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30 Park Place is a multi-disciplinary chambers offering expert legal advice and representation at all levels of call across a comprehensive range of practice areas. It has steadily grown into one of the most significant sets in Wales with members routinely instructed in the most high-profile and complex cases in Wales and beyond. It houses a number of accredited mediators who assist disputing parties to reach settlement prior to court. 30 is a people first chambers and with its high standard of client care there is a refreshing approach to tenders, contracts and fee negotiations.
The set: The set comprises 65 full-time barristers, including seven KCs. A significant number of former members have attained judicial office. Many members sit in a part-time judicial capacity.
Types of work undertaken: The family team, led by Catherine Heyworth has four silks and a range of practitioners from the very junior to those with greater than 30 years experience. Family@30 is known for the excellence of its individual practitioners, the friendly nature of its clerks and its team ethos. The team has a deserved reputation as a leader in the field of family law. It has unrivalled experience of family law in Wales and beyond, conducting complex and sensitive hearings at all court levels. The team represents local authorities, parents, children, CAFCASS Cymru and other parties, including prospective adopters and interveners in public law proceedings. The team has a strong cohabitee and matrimonial finance component offering expertise in all financial aspects of family law. The set has a dedicated family dispute resolution team available to assist in mediation, arbitration, collaborative law and early neutral evaluation. Family@30 accepts both publicly and privately-funded work.
Personal injury specialist Lloyd Williams KC heads the civil team. The personal injury team provides a comprehensive service with a very active group of practitioners dealing with fast-track claims throughout Wales and beyond as well as experts in catastrophic injury claims and asbestos disease litigation. At the high-value end practitioners have recently concluded a series of multi-million pound claims, including one of the largest lump-sum awards ever in Wales. Experts in capacity issues, chambers’ brain injury team works closely with professional deputies. Clinical negligence claims are undertaken on behalf of the claimant and defendant, from fast track to multimillion pound claims. The chancery and commercial team appears in all courts and the Lands Tribunal. It advises upon all aspects of commercial disputes, real property, landlord and tenant, company and insolvency, intellectual property, trusts and probate.
The public law team advises public bodies on the legality of decisions they want to take or advises people affected by those decisions on challenging them. The team includes members at all levels of seniority and with a wide range of experience, from tribunals up to and including the Supreme Court, the Privy Council and the CJEU. The team has expertise in these areas: administrative law; local government; community care and social services; education; health; housing; immigration and asylum; mental health and Court of Protection; planning and listed buildings; prisoners’ licence conditions; public procurement; and public inquiries.
The regulatory team consists of one silk and five juniors, all of whom are experienced in the major areas of regulatory work including corporate manslaughter, health and safety, environmental law, licensing and food safety.
The criminal team offers one of the largest selections of specialist criminal barristers in Wales and at all levels of call. Its members are consistently involved in the most complicated and high-profile cases and all three of its King’s Counsel have attracted national exposure. Caroline Rees KC now heads the team following her appointment as King’s Counsel in February 2018. 30 provided the lion’s share of the representation in the case of R v Mouncher and Others (Lynette White murder – police corruption allegations), which was one of the most significant case in Welsh legal history, and most of the team were involved in operation ‘Dino’, which is the largest conspiracy prosecuted (87 defendants) involving a ‘cash for crash’ operation and dishonesty of almost £1m. The experienced team covers all serious and complicated areas of work such as homicide, serious fraud, confiscation proceedings, serious sexual offences and large-scale drug conspiracies.
