Five Paper

Five Paper is a modern, specialist set of barristers’ chambers in Temple, the heart of legal London. Our barristers specialise in the fields of commercial and property law.

Chambers works with clients from many sectors and believes accessibility, communication and strong relationships are key to delivering excellent results. Senior members are among the most experienced and innovative within their areas of expertise and the chambers’ juniors deal with practical legal matters on a daily basis. This range of experience enables Five Paper to provide clients with a service that is both expert and cost-effective.

Work undertaken: Five Paper has two thriving divisions, the commercial division and the property division, which encompassed the sub-groups listed further below.

Five Paper’s commercial division is a sector-focused group of leading barristers providing expert advice and litigation services to clients involved in disputes in the below areas of expertise.

Five Paper’s property division is a market leader for legal services in local government and public law to social landlords. The property division consists of 30 barristers ranked as a leading set for social housing with members equally ranked as a leading silk/junior. The division regularly appears in First tier Tribunal, Upper Tribunal, County Court, High Court and Court of Appeal.

Commercial division

• Banking and finance
• Civil fraud
• Insolvency and company
• Employment
• Business immigration and regulatory

Property division

• Social housing
• Public law
• Landlord and tenant
• Real property
• Family, inheritance and trusts

ADR: Five Paper’s commitment to ADR is shown through their arbitrator (FCIArb) and trained mediators, including a CEDR-accredited mediator, providing mediation in family, workplace/employment and civil cases.

Publications: Five Paper’s senior members edit some of the leading specialist law publications. These include: Sir Roy Goode’s ‘Proprietary Rights and Insolvency in Sales Transactions’, 3rd edition by Simon Mills; ’Salinger on Factoring’, 6th edition by Simon Mills and others; and Atkin’s Court Forms Vol. 35 ‘Sale and Supply of Goods and Services’ by Simon Mills and others.

Training: Five Paper regularly arranges specialist training for professional clients. Chambers is happy to discuss bespoke in-house training events for professional and key public and commercial clients. For further information, please visit www.fivepaper.com or contact the clerking team.

Recruitment: Pupils spend time with different practice teams to experience a wide variety of work. Our pupils will receive a total of £50,000. This will include a £30,000 award, plus £20,000 guaranteed earnings in the second six of pupillage. Five Paper also encourages applications from barristers with ten or more years’ experience within one of their specialist areas. Please contact the clerks for details. Five Paper is committed to equal opportunities for all and values diversity.