Chambers of David Elias KC

David Elias KC leads 9 Park Place’s criminal team, which offers a ‘strong group of barristers with multiple options at all levels of the Bar’. The ‘reliable, calm and methodical’ Heath Edwards is regularly instructed by defendants charged with drugs, fraud, and money laundering offences. Owen Williams is ‘an excellent advocate’ with considerable experience handling homicide and drugs cases – he recently defended a man charged with the murder, but whose guilty plea to manslaughter was accepted, after fatally punching a man, who died several days afterwards, in his home. Fluent Welsh speaker Matthew Cobbe is a Grade 4 CPS prosecutor and RASSO panellist – his practice covers homicide, sexual offences, money laundering, and modern slavery cases.

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Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

'Nigel East and Sam Johnson always provide a sterling service.'
'The clerks are always on hand to assist. Nigel East is very helpful, communicates well and is always on hand to deal with any issues that may arise.'
'9 Park Place are a strong chambers with a good mix of counsel.'
'9 Park Place is a strong set with multiple options at all levels of the Bar. When inevitably the clerks call because a trial is overrunning and replacement counsel has to be found, they will be able to provide a suitable replacement at the appropriate level.'
'9 Park Place has a strong group of barristers who mainly prosecute to a very high standard.'
'The clerks are easy to deal with and commercially aware.'

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Heath Edwards

9 Park Place

'Heath is an intensely likeable personality and this carries across in court in terms of his advocacy and interactions with juries, judges and opposing counsel. With detailed and complex cases he has the ability to immediately filter through the extraneous down to the nub of the matter, without losing the detail on the way.'

Owen Williams

9 Park Place

'Owen is very good with clients and is able to convey his advice in clear and concise language that clients can understand. He has excellent communication skills and is always available to answer any queries that a client or instructing solicitor may have. He has also proven himself to be an excellent trial advocate over the years.'