Kings Chambers

Alan specialises in (1) planning (2) town and village greens/commons and (3) highways, public rights of way and road traffic regulation. He has extensive experience across these areas and his practice embraces the full range of inquiry and hearing processes, a significant judicial review component and acting as an inspector in town and village greens/commons cases. In addition to advocacy, Alan also has a broad advisory practice in his specialist fields. He acts for both the public and private sector and accepts licensed access work.

Andrew Singer KC

Andrew Latimer

Andrew Grantham KC

Andrew practises almost exclusively in Commercial and Chancery Dispute Resolution including Arbitration and International Disputes. He also undertakes some non-contentious work. He was called to the Bar following a short career as a full-time law lecturer at Wadham College, Oxford and part-time lecturer at King’s College, London. Andrew specialises in cases of high value and considerable complexity. He has particular expertise in contractual and corporate disputes. His clients include banks and major public companies as well as a number of smaller manufacturing and other companies and professional ﬁrms.

Anna Diamond

Anna has a busy practice specialising in clinical negligence and high value and complex personal injury cases. She utilises her medical background in her varied caseload which covers the full range of clinical disciplines, with a particular interest in oncology cases and gynaecology and obstetrics claims. Cases which include complex issues around causation are always particularly relished. Anna is regularly involved in brain injury cases including cerebral palsy claims and traumatic brain injuries acquired later in life. Anna’s success is due in part to her ability to connect with clients and understand their practical and emotional needs. This, along with her collaborative approach with solicitors and experts, ensures the best outcome in the most difficult and challenging of cases.

Anthony Gill

Anthony Gill practises in all areas of Town and Country Planning. He has particular experience in specialist housing forms such as Extra Care and Purpose Built Student Accommodation. In recent years he has developed a speciality in the law surrounding Assets of Community Value advising both the owners of nominated assets and listing authorities. In addition, he has developed a practice in sitting as a legal advisor to listing reviews. Anthony is regularly instructed to assist in preparing planning application documentation and representations to examinations in public. He has acted as counsel to four different local plan examinations helping his local planning authority clients to navigate the examination process. He accepts instructions in the field of Highways Law, including advisory work and appearances at public path and definitive map modification order inquiries. Anthony is regularly instructed to draft papers in statutory challenges and Judicial Review proceedings in the High Court. Anthony has experience appearing in the High Court on planning matters. He has experience appearing in the Lands Tribunal and advising on references to the Tribunal.

Ben Williams

A specialist in Employment and Regulatory Law (with a particular focus on Disciplinary, Environmental and Licensing work). In respect of Ben’s employment law practice, he has vast experience in the healthcare, retail and education sectors. He appears regularly in Tribunals and has an extensive client base, representing a large number of NHS Trusts throughout the country as well as some well-known retailers. He has extensive experience in associated High Court litigation in all aspects of his work. He is particularly well regarded in respect of his taxi licensing work where he appears for both local authorities and appellants involving hackney carriage and private hire vehicles. He has advised extensively on the formulation and implementation of local authority taxi licensing policy with a keen emphasis on safeguarding. He has advised extensively on the implementation of CCTV into licensed vehicles throughout the country, as well as licensing fees and cross-border hiring. In the context of entertainment licensing, he acts for the industry (nightclubs, bars, pubs, festivals and restaurants), Local Authorities, interested parties and the police, both in terms of representation at licensing hearings (including appeals) and in an advisory capacity. Has considerable experience in respect of zoo licensing and in hearings before the Traffic Commissioner. He acts for defendants and Regulators in Health and Safety, Environmental and Consumer law regulatory prosecutions. His Environmental practice means he advises a number of private clients in respect of noise nuisance matters which has particular importance with his associated licensing work. He regularly acts in appeals against abatement notices and is currently acting a number of cases involving animal nuisance. Has appeared in a number of high profile cases including; Rehman v Wakefield (2018); Hull CC v Greggs and others (2016) and Leeds CC v Shell UK (2013). Ben sits on the recruitment committee and was the ED&I officer for a number of years.

