General commercial

Members of Chambers offer extensive expertise in commercial law. With experience at the highest level of commercial advocacy, arbitration, mediation and litigation, we are able to place any commercial case in the most capable of hands.

agency distribution and franchising
banking
commercial agreements
commodity transactions
competition law
financial services
insurance and reinsurance
international trade
negotiable instruments
sale of goods
shipping

Construction

Modern construction and engineering projects can become legal minefields, in which many deferent parties are involved and where the financial stakes are extremely high. Members of Chambers can be called upon to advise at the outset of projects and can offer appropriate expertise, should legal action become necessary.

European Union

The European Union law and Human Rights law team in Chambers give specialist advice on all the traditional areas of EU and ECHR law, with a particular emphasis on competition and discrimination law.

Further, the team have extensive experience of mainstream civil practice and regularly deal with the EU and Human Rights aspects as they arise in general commercial, chancery and public law matters.

Chancery

Members of Chambers provide expertise in general Chancery matters and particularly those related to interests in land, as well as commercial and residential landlord and tenant.

Commercial property

company
insolvency
partnership
receivers
intellectual property
suretyship
wills and intestacy

Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)

Recent civil litigation reforms have promoted ADR as a means to settle disputes. Chambers counts amongst its members.

FCI Arb
Construction Dispute Adjudicators

Shipping and Maritime Laws

Certain Members of Chambers give specialist advice on all the main aspects of 'wet' and 'dry' shipping, including conflict of laws relating to carriage of goods by sea and offshore activities. Subjects covered include:

Admiralty law
Bills of lading
Carriage of goods by sea
Charterparties
Demurrage
Marine insurance and reinsurance
Ship sale and purchase

Individual barristers have additional expertise beyond these areas, undertaking employment, defamation, professional negligence, Islamic commercial law, private international law, planning and environment and other public law matters.

Barristers from Chambers provide a full range of litigation and arbitration services, appearing in courts and tribunals at all levels both at home and overseas.

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