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Adam Swirsky

Barrister: Adam has experience dealing with all aspects of commercial and private landlord and tenant work, all aspects of real property disputes, cases involving mortgages or other charges, trusts and trusts of land. Adam also deals with inheritance and probate cases.Adam has extensive experience of dealing with employment disputes, regularly appearing in the High Court and the Employment Tribunal on a variety of matters.

Alex Cunliffe

Barrister: Alex practises in a wide range of commercial and chancery work including banking and finance, civil fraud and insolvency. Prior to coming to the Bar, Alex spent several years working in-house for Lloyds Bank. He acts for a range of major lending companies, and is regularly instructed by in-house legal teams. Alex also has a strong practice in civil fraud and is instructed by national firms in consumer credit, secured lending and harassment cases as well as advising on strategy for group litigation. In appropriate circumstances Alex accepts Direct Access instructions.

Andrea Chute

Andrea is an employment and discrimination law specialist who advises on all claims before the employment tribunal. She has a particular expertise in dealing with complex and high-value employment and discrimination claims across a broad range of market sectors and has undertaken both claimant and respondent work for a wide variety of differently sized organisations. Andrea has an interest in professional disciplinary and regulatory work. Andera also undertakes non-contentious work such as developing and updating HR policies and drafting and advising on employment contracts.

Antonia Halker

Antonia is an extremely able and dedicated advocate who has a strong practice in property litigation. She is organised, efficient and valued by solicitors who appreciate her prompt and helpful responses to any queries. Antonia is listed in the Legal 500 2021 as a leading junior for property litigation, and is highly knowledgeable about both the law and procedure in the area. She is sought out by solicitors who have tricky cases and who want someone that can provide an effective solution. She is also adept at acting in multi-party cases, mastering the facts and considering the issues on behalf of each of the parties.

Antonio Bueno KC

Barrister: Antonio Bueno`s principal areas of practice, in which he is widely experienced, are in the fields of domestic and international banking (guarantees, cheques and negotiable instruments, banker/customer relationships, letters of credit, performance bonds etc.), and of general commercial law, with particular emphasis on international trade, finance (including hire purchase and commercial leasing), contract disputes. insolvency and commercial fraud (including pre-emptive remedies, asset tracing and restitutionary claims).His practice is broadly based and he has also acted on a wide variety of other matters, including professional negligence, company winding-up and receivership, the issue of letters of request/overseas confidentiality laws and, most recently, asbestos-related industrial injury (acting for British Shipbuilders). He has represented, and acted against, many major UK and overseas banks, and commercial institutions. Whilst his principal place of practice is in England he has worked extensively in other jurisdictions, including the Cayman Islands, Turks and Caicos Islands, Bahamas, Spain, Gibraltar, Tonga, Hong Kong, Singapore, USA, Sri Lanka, Channel Islands, Ireland and Australia. He has been admitted to local Bars in several of these jurisdictions, either permanently or for particular matters. He has been specially admitted on many occasions in the Cayman Islands for particular matters. In commercial arbitration, his experience, as an arbitrator and as an advocate, has included banking, general commercial and construction disputes. He was also a member of a Football Association arbitral tribunal concerned with a dispute between a professional footballer and his agent. He is a member of the LCIA, and is on the roster of international arbitrators of ADR Chambers. He is currently instructed (2015) in a matter before the Supreme Court, IEGL -v- Zurich which concerns a dispute valued at approximately £10 billion to the UK insurance industry. He is also a qualified Mediator.

Ben Doyle

Barrister: Since joining Chambers in May 2018, Ben has developed a busy practice across a broad range of civil and commercial work, with a particular focus on property and commercial law. Ben accepts instructions for advice, drafting and advocacy at all stages of the litigation process. Ben has extensive courtroom experience and has attended over three thousand hearings across a wide range of civil litigation. Ben is authorised to accept instructions directly from lay clients, under the Bar Council’s public access scheme. Before embarking on his legal career, Ben co-founded an award-winning start-up company in Switzerland. He prides himself on being friendly and approachable and believes that his business experiences help him to maintain a practical approach and a pragmatic commercial mindset.

