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Three New Square > The Legal 500 Rankings

London Bar > Intellectual property Tier 1

‘IP powerhouse’ Three New Square is home to a number of active barristers including Guy Burkill KC, who boasts particular expertise in the patent litigation arena, especially in cases surrounding the telecoms and technology industries. Douglas Campbell KC is another notable silk, and he practices in patent, trade mark, and confidential information cases. Thomas Hinchliffe KC also specialises in patent-related work, specifically in cases involving the pharmaceutical, biotechnological and computing sectors. Tom Mitcheson KC is another active team member who has been instructed on a large volume of leading and high-profile cases. Turning to the juniors, Denise McFarland has a thriving trade marks practice, and Tim Austen regularly appears before a range of courts for his clients, including the Patents Court, the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court, the Court of Appeal, and the Commercial Court, as well as the EPO.

Rising stars

Alice Hart – Three New Square ‘Alice is a go-to junior at the IP Bar. She is competent, thorough, and responsive.’
Ranked: Tier 1
Thomas Lunt – Three New Square ‘Thomas is exceptionally talented, very bright, and personable. He gets stuck in with the work and consistently makes helpful suggestions and drives things forward.'
Ranked: Tier 1

Leading Silks

Andrew Waugh KC – Three New Square ‘Andrew is the finest barrister for life-sciences patent cases in London. He is a quick read, smart, insightful, fierce, and witty.'
Ranked: Tier 1
Tom Mitcheson KC – Three New Square ‘As well as a highly talented advocate, Tom is incredibly user friendly and gets the significance of working closely with the client, as well as solicitors. He has built from being an excellent all rounder to a specialised higher court advocate and has a perhaps unparalleled number of appeal cases, including in the Supreme Court.'
Ranked: Tier 1
Ranked: Tier 2
Thomas Hinchliffe KC – Three New Square ‘Thomas gets on board a matter very speedily, provides astute advice, and is always ready to roll his sleeves up and deal with matters strategically and expeditiously. His advocacy is powerful.'
Ranked: Tier 2
Douglas Campbell KC – Three New Square 'Douglas is very good with the client, with a practical and commercial approach.'
Ranked: Tier 3

Leading Juniors

Miles Copeland – Three New Square ‘Miles is unflappable. He is cool under pressure and delivers great advice.'
Ranked: Tier 1
Stuart Baran – Three New Square ‘Stuart is one of the stars of the junior IP Bar. With a brilliant mind and incredible work ethic, he’s on top of his brief and extremely presentable in front of clients.’
Ranked: Tier 1
Joe Delaney – Three New Square ‘Joe is extremely bright and a deep thinker. He contributes well to discussions with clients, other counsel, and experts, and in his advocacy, he is clear with good arguments.'
Ranked: Tier 2
Geoffrey Pritchard – Three New Square ‘Geoffrey is an experienced barrister and works well as part of a wider team. He is responsive and commercial too.'
Ranked: Tier 2
Denise McFarland – Three New Square ‘Denise's technical knowledge across her specialisms is second-to-none. She is incredibly thorough and able to explain complex points of law, practice and procedure to clients in a language they can understand, and what truly sets Denise apart is her commercial acumen and desire to understand a client's commercial objectives.'
Ranked: Tier 2
Katherine Moggridge – Three New Square ‘Katherine has a fierce intelligence and an uncanny ability to get right to the nub of the matter quickly and with clear expression. She is clear, articulate, and efficient, and she is one of the finest barristers.'
Ranked: Tier 2
Ranked: Tier 3
Tim Austen – Three New Square ‘Tim is a strong patents junior barrister with a great personality. He is on top of all facets of the case and provides excellent advice throughout.'
Ranked: Tier 3
Daniel Selmi – Three New Square ‘Daniel has a very compelling style of advocacy which puts the case at its very strongest. He is phenomenally bright and able to master cases of the utmost complexity, whether in technical or legal aspects.'
Ranked: Tier 3
Charles Brabin – Three New Square 'Charles has incredible attention to detail and is considered in his drafting. Both these traits are really reassuring when working on pleadings or evidence with him, as you can be sure he has contemplated the multiple different ways a particular passage can be interpreted, and he is also always willing to explain and discuss alternative wording.'
Ranked: Tier 3
Georgina Messenger – Three New Square ‘Georgina is an excellent advocate, she presents the case in a clear, persuasive way and is a delight to work with. Her knowledge of IPO trade mark proceedings is outstanding and her work is always of a high quality.'
Ranked: Tier 4
Dominic Hughes – Three New Square ‘Dominic is a first-rate IP barrister with considerable experience and expertise across the full spectrum of IP rights. He is excellent with clients and with judges, as well as respectful to the other side, and he is always a first choice.'
Ranked: Tier 4

Testimonials

‘The chambers is an IP powerhouse with an excellent clerking team. Nick Hill is first rate, junior clerk Georgia Onyett is learning the ropes well and Zena Robbins on reception is a warm and welcoming presence for all clients.’

