Areas of Practice
Crime
The Head of the Criminal Team is Patrick Thomas QC
The whole range of criminal work is undertaken from the Magistrates' Court to the Higher Courts. Naturally, given the strength in depth and the overall levels of experience within chambers, there are members who have developed particular expertise in certain areas. The clerks will be pleased to assist in this regard.
Licensing
The Head of the Licensing Team is Jonathan Gosling
Andrew Fisher
Rhona Campbell
Tim Hannam
Carol Knotts
Brett Stevenson
Cathlyn Orchard
Trevor Meegan
James Dixon
Wendy Miller
Lynette McClement
Andrew Davidson
Daniel White
Laura Hobson
Tom Challinor
Our expertise embraces both the old law and the Licensing Act 2003. Chambers has a long history of practice in licensing, representing some of the country’s largest corporate clients and also the licensing justices themselves. A former Head of Chambers is one of the editors of the 'bible' of licensing law - Patterson's. Members of this team have extensive and nationwide experience in terms of advice and advocacy; from hearings before councils/magistrates to proceedings in the higher courts. Licensing work of all kinds is undertaken including: appeals, reviews, challenging special policies and the legality of local authority policies.
Costs
The Head of the Costs Team is Tim Harrington
Carol Knotts
Jason Aris
Jabeen Akhtar
Cathlyn Orchard
Trevor Meegan
James Dixon
Wendy Miller
Lynette McClement
Members of the costs team have considerable expertise in this specialist area, covering all kinds of work, including detailed assessment, challenges to Conditional Fee Agreements, additional liabilities and appeals.
Family
Asylum & Immigration
Advice and representation in appeals and High Court proceedings including work which covers the impact of European law.
Mohammed Asif Khan
James Dixon
Gurdeep Garcha
Regulatory
A number of members of chambers have experience of dealing with a range of regulatory matters, such as Trading Standards, Environmental Health, Department of Trade and Industry, Consumer Credit, Auctioneering, Planning, VAT and Revenue appeals – in the civil and criminal courts and other tribunals.
Mark Wall QC
David Howker QC
Benjamin Nicholls
Peter Arnold
Andrew Fisher
Martin Butterworth
Jonathan Gosling
Tim Hannam
Rhona Campbell
Julian Harris
Prison Law
In this expanding area of law, our expertise includes adjudications in respect of disciplinary offences, Parole Board hearings (of all types) and judicial review.
Michael Aspinall
James Dixon
Lynette McClement
Employment Law
All types of cases including unfair dismissal and discrimination.
Andrew Fisher
Martin Butterworth
James Dixon
Lynette McClement
Civil and Common Law
David Seconde
Peter Arnold
Jonathan Gosling
Tim Hannam
Carol Knotts
Trevor Meegan
James Dixon
Tom Challinor