Cheryl Reid

Barrister: Cheryl specialises in property and commercial litigation. She regularly appears in the High court, County Courts and Tribunals all over the country. She accepts instructions to appear at full hearings and a full range of applications in both fast-track and multi-track matters. She accepts instructions to appear for both Claimant and Defendant. She accepts instructions to undertake drafting in all of her specialisms along with conferences and mediation. Cheryl accepts instructions on a Direct Access basis in appropriate matters.

Chris Pearson

Barrister: Chris Pearson is a specialist in intellectual property, media and entertainment law. Commercially-minded and user-friendly, Chris advises and represents clients ranging from large corporations and substantial rights owners to individual professionals, entrepreneurs, artists and inventors. Clients have access to his experience acting in high-profile litigation, technically complex cases and cases involving known personalities, and advising on non-contentious IP issues, drafting IP agreements or handling sensitive negotiations. Chris brings to his clients expertise in all areas of intellectual property, including copyright and related rights, unregistered design right, registered designs, registered trade marks, passing off, database right, patents, privacy, data protection, confidentiality, and in all areas of media and entertainment law, especially music, television and film. Chris can be hired directly by businesses and private individuals.

Cliff Alderson

Senior Clerk

Clive Blackwood

Barrister: Educated in Scotland and at Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge, Clive Blackwood was called to the Bar by the Inner Temple in 1986 and qualified as a mediator in 2006. His practice at the Bar has consisted of general commercial work, briefed at all levels from County Court to the House of Lords (Supreme Court), including: bankruptcy and insolvency, including all contractually based claims, particularly finance and credit transactions, agency, domestic and international sale and transportation of goods, supply of goods and services; banking and insurance, including securities, guarantees and indemnities, bankers’ and insurers’ liabilities and coverage disputes; company and partnership, including shareholder disputes, fiduciary and directors’ duties, group companies, directors disqualification applications and minority shareholders claims, partnership dissolutions, policy and succession disputes and accounts actions;

David Mayall

Barrister:David has vast experience in all the fields of civil law set out above. Has appeared in all levels of Court and Tribunals including the Court of Appeal (both in the UK and Gibraltar), the Privy Council and the House of Lords. In property matters he acts regularly for both commercial landlords and tenants. He acts both for and against large commercial lenders in mortgage matters. He has regularly dealt with all areas of company law including insolvency, disqualification, directors’ duties and minority shareholder actions. He has appeared in numerous cases dealing with all aspects of commercial law including banking, sale of goods, carriage of goods and insurance. In the employment field he has recently acted for a major financial services client in a whistle blowing claim listed for 12 days. He has extensive experience and expertise in all aspects of the law relating to gambling and, in particular, spread betting and CFDs.

David Willink

Barrister: David maintains a broad practice across chambers’ practice areas. He is noted for a strongly collaborative approach to those who instruct him and a no-nonsense, practical approach to both strategic and tactical issues arising from litigation.David has considerable experience in costs matters at all levels, including appeals, and has regularly appeared for both paying and receiving parties. David accepts Direct Access instructions in appropriate cases. Recent cases have included a High Court property dispute and a breach of contract action arising from the sale of a business.

Derek Kerr

Barrister: Derek has a wealth of experience in all aspects of property law. He represents individuals, corporate landlords and tenants, developers, LPA receivers, surveyors, housing associations and financial institutions. His work includes claims about adverse possession of land, boundaries and party walls, the co-ownership of land (including land outside England and Wales), the construction and forfeiture of leases, conveyancing practice, disrepair, easements, freehold restrictive covenants, guarantees, land registration and rectification claims, mortgages and securities, options, service charges and trusts of land. He has undertaken a number of land registration disputes where the transaction has been tainted by fraud. Derek is regularly instructed in the First Tier Tribunal (Property Chamber), the Upper Tribunal, County Court and High Court, and in all aspects of ADR. He also accepts instructions under the Bar Council’s Public Access Scheme.