Ben Harding

Ben practises in all aspects of commercial litigation and dispute resolution. Most of his work is in the Business and Property Courts and he regularly appears across the Northern, North-Eastern and Midlands Circuits and in London. Within his broad commercial practice Ben has developed specialisms (detailed further below) in contract disputes, company and shareholder matters, insurance, insolvency, professional negligence and construction. He also has a growing sports law practice, having acted for a number of football clubs. Ben approaches every instruction with intellectual rigour, attention to detail, commercial pragmatism and speed. His attitude is that cases are won on the facts and lost on the law, so it is essential to identify and analyse the key issues early to achieve the best result for his client. He is also aware of the ever-pressing need to give a firm, clear view on prospects, for the benefit of the client and insurer/funder. Ben acts predominantly as sole Counsel and has been led by chambers’ silks on a number of occasions. His clients span the range from large corporations and institutions to private individuals, and the subject matter ranges from multi-million-pound claims and injunctions to his client’s home

Charlotte Law

Practises predominantly in the field of clinical negligence, dealing with cases of surgical and pharmaceutical negligence, dental negligence, misdiagnosis and delayed diagnosis in primary and secondary care. Has particular experience in cases involving obstetrics and gynaecology, general surgery, orthopaedic injury, hand and plastic surgery (cosmetic and therapeutic) and general practice. Also practises in personal injury, specialising in cases of severe injury arising from employer’s liability, public liability, product liability and road traffic. Has particular experience in claims brought on behalf of military personnel. Appears regularly in the Coroner’s Court representing bereaved families, in particular following deaths in hospital and residential nursing homes. Also represents applicants to the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority and Armed Forces Compensation Scheme.

Christopher Katkowski KC

Chris Katkowski KC specialises in planning work in the main either preparing for and appearing at planning inquiries or acting in judicial reviews of planning decisions. The majority of his clients are from the private and corporate sectors together with a number of local planning authorities. Prior to taking silk Chris was a member of what is now the “A” Panel of Treasury Counsel as a result of which he has appeared in many court cases and continues to do so. Chris is consistently recognised in UK legal directories and in Planning magazine’s annual survey of planning lawyers as one of the foremost leaders in planning work in the country. Chris has topped Planning magazine's annual survey as the No. 1 planning KC a record 12 times. More than anyone else in the history of the survey. The 2022 survey describes Chris as: "undoubtedly the planning advocate with the most authority" listing him as the highest rated practitioner for commercial work. Chris’ eye-catching successes have changed the face of London. In his book “The Shard” Howard Watson reports that the late “Irvine Sellar said…”I’m a genius at picking geniuses:… the best QC in Christopher Katkowski.” “As a tough and critical man with extraordinarily high expectations of others, Sellar rarely hands out compliments, but his view of Christopher Katkowski remains undimmed by time: he describes the KC’s closing as “poetry”. During the lengthy inquiry the Queens’s Counsel himself was the pivotal figure in carrying the arguments in favour of the scheme. The transcripts reveal Katkowski’s point-by-point dismantling of the counter-arguments and several masterstrokes.” In his book “Leading from the Front” Gerald Ronson describes Chris as “a brilliant QC” having won the inquiry for the Heron Tower in the City. Chris’ caseload is diverse. As Planning Magazine says “he has seen it all [and] done it all”. He has appeared at hundreds of planning inquiries and court cases. A good deal of his work involves advising clients how to avoid planning applications ending up at planning inquiries or being challenged in court. Chris was appointed by the DCLG as an advisor to the Local Plans Expert Group in 2016 and by MHCLG as an advisor to the Rosewell Review in 2018; he was a keynote speaker at the Planning Inspectorate’s Annual Training Event in 2018. Chris was the planning lawyer appointed by the Government to the Task Force which drew up the proposals for sweeping changes to the planning system set out in the Planning for the Future White Paper published by the Government in August 2020. Chris was a member of the working group who advised DEFRA on HRA reforms in 2021 / 2022. Chris is down to earth and approachable and enjoys team working. He must be the only planning KC to have been awarded a gold disc (by MTV to celebrate the successful planning appeal for a new studio). His cases have appeared in episodes of the Archers and Judge John Deed.

Claire Steward

Claire is a clinical negligence specialist. She has extensive experience in all areas of clinical negligence including: delay in diagnosis of cancer, orthopaedics, surgical negligence, ophthalmics, obstetrics and gynaecology, Accident and Emergency and primary health care.

Constanze Bell

Before coming to the bar Constanze worked in the NGO sector. She was part of the legal team for ‘Control Arms’, a coalition of NGOs working to secure a human-rights orientated Arms Trade Treaty and attended the July 2012 Arms Trade Treaty Diplomatic Conference and negotiations at the UN in New York. Constanze retains an active interest in human rights law and, in particular, in planning, regulatory and environmental cases involving human rights issues. In 2022 Constanze was awarded a Pegasus Scholarship by Inner Temple and undertook a 3-month placement with Chapman Tripp, Wellington.

