How To Instruct

All our barristers are members of the Bar of England and Wales, and are self employed sole practitioners. A set of Chambers is a collection of self-employed individual barristers, administered by a Practice Manager and a team of Clerks whose task is to organise each barrister's diary and individual practice.    The rank of Queen's Counsel (Q.C.) may be awarded to senior barristers who are regarded as outstanding advocates.

All members of Citadel Chambers comply with the Code of Conduct for the Bar of England and Wales, and are regulated by the Bar Standards Board.   Our barristers have appropriate professional liability insurance.   All are registered for VAT.  

All members of Citadel Chambers are happy to accept instructions in legal aid cases.  Alternatively, the Clerking team can provide quotations for any barrister to accept instructions on a privately paid basis.    In criminal cases a solicitor would be invited to complete a 'proposal form', which would provide the basis for the quotation.

Public access

We welcome approaches from members of the public under the 'Public Access scheme'.   Please see the Public Access section of this website for further details.  

Useful links 

www.barcouncil.org.uk/about/        for general information about barristers

www.barstandardsboard.org.uk       for the Bar Code of Conduct

www.barmutual.co.uk                   details about Bar professional insurance

Complaints

Of course we hope that all our clients will be completely satisfied with the service we provide.   In the event of a complaint, kindly address all written complaints to the Practice Manager.    An investigation may be conducted by the Practice Manager, deputy Head of Chambers, or Head of Chambers, as appropriate.  

Please note that the office of the Legal Ombudsman will only consider complaints which have already been referred to Chambers and have received an unsatisfactory response or outcome from Chambers.  

The office of the Legal Ombudsman can be contacted on 0300 555 0333, or follow this link to the website   www.legalombudsman.org.uk   for further information.