Dominic Bright

Barrister: Dominic has a broad commercial, property and personal injury practice. He is registered with the Civil Mediation Council as a Civil and Commercial Mediator. Dominic has also written articles, and attended seminars on construction and international law: areas in which he would like to gain practical experience. His forthcoming book, ‘A Practical Guide to the Small Claims Track’ is set for publication with Law Brief Publishing in November 2019. It is a clear, comprehensive, but concise guide for junior barristers and solicitors to succeeding on the small claims track. Dominic can be instructed directly, without having to involve a solicitor. He is registered on the Direct Access Portal. Dominic is also a member of Advocate (the Bar’s national charity), matching him with members of the public who need help, are unable to obtain legal aid, and cannot afford to pay. Prior to pupillage, Dominic was judicial assistant in the Court of Appeal to Sir Brian Leveson, the former President of the Queen’s Bench Division. He was also researcher in construction law at a leading set of barristers’ chambers, public international law at the British Institute of International and Comparative Law, and national implementation measures (nuclear disarmament, non-proliferation, development and use of chemical weaponry) at the Verification Research, Training and Information Centre.

Dr Barbara Zeitler

Barrister: Barbara came to the Bar after a career as a university lecturer in the United States. Barbara specialises in property and employment law. She has a substantial landlord and tenant and housing law practice, appearing for both social landlords and tenants and practises in all aspects of employment and discrimination law. A formidable advocate in Court, Barbara also has a reputation for fast and effective production of paperwork. Barbara is qualified to accept instructions under the Bar Council Public Access Scheme. She has extensive experience in dealing with Public Access clients and is known for her approachable and practical manner. Barbara is an experienced accredited mediator and can also assist clients as a mediation advocate.

Emily Davies

Barrister: Emily’s practice divides between personal injury and property work. She undertakes work in all aspects of personal Injury work for both Claimants and Defendants. Her property practice covers a full range of work with a particular focus on residential property and disputes as to beneficial interests in property and other interests in land. Emily is regularly instructed in costs related matters.

Erol Topal

Barrister: Erol is a specialist in property and commercial litigation and dispute resolution. He has extensive experience in all aspects of residential and commercial property and commercial law. He has acted for private individuals – domiciled both within and outside of the jurisdiction – and a variety of other clients including banks, plcs, local authorities, housing associations, property investment and management companies. In appropriate circumstances Erol accepts Direct Access instructions.

Graeme Kirk

Barrister: Graeme is an experienced practitioner specialising in commercial and property law, and related areas including employment, company law and personal/corporate insolvency, as well as landlord and tenant work. Graeme also drafts commercial contracts. He combines a commercial and practical approach and is always very approachable. Graeme is very happy to provide seminars, and previously taught at BPP Law School. Graeme accepts appropriate Direct Public Access instructions.

Graeme Sampson

Barrister: Called to the Bar in 1981 Graeme has gained a wide experience in civil law. With wide experience in all forms of litigation, including historically crime, particularly fraud. He now specialises in construction, property and commercial disputes. He is a dynamic and effective advocate. Down to earth and practical he has a clear understanding of client needs and the economic realities of litigation. He has conducted numerous serious, complex and lengthy trials.He has very wide experience in all forms of ADR being an experienced mediator (formerly Head of Mediation at 3PB Chambers), a construction adjudicator and has appeared in a number of commercial and construction arbitrations. He also has considerable experience of advising clients as to non-litigious matters, particular involving the interpretation of regulatory matters for commercial organisations.He has experience of regulatory issues and has for some years sat as a Legal assessor for the Nursing and Midwifery council (NMC) and has sat as chair of an Appeal Committee relating to university degree approvals for an international health regulator. Graeme is qualified to undertake public access work and so can represent individuals and companies without the employment of a solicitor. If you are interested in instructing him on this basis please contact the clerks.

Guy Coleman

Barrister: Guy is an established personal injury specialist and costs practitioner. He has a busy and successful practice encompassing the full span of litigation; often instructed in cases involving complex questions of causation and disputed expert evidence. He advises and appears for both claimants and defendants at every stage of the litigation process, with thorough, practical and user-friendly advice. He frequently appears against leading Counsel. He has a precise and authoritative form of presentation, and is known for his approachable manner. He quickly builds a strong rapport with clients.

