Contributors

Company, Commercial and Insolvency

Peter Oliver (2002) 4 Pump Court Peter has a wide-ranging practice that covers many areas of commercial and common law. He has particular experience in insurance (particularly claims involving fraud, non-disclosure and misrepresentation), construction, financial services, contractual disputes, insolvency, professional negligence and banking. email

Laura Crowley (2005) 4 Pump Court Laura has a predominantly commercial and common law practice with experience in the fields of construction, professional negligence, insurance and general commercial law. email

Construction

Alice Sims (2004) Keating Chambers Alice practices in all areas of construction law including international arbitrations, adjudications and court proceedings. She also undertakes energy and utility related disputes and professional negligence claims (architects, surveyors, engineers). email

Criminal

James Fletcher (2000) 5 St Andrew's Hill Specialises in criminal law as well as doing general civil work. email

EC and Public International Law

Sudhanshu Swaroop 20 Essex Street Wide area of commercial law (including international trade, banking, fraud, financial services, insurance and shipping) and public international/human rights law. email

Education Law

James Schofield (2004) Coram Chambers James practises in all areas of family law. He has a strong interest in public and administrative law, human rights law and education law, civil liberties and international humanitarian law. email

Employment

Daniel Barnett 1 Temple Gardens Daniel specialises in all aspects of employment law. In addition to numerous articles, his books include: 'The Law Society Handbook on Employment Law' (Law Society Publishing, 2nd edn 2004) and 'Managing Dismissals' (Tolley, 2nd edn, 2004). He edits his own free employment law newsletter to which one can subscribe at www.danielbarnett.co.uk. email

Benjamin Hay 1 Temple Gardens Benjamin specialises in all aspects of employment law, commercial litigation and personal injury. He is a contributor to 'Age Discrimination - A Guide to the New Law' published by the Law Society. email

Emma Price (2007) 1 Temple Gardens Emma has a broad civil practice including all areas of employment law, personal injury, costs and general common law. email

Extradition

Rebecca Hill (2004) Great James Street Chambers Rebecca is a criminal practitioner specialising in extradition, which she both prosecutes and defends. She has a developing interest in judicial review and human rights as they apply to criminal law. email

Amelia Nice (2006) Great James Street Chambers Amelia practices in crime, particularly extradition, public law. She has a strong interest in public and administrative law, human rights law and a developing practice in education law. email

Family

Emily Beer (2004) Three Dr Johnson's Buildings Her practice covers a wide range of Family Law including care proceedings and trust of land matters as well as matrimonial finance. email

Financial Services Law

James Purchas 4 Pump Court General commercial practice covering Commercial Fraud, Computer and IT work, Construction, Financial Services, Insolvency, Insurance, Private International Law and Professional Negligence. email

Sandradee Joseph (1998) 13 Old Square Practice covers general chancery and commercial litigation with a particular focus on insurance, insolvency, asset recovery, financial services and commercial fraud. Also general PI. email

Intellectual Property

Christy Rogers 7 New Square A varied practice covering most of the areas of intellectual property, including all matters involving trade marks and trade names; copyright in the various media; design rights; confidential information; and patents; as well as some commercial matters relating to the entertainment business. email

IT

Matthew Lavy 4 Pump Court Matthew has a broad commercial practice but with a particular interest and specialism in disputes involving computer software and Information Technology systems. He is a contributor to the Computer Consultants chapter in Simpson's "Professional Negligence and Liability". email

Media and Entertainment

Richard Munden (2003) 5RB Richard specialises in defamation, privacy and confidence, copyright, reporting restrictions, data protection, and other media and entertainment related work. email

Personal Injury (and also Costs and Civil Procedure)

Aidan Ellis (2005) 1 Temple Gardens All areas of PI, credit hire, fraud, costs and employment. email

Anthony Johnson (2006) 1 Temple Gardens All areas of personal injury, employment, credit hire, costs and general common law. He Represents both Claimants and Defendants. email

Tim Kevan (1996) Writer and former PI barrister for ten years. email

Heather Dardis (2000) 1 Temple Gardens All areas of PI including RTAs, health & safety at work, occupiers, coroners & CICA. Represents Claimants & Defendants. email

Professional Negligence and Insurance

James Purchas 4 Pump Court General commercial practice covering Commercial Fraud, Computer and IT work, Construction, Financial Services, Insolvency, Insurance, Private International Law and Professional Negligence. email

Property

Annette Prand Lamb Chambers Specialises in property law (including landlord and tenant) as well as contractual and commercial disputes and company law. Author of 'The European Trademark Office - The Function and Significance of the Community Trademark' (Kovac Verlag, Hamburg, 1999) and co-author of 'Butterworths Law of Limitation'. email

Gary Blaker Selborne Chambers He has extensive experience in all aspects of property litigation including landlord and tenant and real property disputes. He has been listed for the past three years as a leading junior in the field of property litigation by the Legal 500 and in the 2004 edition of Legal Experts for commercial litigation. He regularly provides seminars and has written numerous articles on different areas of property law. email

Public Law

Kris Gledhill Camberwell Chambers Kris Gledhill has a long experience of criminal defence (now limited to appeals) and judicial review work, including mental health, prison law, and general human rights matters. He edits the Mental Health Law Reports and the Prison Law Reports, available from Southside Legal Publishing Ltd. email

Shipping & Maritime

Jeremy Lightfoot Stone Chambers Jeremy has a broad commercial practice, specialising in shipping and maritime law. email

Tax

Eamon McNicholas www.EamonMcNicholas.com Practises at 3 Temple Gardens Tax Chambers and specialises in tax and specifically indirect tax, VAT and Duties Tribunals, environmental and tax & human rights issues. His practice is particularly helped by the fact that he originally qualified and worked as a chartered management accountant before coming to the Bar. He has written numerous articles. email