New Square Chambers

New Square Chambers
  1. 12 New Square,
  2. Lincoln's Inn,
  3. London,
  4. Greater London
  5. UK
  6. WC2A 3SW
  7. Tel (020) 7419 8000
  8. Fax (020) 7419 8050
  9. DX 1056 London/Chancery Lane
  10. Email : clerks@newsquarechambers.co.uk
  11. Website : www.newsquarechambers.co.uk
  • Head of Chambers: Robin Hollington QC
  • Senior Clerk: Clive Petchey
  • First Juniors: Neil Garrett
  • Marketing Manager: Paula Fox
  • Tenants: 47

THE CHAMBERS New Square Chambers is one of the leading commercial chancery sets. It has 47 members, including seven QCs. In addition to its extensive experience of advocacy before all levels of court and tribunal in England and Wales, the set has extensive experience in other jurisdictions, especially those offshore.

WORK UNDERTAKEN New Square Chambers undertakes litigation and advisory work both in the UK and internationally, including Direct Professional Access. The work done by members of chambers covers three broad areas: company and commercial (including individual and corporate insolvency, receivership, partnership, freezing injunctions, search orders, fraud, intellectual property and telecommunications); property (including landlord and tenant, mortgages, enfranchisement, construction and conveyancing); taxes, trusts and wills (including probate, pension schemes and both revenue and capital taxation). Members also cover public/administrative law including parliamentary law, public inquiries, local government and planning law, judicial review and constitutional law. Members cover professional negligence related to the above fields. Detailed profiles of individual members are available from the chambers website.

INTERNATIONAL The set offers its clients the benefit of the wide experience it has built up over many years in other common law jurisdictions and in appeals to the Privy Council from those jurisdictions including: Antigua, the Bahamas, Bermuda, Botswana, the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Guernsey, Hong Kong, the Isle of Man, Jersey, Singapore.

RECRUITMENT Applications for pupillage to be made directly to chambers via its website.


Members

  • John Macdonald QC (1955)
  • (QC-1976)
  • George Laurence QC (1972)
  • (QC-1991)
  • Robin Mathew QC (1974)
  • (QC-1992)
  • Robin Hollington QC (1979)
  • (QC-1999)
  • Stephen Smith QC (1983)
  • (QC-2000)
  • James Thom QC (1974)
  • (QC-2003)
  • Nicholas Le Poidevin QC (1975)
  • (QC-2010)
  • Rodney Stewart Smith (1964)
  • John Ross Martyn (1969)
  • Lynton Tucker (1971)
  • Kenneth Munro (1973)
  • Gordon Bennett (1974)
  • Malcolm Chapple (1975)
  • Christopher Semken (1977)
  • Alexander Hill-Smith (1978)
  • Leigh Sagar (1983)
  • David Eaton Turner (1984)
  • Claire Staddon (1985)
  • Thomas Graham (1985)
  • David Fisher (1985)
  • Ross Crail (1986)
  • Charles Holbech (1988)
  • Stephen Schaw Miller (1988)
  • Ian Peacock (1990)
  • Gerard van Tonder (1990)
  • Edwin Simpson (1990)
  • Simon Adamyk (1991)
  • Mark Hubbard (1991)
  • John Eidinow (1992)
  • Jane Evans-Gordon (1992)
  • Nigel Hood (1993)
  • Sebastian Prentis (1996)
  • Madeleine Heal (1996)
  • Gary Pryce (1997)
  • Adrian Pay (1999)
  • James Bailey (1999)
  • James Brightwell (2000)
  • Alexander Learmonth (2000)
  • Nicola Allsop (2002)
  • Tim Akkouh (2004)
  • Emily Gillett (2005)
  • Watson Pringle (2005)
  • Charlotte Ford (2007)
  • Caley Wright (2008)
  • Anna Littler (2008)
  • Thomas Fletcher (2009)