Hannah Laithwaite

Barrister: Hannah undertakes a broad range of civil and commercial work, with her practice primarily spanning the areas of commercial, insolvency, aviation and property (for further detail, please click on a subject heading above). She is able to provide advisory, drafting and advocacy expertise at all stages of the litigation process. Hannah prides herself in being approachable and in providing a practical, efficient and cost effective service to her clients. She is qualified to accept instructions under the Bar’s Public Access scheme.

Harriet Ho

Harriet joined Lamb Chambers in May 2021 after commencing her practice at a set focused on commercial and aviation work based in the Temple. Harriet’s practice entails a broad range of areas of law, including General Commercial, Aviation & Travel, Property, and Personal Injury. Harriet has an extensive experience appearing in the County Court for small claims and fast-track trials, as well as dealing with applications, CMCs, and costs budgeting for larger cases. Harriet has been instructed in civil forfeiture matters resisting applications for frozen monies in excess of £1million, in which Harriet defended against the claim that the sums had been obtained via fraud by false representation, pursuant to the Fraud Act 2006. Harriet has assisted more senior members, including conducting legal research and drafting witness statements as well as written submissions for a third-party in a confiscation POCA matter, in order to determine the extent of the defendant’s interest in the property. As a passionate advocate for equality and diversity, Harriet has previously given talks to university students and aspiring barristers, such as ‘Being BAME at the Bar’, in order to promote and further inclusion at the Bar.

James Culverwell

James joined Lamb Chambers at the start of 2020 having commenced his practice at a common law set in the Temple. James’ expertise encompasses a broad range of work with a particular emphasis on matters involving property, construction disputes and commercial litigation. James appears in the High Court and County Court at first instance and on appeal. James has comprehensive oral advocacy skills having started his career with a common law practice covering Civil, Crime and Family. He is also well-experienced in drafting pleadings and has been praised for his advisory work. Commended for his personable style putting clients at ease and engaging tribunals, James brings a practical and common-sense approach to his work translating complex legal matters into comprehensible advice.

James Browne

Barrister: James is the head of the property group and is a highly experienced property advocate who combines intellectual rigour with a practical, commercially minded approach. He is regarded by clients as approachable and efficient, always aiming to put the client’s needs first. James has particular expertise in commercial and residential landlord and tenant law and is a leading authority on tenancy deposit protection scheme disputes. James is married with two children. When time permits, he enjoys wine, cricket, bridge and music. He is an elected member of Elmbridge Borough Council where he is the Deputy Leader of the Council and Cabinet Member for Planning. Prior to that he was Cabinet member for Housing for 6 years.

James Stuart

Barrister: James specialises in commercial relationship and employment litigation, focussing upon more substantial and complex cases in which the parties are connected by some form of contractual or equivalent relationship, and associated professional negligence and professional disciplinary tribunal litigation. His practice covers cases involving Employees, Directors, Shareholders, Partners, LLP Members, Agents, Commercial Agents, Franchises, Contractors, Professionals, Banks and other regulated Financial Institutions and Contracting Parties generally. As his recently reported cases illustrate, James appears regularly in the Court of Appeal, all divisions of the High Court, the Employment Tribunals and EAT, and other Professional Tribunals. James represents Individual and Corporate Claimants and Defendants or Respondents in such matters. In appropriate cases, he is prepared to undertake work on CFA and insurance-funded basis as well as the standard private payment basis. James has built up considerable experience in recent years in conducting more protracted cases (especially those with substantial documentation or extensive witness evidence) and as a result of the nature of his practice he has developed a reputation for being able to deal with the most legally and factually complex disputes.

James Tunley

Barrister: James’s practice and experience spans a range of civil and commercial work including employment, professional negligence, professional disciplinary, personal injury, clinical negligence and inquests. He advises and represents both claimants and defendants/respondents at all stages of the court and tribunal process with particular strengths in employer’s liability, discrimination, and unfair dismissal, to name but a few. James has a number of notable cases, which include: Fahy v (1) PCS Union & (2) Thompsons Solicitors [2015] EWHC 3515 (QB); Commissioners for HM Revenue and Customs v Lorne Stewart plc [2015] ICR 708; Ministry of Defence v Hensman UKEAT/0067/14/DM; Embassy of Brazil v DA de Castro Cerqueira [2014] 1 WLR 3718. In March 2012 James was appointed to the Attorney General’s C Panel of Junior Counsel to the Crown. James also accepts appropriate work under the Direct Public Access Scheme

