1999
Christopher is one of the leading personal injury and clinical negligence Silks, dealing with £multi-million claims for both Claimant and Defendant clients in catastrophic brain and spinal injuries cases.

Christopher Sharp QC
Year of call: 1975
Year of silk: 1999
Leading family and personal injury Silk dealing with professional negligence in relation to personal injury and clinical negligence claims, as well as arising from financial remedy cases.

Christopher Sharp QC
Year of call: 1975
Year of silk: 1999
One of the leading personal injury, clinical negligence and family law silks.