Main Contacts
Department | Name | Telephone | |
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Senior clerk | Phillip Griffiths | ||
Head of Chambers | JOHN, Catrin (1992) | ||
Members of Chambers | BISHOP KC, Malcolm (1968) | ||
Members of Chambers | GRIFFITHS KC, Peter (1970)* | ||
Members of Chambers | PHILLIPS KC, David (1976)* | ||
Members of Chambers | CROWLEY KC, Jane (1976) | ||
Members of Chambers | TILLYARD KC, James (1978) | ||
Members of Chambers | WILLIAMS KC, Lloyd (1981) | ||
Members of Chambers | COTTER KC, Mark (1994)* | ||
Members of Chambers | REES KC, Caroline (1994) | ||
Members of Chambers | HEYWORTH KC, Catherine (1991) | ||
Members of Chambers | PARSLEY, Charles (1973) | ||
Members of Chambers | DAVIES, Meirion (1975) | ||
Members of Chambers | HARTLEY-DAVIES, Paul (1977) | ||
Members of Chambers | REES, Ieuan (1982)* | ||
Members of Chambers | EVANS, D Huw (1985)* | ||
Members of Chambers | WITHERS, Michelle (1991) | ||
Members of Chambers | JONATHAN-JONES, Gareth (1991) | ||
Members of Chambers | JONES, Gareth (1992) | ||
Members of Chambers | THOMAS, Stephen (1993) | ||
Members of Chambers | GIBBON, Juliet (1994) | ||
Members of Chambers | HANCOCK, Maria (1995)* | ||
Members of Chambers | JONES, Andrew (1996) | ||
Members of Chambers | TAYLOR, Rhys (1996) | ||
Members of Chambers | EDMONDSON, Harriet (1997) | ||
Members of Chambers | HUGHES, David (1997) | ||
Members of Chambers | DOUGLAS, Colin (1998) | ||
Members of Chambers | LODGE, Hugo Daniel (1998)* | ||
Members of Chambers | DAVIES, Ben (1999) | ||
Members of Chambers | FRYER, Nigel (1999) | ||
Members of Chambers | JOWETT, Christian (1999) | ||
Members of Chambers | MORGAN, Katy (2002) | ||
Members of Chambers | BROADSTOCK, Byron (2002) | ||
Members of Chambers | JONES, Jeffrey (2003) | ||
Members of Chambers | HARRINGTON, Rebecca (2004) | ||
Members of Chambers | JOSEPH, Andrew (2004) | ||
Members of Chambers | WILLIAMS, Claire (2004) | ||
Members of Chambers | GARRETT, Luke (2005) | ||
Members of Chambers | PUAR, Mikhael (2006) | ||
Members of Chambers | DIEU, Hoa (2006) | ||
Members of Chambers | HOWELLS, Christian (2007) | ||
Members of Chambers | HEAVEN, Kirsten (2007)* | ||
Members of Chambers | KESHRA, Kalpna (2007) | ||
Members of Chambers | JONES, Nathan (2008) | ||
Members of Chambers | JONES, Rhian (2008) | ||
Members of Chambers | EVANS, Rhys (2008) | ||
Members of Chambers | AHMADI, Hannah (2008) | ||
Members of Chambers | DUNCAN, Gareth (2010) | ||
Members of Chambers | SHEPHERD, Samuel (2009) | ||
Members of Chambers | TOMOS, Ffion (2011) | ||
Members of Chambers | JONES, Rhodri (2011) | ||
Members of Chambers | DONNISON, Peter (2012) | ||
Members of Chambers | SCOULLER, Joshua (2012) | ||
Members of Chambers | MCCORMICK, Lisa (2013) | ||
Members of Chambers | GOWMAN, Nia (2014) | ||
Members of Chambers | AYNSLEY, Sam (2014) | ||
Members of Chambers | O'CALLAGHAN, Abla (2011) | ||
Members of Chambers | HARRIS, Oliver (2015) | ||
Members of Chambers | SHEPHERD, Laura (2016) | ||
Members of Chambers | MURPHY, Joseph (2017) | ||
Members of Chambers | JONES, MELISSA (2017) | ||
Member of Chambers | EVANS, HYWEL (2018) | ||
Members of Chambers | PATTERSON, Lowri (2017)) | ||
Members of Chambers | BEBB, Williams (2017) |
Barrister Profiles
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Malcolm Bishop | Malcolm Bishop QC, sometime Deputy High Court Judge, Recorder of the Crown… | View Profile | |
Byron Broadstock | Formerly a solicitor with one of Greater Manchester’s leading law firms, Byron… | View Profile | |
Julia Cox | Julia joined Chambers in 2018 after relocating to Cardiff from Plymouth. Julia… | View Profile | |
Ben Davies | Ben specialises exclusively in personal injury work, representing both claimants and defendants.… | View Profile | |
Hoa Dieu | Hoa draws upon his experience from previous years of practice in the… | View Profile | |
Peter Donnison | View Profile | ||