Joanna Kerr

Barrister:Joanna is an Employment and Personal Injury law specialist. She represents Claimants and Defendants/ Respondents in Courts and Tribunals and provides advice and drafting for litigation and negotiation purposes. She is a fierce advocate for her Clients and has a reputation for providing sound, practical advice and dealing with complex issues in a direct and sensible manner. Joanna has particular experience and interests in TUPE, unfair dismissal, redundancy, discrimination on the grounds of race, disability, sex and sexual orientation, as well as Equality Act claims in the Civil Courts including discrimination by service providers and unincorporated associations, and Personal Injury cases involving Accidents at Work, Occupier’s Liability, Road Traffic Accidents involving motorcycles, private cars, heavy goods vehicles and public transport vehicles as well as Personal Injury Fraud cases and Professional Negligence. Joanna also has experience in the field of Ecclesiastical Law, appearing in the Consistory Court.

John Ditchburn

Barrister: John has a commercial practice encompassing commercial litigation, property, landlord and tenant, banking and finance, insolvency, and aviation and travel. He provides clear and focused advice on a range of legal, practical and procedural issues in contentious and non-contentious matters. His experience of litigation is vast, combining regular advocacy with drafting and advisory work. He also deals with international arbitration and alternative dispute resolution, including mediation.

Mark Rowlands

Chief Executive: Mark became our Chief Executive in September 2017. In his role he is responsible for the overall management of Lamb Chambers, and sits on the management board and works closely with the head of chambers, members and staff to drive the vision of the set. Mark is responsible in creating and delivering business development and marketing strategies to ensure Chambers is best placed to meet and exceed the challenges and opportunities of an evolving legal service market. He takes responsibility for compliance, human resources and the development of barristers and staff at Lamb Chambers. Mark is well versed in business planning and strategic planning/execution and looks to develop and maintain lasting business relationships.

Mark King

Personal Injury

Matthew Gillett

Barrister: Matthew joined Lamb Chambers in June 2018 after starting his practice at a commercial set in the Temple. His practice encompasses advocacy and paperwork across a wide range of civil matters, particularly Commercial and Chancery; Property; Personal Injury; and Aviation and Travel. He is approachable and prides himself on providing an efficient and friendly service to clients. Before he started pupillage, Matthew worked as a County Court Advocate being instructed to appear in over 350 civil cases spanning enforcement, interim applications, possession hearings and debt recovery.

Matthew Winn-Smith

Barrister: Matthew has a broad general commercial and common law practice covering many areas in which chambers specialises. He enjoys the advisory side of his practice but particularly relishes court room advocacy. Matthew prides himself on his practical and user friendly approach. He accepts instructions on a Direct Access basis.

Morgan John

Barrister: Morgan’s practice covers both Claimant and Defendant work, ranging from RTAs to Occupier’s Liability, industrial disease and accidents in the work place on the fast and multi track level. He also has considerable experience in relation to detailed assessments of costs and regularly appears in the Supreme Court Costs Office.

Napier Miles

Barrister: Napier is a specialist personal injury practitioner and listed as a leading personal injury junior in Legal 500 (3rd tier). With Legal 500 2018 stating, “Napier’s areas of expertise include road traffic accidents and industrial disease claims, particurlarly those involving asbestos/mesothelioma.” His practice is equally split between claimant and defendant work. He has particular expertise in catastrophic injury cases and those involving chronic pain. He also has wide experience of clinical negligence work and particularly interest in cerebral palsy/birth injury cases. He is able to undertake direct access work. He is also trained as a mediator but does not currently practice as one. Napier has over 20 years experience of advocacy in all the forums from Court of Appeal to ADR. Napier regularly settles cases valued in excess of £1,000,000 but is also at home with smaller Multitrack cases.