David Manley KC

David specialises in planning and environmental law. He is ranked in the leading legal directory, Chambers UK, as Band 1 in both Planning and Environmental Law.

David Casement KC

David Casement is a King’s Counsel specialising in chancery and commercial arbitration and litigation. He is a Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and a Deputy High Court Judge. He is regularly instructed in large-scale disputes involving companies, LLPs, LPs and partnerships. He covers the full range of commercial litigation and arbitration such as banking, finance and securities, professional negligence, and sports, entertainment and media as well as commercial judicial review. He also specialises in all aspects of insolvency litigation and has acted for office-holders and third parties in corporate and personal insolvency disputes. David has acted for claimants and defendants in commercial fraud litigation and asset tracing across multiple jurisdictions. He has also represented trustees and beneficiaries in trust disputes including the liability of trustees and obtaining information regarding assets and the terms of settlements.

Eleanor Temple KC

Eleanor Temple's practice focuses on commercial litigation for domestic and international clients with a particular emphasis on insolvency and company (predominantly shareholder) law disputes, partnership actions, banking and finance, guarantees, civil fraud, contract disputes, breach of trust and fiduciary duties, including asset tracing claims, and directors' disqualification. One commentator recently described Eleanor as "simply excellent". Eleanor is the Chair of R3 for the Yorkshire Region, the Chair of the NECCBA and sits regularly as a Recorder and Deputy District Judge on the North Eastern Circuit.

Eleanor D’Arcy

Eleanor has developed a strong and diverse Commercial and Chancery Practice focusing principally on the areas of insolvency and corporate restructuring, property (both real and commercial) and dispute resolution. Chancery and Commercial Litigation; Insolvency – corporate and individual; Commercial Contracts; Company Law; Financial (especially guarantees and recoveries), Property (both real and commercial) and Professional Negligence arising within those areas.

Fay Collinson

Fay is a specialist court of protection and chancery barrister. She has a broad practice that encompasses contentious probate, trusts, property disputes and all sides of Court of Protection work.

Fiona Ashworth

For 20 years, Fiona has developed a specialism in cases involving Chronic Pain Syndromes, Complex Regional Pain Syndromes, Chronic Fatigue Syndromes, Somatoform Pain Disorders, Somatic Symptom Disorders, Conversion Disorders, Functional Neurological Disorders and Fibromyalgia. She is considered to be a leading expert in the field.

Freddie Humphreys

Planning Freddie is instructed in all areas of Town and Country Planning, including housing, retail, highways, infrastructure and enforcement. Freddie has advisory experience in all of these areas, and appears in planning inquiries, enforcement inquiries, and enforcement prosecutions and appeals. Notably, he has become adept at dealing with urgent matters in injunctive proceedings. Freddie is increasingly recognised for his work on statutory challenges and Judicial Review proceedings in the High Court. Freddie has regular experience of appearing in the High Court and Court of Appeal on planning matters. He accepts instructions in the field of Highways Law, including advisory work and appearances at public path and definitive map modification order inquiries. Licensing Freddie practices in all aspects of Licensing law. He regularly appears before licensing sub-committees and the courts in applications and review hearings. Further, he commonly acts in prosecutions in licensing matters and other areas of related local government enforcement action, notably statutory nuisance proceedings, that effect licensed premises He has developed a certain specialism in taxi licensing law where he is regularly asked to advise on the development of policy, procedure and how to handle cases with particularly sensitive issues. Significantly, this has involved advising on and bringing cases where there are issues of public interest immunity on key evidential matters in appeal hearings.

Gary Grant

Gary Grant of Kings Chambers is a specialist practitioner in Planning and Environmental law. Gary is experienced in bringing and defending statutory challenges, challenges by way of judicial review and other court based proceedings relevant to planning and environmental law. Recent instructions include defending a legal challenge to the refusal to issue a CLEUD on a mobile home park “ Gary acts for local authorities, developers and interested parties at planning appeals and has considerable experience in uses including housing, waste, infrastructure, highways, employment, retail and town centre uses. Gary has experience in both promoting and opposing orders for compulsory purchase. Gary has advised and continues to advise a number of local planning authorities in relation to the preparation and progress of local plans to adoption. Recent instructions include assisting in the promotion of major allocations on behalf of land owners and providing strategic advice to plan making bodies prior to plan submission. Gary presents papers to specialist training events held by RTPI and as part of the Kings Chambers CPD programme. Gary has a wide level of experience of central government work from working on the AG’s Regional Panel and has experience of the environmental, enforcement, contractual and regulatory matters associated with planning and environmental law.

