No.18 Barristers Chambers

No18 Chambers is a  modern, diverse and a dynamic set of chambers  comprising of dedicated barristers.

We have been established for over 60 years. Our barristers regularly appear in courts across the south of England and London. No.18 barristers deliver high standards of legal advice, advocacy, drafting and mediation. At No.18 we are committed to our clients by providing both expert advocacy and advice. We provide our clients with a personal, tailored service; we are fair, flexible and transparent on fees and we look to build a pro-active partnership with our professional and lay clients.

No18 Chambers offer a wealth of experience in a wide range of areas. Our barristers are specialists in family law (public law children, family finance, private law children), employment law, civil and commercial disputes, personal injury and clinical negligence, property and immigration law.

Family: Care and children: The care and children team are a well-established and highly committed team of practitioners with a depth and breadth of experience in both private and public law matters at all levels of call to ensure that we are able to match our clients to the most suitable barrister.

• Public law / care and adoption proceedings
• Contact and residence disputes under the Children Act 1989
• Domestic violence and injunctions
• (International) child abduction

Family: Finance: The family finance team is a well-established and highly committed team of practitioners with a wealth of experience in ancillary relief and trusts of land.

• Divorce and separation
• Cohabitation including Trusts of Land & Appointment of Trustees Act 1996
• Inheritance Act claims

Employment and discrimination: Chambers has a well-established employment practice. Members of our team provide a high quality, effective and approachable service, focusing on the particular needs of the client. We regularly represent clients in cases of all complexity, from high value restrictive covenant claims and directors’ duties to unfair dismissal and minimum wage disputes.

Chancery and commercial: Members of the Chancery and commercial practice group cover a broad and diverse range of disputes, we are highly experienced, able to assist with both non contentious and contentious issues and able confidently to advise at all stages, from initial tactics through to drafting and representation at mediation or trial.

Traditional Chancery

• Court of Protection
• Inheritance Act claims
• Trusts and trustees
• Wills, probate and the administration of estates

Commercial Chancery

• Commercial disputes
• Contractual disputes
• Insolvency and liquidation
• Partnerships and LLPs
• Professional negligence

Personal injury and clinical negligence: Members act for both claimants and defendants in personal injury, clinical negligence, product liability and fatal accident claims. We have experienced advocates at all levels of seniority. Our work includes (but is not limited to): road traffic accidents; catastrophic brain and spinal injury; accidents at work; industrial disease; stress and bullying at work; and failures to diagnose. We have represented Properly Interested Parties at Inquests. We have also been involved in cases where jurisdictional issues engage and claims against the Ministry of Defence.

Immigration: Members offer advice and representation in respect of a full range of immigration and asylum matters; representing clients across the country in the First Tier Tribunal; the Upper Tribunal; the Administrative Court and the higher Appellate Courts.

Property: Members of chambers advise and represent clients in the full range of property matters appearing in the County Court, High Court, Appellate Courts and the Land Tribunal.

• Real property
• Social Housing
• Landlord and tenant
• Trusts of land and proprietary estoppel

No 18 resolution: Dispute resolution is an alternative to the uncertainty of court proceedings and litigation. It is a way of managing litigation, stress and delay. The benefits are that it is faster than litigation as things are able to get moving in weeks not months, it’s flexible with less formality and above all it’s very cost effective.