Natalia Perova

Barrister: Natalia is a Russian-speaking English barrister and Head of International Dispute Resolution Group at Lamb Chambers. Natalia deals with international and cross-border disputes involving international trade, financing and enforcement. Natalia’s particular interests include international commercial litigation, international arbitration and mediation related to commercial contracts, sale and carriage of goods, trading, banking, investments and private international law. Additional practice areas include public international law, cross-border insolvency, international civil fraud and enforcement, company and shareholder disputes, trusts, asset-tracing and recovery. Natalia is often instructed to deal with disputes related to questions of jurisdiction and conflict of laws, applications to serve out of jurisdiction, loan agreements and banking matters, contract disputes, and bankruptcy or insolvency matters. Natalia’s experience at the Bar in dealing with international cases and appearing in higher courts in her own right is complemented by her extensive academic experience. Having completed two PhDs in law, one in the UK and one in Russia, prior to joining the Bar, Natalia was a university lecturer. Her ability to extensively analyse and research issues enables Natalia to excel in dealing with legally or factually complex matters. Natalia has excellent client care skills and experience in dealing with foreign/overseas clients. She understands the needs of clients and foreign lawyers having diverse cultural and language backgrounds and is happy to help to navigate them through English legal system or legal profession in the UK. Natalia is able to use her language skills in her work on international or multi-jurisdictional cases. In addition to Russian, Natalia has various levels of proficiency and knowledge in the following languages: Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, German and Dutch. Natalia is particularly active in developing work and professional contacts through marketing initiatives in the Russia – CIS / FSU region, including working with lawyers in Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan. In addition, she is very interested in developing her practice and links with Southeast Asian, Latin American and European regions. Natalia is happy to accept instructions in relation to all her areas of interests and specialism and is happy to consider matters in other areas of commercial law. Natalia can be instructed to draft pleadings (particulars of claim, defence, etc), serving out of jurisdiction applications, other court applications, advice on substantive English law or procedural matters, appearing at hearings in any English court and at international arbitrations, both for interim remedies/applications, procedural applications and trials. She can be instructed at or before the start of a case and advise on each aspect of it throughout the proceeding. Natalia is direct-access qualified and can accept instructions directly from clients. Natalia has rights of audience and can appear before the Astana International Financial Centre (AIFC) Court. Natalia adopts a flexible approach to her work and is happy to discuss the way and scope of her engagement in a particular case with English solicitors, foreign/local law firms and clients. She can accept instructions on fixed fees or consider acting on Conditional Fee Arrangement (CFA) or Damages Based Agreement (DBA) in certain circumstances. Please contact her clerk for further details and he will be happy to discuss options available.

Richard Menzies

Barrister: Richard is a specialist personal injury practitioner whose practice spans the full breadth of PI claims, from trippers to industrial disease, and from whiplash to tetraplegia. He also undertakes clinical negligence work and cases involving professional negligence arising out of PI & Medical claims. Richard is regularly instructed on behalf of both Claimants and Defendants, and has extensive experience over 25 years of advocacy in the County Court, Coroner’s Court, High Court and Court of Appeal, related advice and drafting, mediation and other forms of ADR. Richard lectures to both solicitors and barristers on various aspects of personal injury law and has featured on the College of Law’s ‘Legal Network Television’ DVD-based training service. He has written articles on aspects of personal injury law and practice.

Richard Power

Barrister: Richard was elected Head of Lamb Chambers in May 2016. Richard has a wide practice comprising of commercial, property and costs. He has appeared at all levels including the Supreme Court, the Court of Appeal and the High Court. He regularly appears in the Senior Courts Costs Office. He represented the successful Appellant, Patricia Jones, in Jones -v- Kernott [2011] UKSC 53 in the Supreme Court having also represented her in the county court, the High Court and the Court of Appeal. He has been included in the Legal 500 for many years as a leading junior in the personal injury and costs sections.

Simon Brilliant

Simon is a well established practitioner in a range of real property and landlord and tenant matters. He specialises in litigation and related advisory work, and undertakes both commercial and residential cases. He has considerable experience of both oral and written advocacy. He sits as a specialist tribunal judge dealing with both land registration and residential property disputes.