Gavin McBride

Gavin enjoys an extensive and almost exclusive personal injury practice. He commands a large and loyal solicitor base, and provides a comprehensive service. He is regarded as a highly competent advocate, a skill honed in his early years in practice in criminal law. He is client friendly, being regarded as sympathetic and approachable yet equally clear and objective. His serious injury practice involves all aspects of personal injury – particularly catastrophic injury, employer’s liability, public liability and highway litigation. Gavin is a local boy, having been educated at The Manchester Grammar School. He then studied at Pembroke College, Cambridge and City University, London before returning home. Gavin joined Chambers in 2008, having moved from Peel Court Chambers, in order to focus on and broaden his personal injury practice.

Geraint Wheatley

Geraint is an experienced chancery and commercial practitioner, combining an outstanding academic background with tactical awareness and an eye for detail.

Gerard McDermott KC

Is one of the most sought after personal injury silks in the country. He is consistently top-ranked by the two main legal directories. He also practices in cross border claims of all kinds and has an unrivalled list of connections across the United States reflecting his long time involvement at the heart of the American Bar Association. A former leader of the European Circuit he also has real expertise in EU Law, conflicts of law and comparative law. Many of his cases have an international dimension. Although much of his work in Silk has involved catastrophic personal injury and the most serious claims of clinical negligence he accepts instructions across the common law and commercial fields particularly where issues of conflicts of law or cross border issues arise. He is widely praised not only for his legal acumen and advocacy but his client handling skills and good judgment. He also continues to accept instructions in Employment in which he has had long experience across the range of claims and is currently instructed in a very significant case involving disability discrimination by a Bank.

Giles Cannock KC

Giles Cannock KC is one of the highest ranked Planning Barristers in the country. He has spent his entire practising career with Kings Chambers. He is a very well-regarded planning specialist, undertaking advisory work, appearing at Inquiries and the Courts at all levels. He represents developers and local authorities in relation to major housing schemes, significant renewable energy schemes (wind farms, underground storage of gas, fracking etc), infrastructure projects, retail development, enforcement and CPO’s.

Gordon Exall

Gordon qualified and practised as a solicitor and was a senior lecturer in law before being called to the Bar in 1991. He practises in the area of personal injury, fatal accidents, clinical negligence, sanctions, procedural issues, limitation and costs. He has been involved in several of the leading cases relating to procedure and the assessment of damages. Gordon is often the first port of call for lawyers faced with procedural, sanctions or limitation difficulties. Gordon is the author of several of the major texts on personal injury damages. Munkman and Exall on Damages for Personal Injury and Death is in its 14th edition, Gordon’s “Guide to Fatal Accidents” is now in its 4th edition as is his book “Personal Injury Practice Notes”. He has contributed to several of the major works on damages and procedure including the latest edition of Munkman on Employer’s Liability. In addition, Gordon's blog on civil procedure, "Civil Litigation Brief" has been described as "essential reading for any litigator" receiving well over 1 million views each year.

Helen Mulholland KC

Helen is a specialist medical barrister. She accepts instructions in all areas of healthcare law, with particular expertise in cases of medical negligence and serious medical treatment decisions. She undertakes the most serious medical negligence cases, with particular expertise in cases of neurological and neurosurgical injury; she is also regularly instructed on birth damage cases. Helen is recognised for her exceptional trial advocacy, and has extensive experience of cross-examining medical experts; she is frequently instructed in medical negligence liability trials of particular complexity. In addition to her trial acumen, Helen is a highly accomplished negotiator and undertakes countless mediations and JSMs. Helen has considerable experience of cases involving serious medical treatment decisions, both in the Family Division and the Court of Protection. She has been involved in many cases involving complex treatment and withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment and understands the extreme sensitivity of such cases.

Helen Gardiner

Ian Ponter

Ian enjoys an extensive national planning and public law practice. He is highly rated, consistently featuring in Planning’s list of top-rated junior barristers. He appears for both developers and local planning authorities at inquiries for housing, employment, retail, energy and waste schemes. He also appears at development plan examinations (both promoting and objecting to draft plans), and at CPO inquiries (as well as proceedings in the Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber) dealing with compensation issues arising out of compulsory purchase). On top of his busy inquiry practice, he appears in the High Court on judicial reviews, statutory planning challenges, and injunctive proceedings.

James Boyd

James is Head of the Employment team at Kings Chambers. He undertakes work for both employers and employees. He tends to be instructed in multi-day cases around the whole of the UK (including Scotland and Northern Ireland).

Jeremy Roussak

Jeremy practices almost exclusively in the fields of personal injury and clinical negligence.

