5 St Andrews Hill

5SAH Chambers has a national and international reputation for excellence.

5SAH barristers provide cutting-edge legal advice and innovative and pragmatic solutions to a client base of professionals, organisations, and members of the public. We offer each client a bespoke and tailored service. The practice areas are complementary, enabling the set to provide advice and representation in overlapping jurisdictions and proceedings.

Our barristers are recognised and ranked within the leading directories, Chambers and Partners, The Legal 500, and Who's Who Legal, and our specialist practice teams are acknowledged as leaders in their fields from KC's and leading juniors.

Our strategy is based upon expertise, advocacy, service, cohesion and ambition. Supported by an outstanding clerking, marketing and fees team.

You can instruct 5SAH barristers through a solicitor or directly (via public and licensed access).

5SAH barristers specialise in the following areas of law:

• Crime: Both defence and prosecution in serious and complex criminal litigation.
• Private prosecutions: Market leaders & experts at bringing and defending private prosecution cases.
• Business crime: A demonstrable track record in representing the interests of individual and corporate clients in pre and post-charge financial and regulatory offences.
• Sanctions: 5SAH sanctions barristers can provide expert advice and representation in all aspects of sanctions management, compliance and litigation. We advise NGOs and Civil Society Organisations, We advise individuals and companies in relation to obtaining sanctions, these can be against individuals or entities.
• Extradition and international: Ranked as one of the leading sets, Chambers work with teams of UK solicitors, foreign extradition lawyers and government authorities.
• Interpol: Extensive experience of removing INTERPOL red notices, advising on best tactics when faced with an INTERPOL red notice or diffusion notice and dealing with subsequent asylum and extradition proceedings.
• Family, children and international family : All areas of family law with a strong emphasis on practical advice, effective court advocacy and a focus at all times, on the outcome for the client.
• POCA and asset recovery: A market-leading team. They are instructed by the leading government authorities and private clients in overlapping criminal/civil litigation as well as multi-jurisdictional asset tracing.
• Professional discipline and regulatory: Instructed by leading defence firms and regulators with specialisms in the health, legal and transport sectors.
• Public law and immigration: The set is involved in major public inquiries and Judicial Review cases. In immigration, we conduct high-profile cases for the Home Office and High Net Worth individuals.
• Insurance: settlement counsel: 5SAH is dedicated exclusively to protecting the interests of policyholders. It provides the highest quality insurance advice and represent policyholders with complex, high-value coverage disputes with its insurers.
• Inquests and inquiries: The set has considerable experience and expertise across the team acting in high profile and sensitive public inquiries and inquests.
• Civil litigation: The set advises and appears for clients both in the UK and overseas in a variety of business, trade and finance-related disputes.

5SAH is a friendly and approachable set, committed to diversity at all levels and promoting equality, supporting the work of key organisations in this area, including Bridging the Bar and 10,000 Black Interns Scheme. We recently collaborated with Black Cultural Archives.

The well-being of members and staff are a priority in these times of changing working environment and pressure, access to professional support and policies are in place, particularly for those with parental and caring responsibilities.

Pupillage: We offer pupillage through the Pupillage Gateway. For more information please visit our website here: https://www.5sah.co.uk/join-us