Stephen Shaw

Barrister now working exclusively in mediation of commercial and prioerty disputes

Timothy Frith

Barrister: Tim is a highly experienced barrister who acts in domestic, international and offshore cases. He is called to the bar of England & Wales, Bermuda and BVI and has a strong Commercial, Corporate, and Trust practice with expertise in complex multi-jurisdictional high value work. He has represented international and local clients in a wide range of jurisdictions in Court, Arbitration and Mediation. Tim is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and a CEDR accredited mediator. He has worked in law-firms in Singapore, Bermuda and BVI and understands that good client skills and effective team work are essential in achieving the best results for a client whether in collaboration with international firms on large scale projects or by simply having a good effective working relationship with an instructing solicitor or in house counsel in Domestic work. Tim has a wide experience of all areas of civil work which he brings to bare in achieving pragmatic, business orientated and cost effective results for his clients.

Timothy Sampson

Barrister: Tim regularly acts in complex construction disputes often with significant technical or expert evidential issues – including adjudications (both under the Scheme for Construction Adjudication and under ad hoc rules) and High Court TCC enforcement proceedings including recent appeals to the Court of Appeal Gosvenor London Ltd v Aygun Aluminium UK Ltd [2018] EWCA Civ 2695: [2019] Bus. L.R. [2019] B.L.R. 99; 182 Con. L.R. 38 | [2019]; C.I.L.L. 4249: and Brown & Brown v Complete Building Solutions Ltd. [2016] EWCA Civ 1; [2016] B.L.R. 98; [2016] 164 Con. L.R. 21. Tim also has substantial experience in relation to domestic building disputes, with a particular emphasis on dealing with such cases through mediation or ADR. Tim became head of Lamb Chambers’ construction group in January 2020. Tim also has a very successful intellectual property practise which covers all aspects of UK and European intellectual property law (copyrights: Davies v Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club (1986) Ltd [2019] EWHC 1252 (Ch), trademarks and brand rights: Asian Business Publications Ltd v British Asian Achievers Awards Ltd [2019] EWHC 1094 (IPEC), rights in designs and patents) in the High Court (IPEC and chancery division), the UKIPO and the CJEU: Sun Mark Ltd and Bulldog Energy Drink Ltd v Red Bull GmbH – (Court of Justice of the EU – Case C-206/15 P: 2015). His practise also includes conducting complex arbitrations of intellectual property claims under both LCIA and AAA rules. He also advises on and drafts commercial contracts, licensing and franchising agreements, and software licensing agreements. In addition, Tim also lectures and writes and lectures on all his specialist areas of legal practise and for a number of years has taught on professional training courses run by BPP University.

William Skjøtt

Barrister: William Skjøtt is experienced in all aspects of commercial and chancery disputes, with particular expertise in trusts and insolvency. William read International Relations and Modern History at St Andrew’s University and completed his Masters in Modern History in 2007. He won the Inner Temple Inter-Varsity Moot in 2013 and convened the Magna Carta Moot in 2014 & 2015.

Winston Jacob

Barrister: Winston specialises in property, commercial and insolvency litigation. He provides advice, drafting and advocacy to clients across these specialisms. Please click on a specialism link below for more details of his experience in the relevant practice area. He has appeared as sole counsel at all levels up to the Court of Appeal and has drafted a notice of objection to permission to appeal in the Supreme Court. He regularly appears in the High Court, the County Court, the First-tier Tribunal and the Upper Tribunal in petitions, applications and trials. He appeared in the Court of Appeal for the successful Appellant in Elim Court RTM Co Ltd v Avon Freeholds Ltd [2017] H.L.R. 18; [2017] EWCA Civ 89. He has particular experience of commercial debt recovery, personal insolvency, mortgage disputes and landlord and tenant. Winston represents the Bar Standards Board before the Bar Disciplinary Tribunal and the Interim Suspension Panel. He has also taken part in the Chancery Bar’s pro bono CLIPS scheme to assist litigants in person in the High Court. He has provided insolvency training to the internal lawyers at the Bar Standards Board. He has provided lectures on various topics to solicitors, corporate lay clients and the judiciary. Winston edits the Tenant arrears and bankruptcy section of the RICS isurv website. In certain circumstances, Winston accepts direct instructions on a public access basis. Winston was appointed a Deputy District Judge on the South Eastern Circuit in May 2020.

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