John Hunter

John is an experienced junior practising in the fields of planning, environmental and local government law.

John Barrett

John has practiced at the Planning and Environmental Bar since 1983. He is PEBA Member and is a former Committee Member of PEBA. John is also the former Editor of Encyclopaedia of Environmental Health (Sweet and Maxwell) he practices in all aspects of Town and Country Planning, Compulsory Purchase, Highways, Minerals and Waste, Renewable Energy, Environment, together with Administrative & Public Law and Local Government. Over the last 2 years John has promoted the development of over 2,000 houses on behalf of house builder and land promoter clients.

Jonathan Easton KC

Jonathan practises in the areas of town and country planning, CPO, environmental law and highways law. He has extensive experience across a wide range of different developments, with a particular focus on residential schemes and logistics schemes. Jonathan has also represented both developers and local authorities in several Development Plan examinations. He appears regularly in the High Court in both Judicial Review cases as well as statutory challenges. Jonathan undertakes work in the area of Town and Village Greens. He appears for both applicants and objectors at informal inquiries.

Killian Garvey

Killian Garvey is a specialist planning barrister who practices across England and Wales. He acts for both developers and local authorities. Killian has been consistently ranked as one of the top planning barristers nationally in Planning Resource Magazine. In 2022, Killian was ranked as the best planning barrister under the age of 35, he was ranked as the 6th best junior planning barrister nationwide and the 10th best planning barrister for housing developments amongst all barristers nationally (including all KCs).

Lesley Anderson KC

All aspects of chancery and commercial litigation especially as trial advocate; corporate and personal insolvency; commercial contracts including joint ventures, distribution and agency contracts and share and asset sale warranty claims; company law especially shareholder disputes;, directors’ duties and breach of trust/fiduciary duty claims; directors’ disqualification and directors’ and employee duties (including restrictive covenants and confidential information); partnership; banking (especially secured lending and guarantees); commercial property and landlord and tenant; professional negligence (especially solicitors, accountants, surveyors and financial advisers); sale of goods; fraud; commercial torts and insurance. Regularly instructed on behalf of the Government.

Louis Doyle

Louis Doyle KC is a commercial silk with a particular expertise and reputation and extensive experience in insolvency and insolvency-related work, the latter commonly involving commercial claims litigated under the procedural umbrella of a formal insolvency.

Mark Harper KC

Mark is a member of the Business and Property team in Chambers.

Martin Carter

Martin undertook his pupillage at Kings Chambers and has spent his entire practicing career with chambers. He undertakes advisory work and appears at inquiries and the Courts at all levels, including the Supreme Court.

Martin Budworth

Profile Martin is a prominent senior junior dealing with substantial pieces of litigation (often appearing alone against Queen's Counsel). He has appeared in more than 45 reported/published cases which is testament to real strength across broad areas. Martin has been ranked consistently in the directories as a leading practitioner year on year since 2006; Chambers and Partners UK currently ranks him in no fewer than 4 practice areas. He served on the Attorney General's Panel of Counsel for five years. He carries a diverse practice as detailed below. His background in both commercial litigation and employment law made him well suited to issues in the sports law field and he continues to be nationally recognised for considerable experience in all aspects of sports law litigation and is ranked in Band 1 for the Regions. He also occasionally sits as an arbitrator in sports disputes, appointed by Sport Resolutions. "all that Mr Budworth has so ably submitted" Etherton MR in Clearway v Miles Smith [2016]EWCACiv1258 "I recognise the force of the contrary submissions put by Mr Budworth" Lewis J in ASE plc v Kendrick [2014]EWHC2171

Matthew Hall

Matthew Hall is a specialist property, trusts and probate barrister.

Michael Rudd

Michael practises in the areas of town and country planning and compulsory purchase law, environmental and agricultural law, highways, local government and public and administrative law. He accepts instructions under the Direct Public Access provisions Michael is also a Fellow of the Geological Society and has academic qualifications in geology, physics and advanced engineering geology. Before being called to the Bar Michael spent fourteen years in the development industry, initially as an Engineering Geologist before moving into the field of Planning and Environmental Consultancy. He was employed by a number of major engineering contractors and international consultancies providing advice on foundation design and construction, highways design and construction, contaminated land and ground water assessment and remediation, dewatering solutions, flood risk assessments, and carrying out environmental impact assessments He advised on such developments as the Channel Tunnel Rail Link, Heathrow Terminal 5, the Canary Wharf Development, Chapelcross and Sellafield nuclear power stations and designed the innovative foundations for the Huddersfield Town Football Club stadium. He has particular experience of deep level drilling for the purposes of the installation of complex groundwater monitoring and sampling installations.