‘The clerks are generally just a pleasure to deal with. We get fantastic service from all of the clerks but I have been very impressed with Owen Beedle this year. He has handled a complex matter for me with great professionalism and skill and always with good humour. Nick Hill is always fantastic to deal with and I appreciate his input and guidance on advocate options and listings.’

‘The clerks are fantastic, in particular Nick Hill, who is the best clerk in town. He is incredibly helpful, knowledgeable and available. He will go out of his way to ensure that you are looked after, will push for the best position in listing and other court matters whilst always being extremely professional and friendly. I cannot think of a better clerks’ room in IP specialist chambers.’

‘Nick Hill was always very easy to interact with and friendly. Interactions with Nick were always friendlier and smoother than other interactions with the clerks.’

‘Very good service from the clerks, especially Nick Hill, who is a very experienced clerk and ensures his barristers have sufficient time in their diaries for patent dispute work.’

‘Nick Hill is a standout clerk.’

‘Nick Hill and Tim Fairburn are both great to work with.’

‘Very responsive clerks who are polite and professional. We were dealing with Tim Fairburn for the majority of the big trademark opposition, and he was always helpful and gave accurate fee estimates.’

Work highlights

London Bar > IT and telecoms: projects and services Tier 3

Three New Square is widely regarded as an ‘excellent set’ for IP matters and has developed a strong bench of expertise in the field of information technology, particularly technical matters concerning electronics. In Nokia v Oneplus and Oppo, Guy Burkill KC acted for the Chinese manufacturer in two separate patent infringements related to various aspects of mobile phone technology. Douglas Campbell KC represented two out of the five claimants in Interdigital v Lenovo & Motorola, a complex dispute before the Patents Court regarding 4G and LTE mobile technology. Miles Copeland brings particular knowledge of patent disputes concerning mobile phones, tablets and the internet.

Leading Silks

Ranked: Tier 1
Thomas Hinchliffe KC –Three New Square ‘Tom really cares about the cases he is involved in and is very active in working alongside the solicitor team to get into the detail and to forge the case theory from an early stage. His advocacy reflects his grasp of the case and the subject area and he is able to keep the experts honest through his cross examination.’
Ranked: Tier 3
Ranked: Tier 4

Leading Juniors

Ranked: Tier 2
Miles Copeland –Three New Square 'Miles is an excellent senior junior. He is bright, incredibly diligent and always open-minded and creative in his thinking. He is a pleasure to work with and his wonderfully approachable manner makes him particularly user friendly towards junior members of the team, who can often find conversations with counsel to be daunting.' 
Ranked: Tier 3

Testimonials

‘The set has an excellent clerking team.’ 

‘Nick Hill is first rate, junior clerk Georgia Onyett is learning the ropes well and Zena Robbins on reception is a warm and welcoming presence for all clients.’ 

‘Nick Hill is a delight to work with. Always has time and does his best to accommodate requests.’ 

‘3 New Square is an excellent set with a good range of KCs and juniors.’

 

Work highlights

Three New Square > Set Profile

This set specialises in all aspects of intellectual property, including patents, trade marks, passing off, copyright and designs. Other areas of expertise include breach of confidence, malicious falsehood, franchising and restrictive covenants.

The set: Chambers has focused on intellectual property litigation for more than 60 years and its 20 tenants, including six KCs, are all leading practitioners in this area. The set was located at 6 Pump Court, Temple, until April 1995. Former members of chambers include Birss LJ.

All members appear frequently in the High Court, Intellectual Property Enterprise Court (formerly Patents County Court) and Appellate Courts. They also engage in arbitration work, both as advocates and arbitrators, and in hearings before the UK Intellectual Property Office, the European Patent Office in Munich and The Hague.

Members of chambers receive instructions from solicitors, patent and trade mark attorneys, in-house lawyers and lawyers practicing overseas.

The majority of members are scientifically literate a useful background for the many disputes handled that involve technical subject matter. Members of chambers also contribute to Terrell on the Law of Patents, the leading textbook in patent law.

Types of work undertaken: Patent disputes form a large proportion of chambers work, mainly involving infringement or revocation proceedings. Much of the work is leading edge, embracing all major areas of technology including biotechnology, pharmacology, chemistry, mobile telephones, electronics, information technology and mechanical patents.

