Mountford Chambers

Nigel is the former Head of Carmelite Chambers. A Criminal Defence specialist with a particular emphasis upon very serious crime including large scale commercial fraud, money laundering, terrorism, murder, manslaughter and offences of violence, gangland killings and offences involving the use of firearms, serious sexual offence and child sexual abuse, drug trafficking offences and Courts Martial. He has a wealth of practical experience and has acted in a number of well publicised cases.

He is regularly instructed to appear at the Central Criminal Court. He has had a considerable number of serious cases stayed as an abuse of the process.

He has notable expertise representing young and/or vulnerable Defendants and acts in cases where there are young and/or vulnerable Prosecution witnesses. His attention to the smallest detail during the preparation of cases, the care taken with, and time devoted to lay clients, coupled with powerful advocacy, have all become his hallmarks.

Called: 1974 Silk: 1999

Nigel sat as a Crown Court Recorder for 1996 – 2019. He is a Bencher of Gray’s Inn (2004). Deputy Head of Chambers 2004 – 2009. Head of Chambers from 2009 – 2014. Member – Criminal Bar Association Member – South Eastern Circuit Member – Justice Member – Fraud Lawyers Association Past Chairman – North London Bar Mess Former committee member of Bar Council, Criminal Bar Association and South Eastern Circuit Gray’s Inn