Michael Rawlinson KC

Michael’s main area of practice arises from claims where historic exposure to any bodily insult is argued to have led to late-onset sequelae. Predominantly this arises in respect of asbestos exposure leading to the contraction of cancer but there are few toxic agents which he has not encountered in litigation.

Neil Berragan

Neil practises in the specialist business courts (Mercantile, Chancery and TCC) in Manchester, Liverpool, Leeds and Birmingham. He also appears in the High Court in London (including the Companies Court, Commercial Court and TCC) and in the Court of Appeal. His practice is focused on advocacy, both oral and written. Neil is recognised as one of the leading juniors for commercial work in the North West, and he is regularly instructed against KCs. Neil frequently acts on applications for interim relief, where his experience and understanding of the court process enables him to provide clients with practical and realistic advice, and to focus case preparation to the client’s best advantage. He has acted in a number of commercial arbitrations, domestic and international. He has acted for a large number of major plc clients in the in substantial commercial disputes. He also has advised and acted in many substantial shareholder disputes, and other important company and insolvency matters. Neil has advised and represented numerous solicitors and other professionals in partnership and LLP disputes.

Nicholas Braslavsky KC

A leading practitioner in catastrophic injury and clinical negligence cases. Nick acts for both claimants and defendants in cases involving traumatic injury of the utmost severity (principally neurological injury to the brain, spinal injuries and amputations) and for claimants in a wide range of clinical negligence cases (birth damage, failed/delayed diagnoses, emergency medicine, neurological/vascular accidents etc). Also, regulatory and allied clinical litigation arising from cosmetic surgery etc. Nick has extensive experience in all aspects of catastrophic injury cases arising from a road traﬃc accident, aviation and shipping accidents, recreational activities (roller coaster and fairground rides, mountaineering, jet-skiing accidents, construction and building site as well as military accidents. He has recently been involved in cases of aviation accidents in Antarctica, RAF aerobatic accidents and claims arising from terrorist attacks. One of Nick’s special interests (both in practice and as an academic) is biotechnology and development particularly in respect of prosthetics and advanced biomedical responses to acquired injury. Nick has extensive experience of fatal accident cases, appearing at inquests and acting for both claimants and defendants in high proﬁle cases. Nick’s military caseload has included mountaineering training accidents in Africa, catastrophic accidents during SAS training exercises on the Brecon Beacons, Snowdonia and elsewhere and fatal accident claims arising from accidents causing injuries of the utmost severity in the UK, Bosnia, Iraq, Afghanistan, Africa and Europe. Nick is an expert practitioner on specific issues within utmost severity injury litigation including expert medical issues, capacity, quantification of losses together with form of award issues. He practises throughout the UK from his Manchester chambers and will travel to meet clients in all parts of the UK and Ireland

Nicholas Truelove

Nicholas is a full member of the Clinical Negligence & Personal Injury team at Kings Chambers and is regularly instructed to act for both Claimants and Defendants on a range of different matters in both the County Court and those claims issued in the High Court. Nicholas is happy to accept cases on a CFA basis and is often instructed to represent claims involving road traffic accidents including credit hire agreements, and is equally comfortable with public and employer liability matters. Nicholas also has experience in fatal accident claims often appearing on behalf of families at inquests and managing subsequent claims thereafter. Nicholas also represents both claimants and defendants in clinical negligence cases and has a particular expertise in representing clients in respect of missed or delayed diagnoses cases.

Nigel Clayton

Nigel Clayton practises solely in Real Property Law including Probate and Trusts and related areas, and specialises in Mortgage Law and Litigation. He is regularly recognised as a ‘Leading Individual’ in Real Property and Mortgage Law in the Legal 500. Accredited as a Civil and Commercial Mediator by the ADR Group.

Paul Chaisty KC

Paul is a leading specialist in chancery and commercial litigation across all fields especially commercial disputes, corporate shareholder actions, civil fraud, partnership, banking, sports law and domestic and international arbitrations. Appears at all levels including Supreme Court/Privy Council, Court of Appeal, High Court and domestic and international arbitrations and is regularly instructed in litigation abroad including in the BVI, Cayman Islands, Singapore (where he is a registered overseas lawyer), the Isle of Man and in the Bahamas on an ad hoc basis. A specialist trial lawyer with a strong reputation for tactical advice and ruthless cross-examination Paul regularly acts in connection with freezing injunctions, provisional liquidators and associated interim applications. Rated as “Star of the Bar” since 2015. Deputy High Court Judge in Chancery Division and QBD. Also a full member of Serle Court, Lincoln’s Inn.