All members are involved in trade mark and passing off litigation, mainly in the High Court, but also in the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court, which hears trade mark matters as part of its special jurisdiction. Members also appear before the UK IPO in opposition and revocation proceedings relating to UK registered trade marks.

All areas of copyright and design right law are handled. Cases include literary, musical and artistic copyright in the fields of fashion, music, entertainment and literature. Computer software cases are also undertaken. Design right law includes both registered and unregistered designs, whether under community or national law.

Members also practice in the areas of breach of confidence, malicious falsehood, entertainment and media, restrictive covenants, franchising and the licensing of all intellectual property rights.

Main Contacts

Department Name Email Telephone
Senior Clerk Nicholas Hill
Clerk Tim Fairburn
Clerk Owen Beedle
Clerk Georgia Onyett
Administrator Zena Robbins
Members of Chambers MILLER KC, Richard (1976)
Members of Chambers BURKILL KC, Guy (1981)
Members of Chambers WAUGH KC, Andrew (1982)
Members of Chambers MITCHESON KC, Thomas (1996)
Members of Chambers CAMPBELL KC, Douglas (1993)
Members of Chambers HINCHLIFFE KC, Thomas (1997)
Members of Chambers McFARLAND, Denise (1987)
Members of Chambers PRITCHARD, Geoffrey (1998)
Members of Chambers HUGHES, Dominic (2001)
Members of Chambers COPELAND, Miles (2004)
Members of Chambers DELANEY, Joe (2006)
Members of Chambers HEALD, Jeremy (2010)
Members of Chambers BARAN, Stuart (2011)
Members of Chambers AUSTEN, Tim (2012)
Members of Chambers MOGGRIDGE, Katherine (2012)
Members of Chambers SELMI, Daniel (2013)
Members of Chambers MESSENGER, Georgina (2015)
Members of Chambers BRABIN, Charles (2013)
Members of Chambers HART, Alice (2018)
Members of Chambers LUNT, Thomas (2018)

Barrister Profiles

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Tim Austen photo Mr Tim Austen Tim practises in all aspects of intellectual property law, with a particular… View Profile
Stuart Baran photo Dr Stuart Baran Stuart is currently Standing Counsel to the Comptroller-General, and was the Legal… View Profile
Charles Brabin photo Dr Charles Brabin Charles’ practice is in line with Chambers’ specialisms; he has been involved… View Profile
Guy Burkill KC photo Mr Guy Burkill KC Specialises in all intellectual property; particularly active in technology-oriented patent cases. Has… View Profile
Douglas Campbell KC photo Mr Douglas Campbell KC Barrister specialising in all aspects of intellectual property and information technology law.… View Profile
Miles Copeland photo Mr Miles Copeland Intellectual Property, Information Technology and related commercial disputes including arbitrations; patents, trademarks,… View Profile
Joe Delaney photo Mr Joe Delaney Barrister specialising in patent and SPC litigation across various technical fields (in… View Profile
Alice Hart photo Miss Alice Hart Barrister specialising in all aspects of Intellectual Property law, including patents, SPCs,… View Profile
Jeremy Heald photo Mr Jeremy Heald Intellectual property barrister specialising in patents, trade marks and passing off. Regularly… View Profile
Thomas Hinchliffe KC photo Mr Thomas Hinchliffe KC All aspects of contentious intellectual property, with a particular emphasis on patent… View Profile
Dominic Hughes photo Dr Dominic Hughes Barrister specialising in all aspects of intellectual property. Appointed, following a selection competition,… View Profile
Thomas Lunt photo Mr Thomas Lunt Thomas is a barrister specialising in intellectual property law. His practice encompasses… View Profile
Denise McFarland photo Denise McFarland Barrister and CEDR-qualified mediator, Joint Head of Chambers at Three New Square… View Profile
Georgina Messenger photo Miss Georgina Messenger Barrister specialising in all aspects of Intellectual Property law including patents, trade… View Profile
Richard Miller KC photo Mr Richard Miller KC Barrister specialising in patents, trade marks, passing off, copyright, design rights, breach… View Profile
Tom Mitcheson KC photo Mr Tom Mitcheson KC Barrister specialising in all types of contentious intellectual property work, including patents,… View Profile
Katherine Moggridge photo Katherine Moggridge Barrister specialising in all aspects of intellectual property law: patents, SPCs, trade… View Profile
Geoffrey Pritchard photo Dr Geoffrey Pritchard Geoffrey is a highly regarded senior junior with a practice covering all… View Profile
Daniel Selmi photo Dr Daniel Selmi Daniel practises in all areas of intellectual property law and commercial disputes… View Profile
Andrew Waugh KC photo Mr Andrew Waugh KC Leading Counsel specialising in intellectual property law, with particular emphasis on patent… View Profile