Colin Douglas | Colin is a popular and experienced family practitioner, specialising in proceedings concerning… | View Profile | |
Gareth Duncan | Gareth is a member of our Civil@30, Family@30 and Public@30 teams. Chancery… | View Profile | |
Harriet Edmondson | Harriet represents Local Authorities, parents, children and Children’s Guardians at all levels… | View Profile | |
Huw Evans | Huw Evans originates from Carmarthen, was called to the Bar in 1985… | View Profile | |
Rhys Evans | Rhys joined Chambers in September 2011 following the successful completion of his… | View Profile | |
Nigel Fryer | Nigel is an experienced advocate who has a mixed criminal and regulatory… | View Profile | |
Luke Garrett | Luke Garrett is a civil practitioner specialising in commercial, employment, and personal… | View Profile | |
Juliet Gibbon | Juliet is a senior member of our Family@30 team, accepting instructions in all… | View Profile | |
Nia Gowman | Nia joined 30 Park Place in 2015 following successful completion of her… | View Profile | |
Rebecca Harrington | Rebecca has a practice split between family finance and civil, encompassing Chancery,… | View Profile | |
Paul Hartley-Davies | Paul is a member of the Family@30 team. He has been a member… | View Profile | |
Catherine Heyworth KC | The majority of Catherine’s work now spanning across a 25 year period involves… | View Profile | |
Christian J Howells | Christian J Howells is a public law specialist. He is on the… | View Profile | |
David Hughes | David joined chambers in 2007, prior to which he had been in… | View Profile | |
Catrin John | Catrin practises primarily in the area of family law and is a… | View Profile | |
Gareth Jonathan-Jones | Gareth was called to the Bar in 1991 and has formidable experience in all… | View Profile | |
Nathan Jones | Nathan is a highly experienced practitioner who prides himself on leaving no… | View Profile | |
Rhian Jones | Rhian’s central practice area is Family Law focusing on both Private and… | View Profile | |
Jeffrey Jones | Jeffrey is a member of our Crime@30 team. He has a thorough approach… | View Profile | |
Melissa Jones | Melissa joined 30 Park Place in 2018 following the successful completion of… | View Profile | |
Andrew Jones KC | With his renowned approach for thoroughness and attention to detail, Andrew has… | View Profile | |
Andrew Joseph | Andrew’s regularly appears in Immigration and Asylum Chamber including the Upper Tribunal on… | View Profile | |
Christian Jowett | Christian’s core specialisms lie in fraud, environmental and regulatory law (and the… | View Profile | |
Katy Morgan | Katy is a member of our Family@30 team and has excellent working… | View Profile | |
Charles Parsley | Whilst Charles’ practice encompasses the broad spectrum of Chancery work, and, notably, Probate,… | View Profile | |
Claire Pickthall | Claire is a member of the Criminal Team, having specialised in Criminal… | View Profile | |
Mikhael Puar | Mikhael is a member of the Civil@30 and Public@30 teams. He joined… | View Profile | |
Caroline Rees | Caroline is a member of our Crime@30 team and one of the ‘go… | View Profile | |
Laura Shepherd | Laura became a tenant at 30 Park Place in 2017 following successful… | View Profile | |
Rhys Taylor | Rhys’ practice focuses on matrimonial finance, cohabitee and inheritance disputes. His financial remedy… | View Profile | |
Stephen Thomas | Stephen Thomas specialises in Criminal Law and is a member of our… | View Profile | |
James Tillyard | James Tillyard has been in silk since 2002. James is Head of… | View Profile | |
Claire Williams | Claire is an experienced family law practitioner and is a member of the Family@30… | View Profile | |
Lloyd Williams | Lloyd is an exceptionally experienced Silk in matters primarily regarding high end brain… | View Profile | |
Rhodri Williams | Rhodri Williams QC is Head of the Public@30 Team. Rhodri has developed… | View Profile | |
Michelle Withers | Barrister.Michelle joined 30 Park Place in April 2009 and is a senior member… | View Profile |