Philip Robson

Philip has a broad planning and environmental practice, regularly appearing at inquiries.

Richard Livingston

Richard specialises in all aspects of Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence work. His practice encompasses injuries of the utmost severity, and he regularly acts without a leader in cases where the value is pleaded well in excess £7,000,000. His cases regularly involve orders for periodical payments, accommodation claims and lifelong provision for care and assistance. He has secured millions of pounds of compensation for seriously injured Claimants and their Dependants. He also defends cases of similar value at Trial and at Joint Settlement Meetings for numerous Insurers, Medical and Dental Defence Organisations, Defendant Health Trusts, and the Motor Insurers Bureau. He has secured substantial awards before the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority where the damages initially awarded were inadequate. Richard has developed a substantial reputation in the field of Occupational Disease. He is regularly instructed by Claimants and Defendants alike in claims involving benign and malignant asbestos-related conditions (pleural thickening, asbestosis, asbestos-related lung cancer, mesothelioma), asthma, chemical exposure (COSHH claims), and occupational stress/harassment. He is on several Insurers’ panels. He frequently advises on claims for contribution between insurers and medical defence organisations. Richard also has a substantial professional negligence practice in the context of negligently mishandled personal injury and clinical negligence actions. He regularly appears without a leader in cases against KCs. He is regarded as having a practice well beyond his call.

Richard Lander

Richard joined the Chancery and Commercial team as a pupil in 1994, having previously worked on property law reform at the Law Commission. Richard’s practice covers most aspects of chancery and commercial law, but with a particular emphasis on real estate litigation (commercial and residential) and associated areas such as professional negligence, banking, Inheritance Act claims, administration of estates and corporate and personal insolvency. He is at home dealing with individual clients, major banks or anyone in between. As well as carrying out drafting and advisory work, Richard has extensive experience of trial work and other litigation in the County Court, High Court and Court of Appeal, as well as before the Property Tribunal.

Richard Borrett

Richard acts for both Claimants and Defendants in Clinical Negligence, Inquests, Abuse, Human Rights, and Court of Protection litigation.

Rosie Kight

Since transferring to the Bar, Rosie has built a strong and varied employment law practice, accepting instructions from both respondents and claimants.

Ruth Stockley KC

Ruth specialises in all aspects of town and country planning, environmental law, compulsory purchase, highways, road traffic regulation, taxi licensing, village greens and judicial review.

Sam Karim KC

Sam’s main areas of practice are administrative law (including commercial judicial review) and human rights law, regulatory law, public procurement and state aid law, Court of Protection and mental health, arbitration (domestic and international commercial) and information law. He has been a member of the Attorney General’s regional panel of Treasury Counsel for almost a decade and has been constantly recommended as a leading junior. Sam is a Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and is admitted as a practitioner in the Dubai International Finance Centre (DIFC) Court.

Sarah Reid KC

Sarah specialises in all areas of Town and Country Planning, and took Silk in 2022. She is consistently rated highly by all the leading directories and publications (Legal 500, Chambers and Partners, The Planner’s Women of Inﬂuence List and Planning Magazine). Sarah has extensive experience across the full range of planning matters including large scale housing schemes, retail, renewable energy, waste, enforcement and compulsory purchase. She regularly appears in planning inquiries and hearings, enforcement inquiries, local plan examinations, statutory challenges and judicial review proceedings. Sarah is the Head of Recruitment in Chambers. Prior to that, she was Director of Pupillage in Chambers.

Sarah Pritchard KC

King’s Counsel specialising in clinical negligence litigation. Her practice covers a wide range of medical malpractice but she has particular expertise in birth damage claims, cauda equina cases and surgical negligence. She also has a substantial personal injury practice dealing with high value and complex cases and actions involving contribution proceedings between insurance companies and healthcare providers.

Sarah Pritchard KC

Sarah Clover

Sarah is one of the leading barristers in the country in Licensing, acting for a wide range of clients. She has been involved in some of the most important cases in the last decade, and is a pioneer in this modern licensing regime.

Satinder Hunjan KC

Satinder Hunjan KC undertakes a range of general commercial work, insurance, private and manufacturing liability (including industrial plant and materials, consumer products and pharmaceuticals), construction and professional negligence (legal, sports, media, accountants and finance, architects and related professionals). The work that he undertakes is of very high value (multi million). It often involves issues which are novel and challenging. The matters are inevitably of particular complexity and often involve highly technical and specialist expert issues and disputes. He has a strong interest in work within an international framework including jurisdictional issues. Satinder has significant experience in the personal injury field of acting on behalf of claimants and defendants in major injury claims including injuries of the utmost severity, and he has a special interest in brain and spinal injuries. Satinder also undertakes litigation on behalf of claimants and defendants in all areas of clinical negligence. This includes substantial claims involving cerebral palsy and other birth injuries; severe brain and spinal injuries; injuries of the utmost severity; claims arising from the use of medical products and equipment; human rights; medical ethics and disciplinary and similar proceedings. Satinder Hunjan KC acts on behalf of medical and other professionals and interested parties in disciplinary and other similar proceedings and inquiries. He also acts in criminal proceedings which involve fatal, multi party and other very serious accidents and incidents and which are likely to have a significant impact on the workings and activities of the commercial and other organisations involved. He has acted in defence of many national and major companies and organisations in prosecutions brought by the Health and Safety Executive and local authorities. He has been instructed by many of the major insurers and loss adjusters in such proceedings, seeking to preserve their interests in respect of any subsequent civil or commercial claims. His work includes advisory work undertaken in contemplation of criminal, disciplinary and other processes.

Simon Plaut

Serious Personal Injury, encompassing the full range of catastrophic injuries, brain injury, limb amputation, fatal accident and pain disorders. All Industrial Disease, mainly asbestos, but also industrial cancer, any toxic exposures, occupational asthma, deafness, dermatitis, RSI, upper limb disorders and stress at work.

Stephanie Hall

Stephanie practices in all areas of planning law and has particular experience of large scale projects including power stations, rail and road projects, energy schemes and compulsory purchase.

Stephen Maguire

Stephen’s practice is focused on complex and high value litigation. He handles cases of the utmost severity, which include traumatic brain and spinal injuries, severe orthopaedic conditions, chronic pain, amputation and fatal accident cases.

Steven Flynn

Sports law; Domestic and International commercial litigation and arbitration; Disciplinary and Regulatory; Partnerships. Steven is a sports law specialist who is frequently retained to deal with issues of significant importance, advising various participants including professional athletes, teams, governing bodies, agents, and players’ associations on contractual, commercial, and regulatory matters. Away from the sports sector, Steven’s practice is directed towards business protection. He is regularly instructed to deal with issues arising from employment contracts, breach of confidence, partnerships, restrictive covenants, and shareholder rights/obligations, both in the UK and internationally. He has a particular interest in cross-jurisdiction contracts and conflict of laws issues. Steven has a wealth of experience in arbitration, representing commercial and sporting clients before a vast array of domestic and international arbitral tribunals, as well as dealing with challenges before the Courts. Steven also accepts appointments to sit as a sole arbitrator or as a member of a panel (including as chair). He has been admitted as a Member of Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and appointed to the Sport Resolution Arbitration Panel.

Tina Ranales-Cotos

Tina Rañales-Cotos practises in commercial and corporate litigation and advisory work, mainly in the specialist courts in Manchester, Liverpool, Birmingham, Leeds and London. Her work frequently involves interim injunctive relief hearings in the High Court in the business restraint field, including freezing, springboard, misuse of confidential information and restrictive covenant injunctions and search orders. Tina’s specialist practice includes the following areas: Agency (including commercial agency) Banking and finance (including secured lending, guarantees and indemnities) Civil/commercial fraud (including VAT/MTIC fraud) Confidential Information, MOPI and GDPR, Commercial Contracts (including joint ventures, distribution, agency and share sale/purchase and warranties) Company (especially shareholder disputes and breach of trust, fiduciary and directors’ duties) Competition – UK and EU, Director Disqualification, Employment (contractual and statutory), Discrimination (service providers) Insolvency (corporate and personal), Insurance, Intellectual Property (trademark infringement and passing off), Commercial Torts, Mediation, Partnership, Professional Negligence (especially solicitors, accountants, surveyors and financial advisers), Restraint of Trade including restrictive covenants (commercial and employment) and sale and carriage of goods (domestic and international) and services. Tina often represents banks, public and private companies, small firms, as well as private investors. Recent experience includes being led in a two-week commercial trial which took place remotely, involving an interpreter and experts.

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Victoria Heyworth

With 20 years’ experience at the bar, Victoria acts for both sides of the litigation process in the full range of clinical negligence and personal injury cases. Victoria is well known for her forensic approach, client friendly service and robust litigation skills.

Wilson Horne

Wilson’s practice includes real estate law, with a bias towards contentious commercial property.

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