Legal Personality

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Silk, Littleton Chambers

Littleton’s 52 barristers specialise in employment law and commercial litigation with additional expertise in commercial fraud, banking litigation, disciplinary and regulatory law, professional negligence, sports law and mediation.

What do you credit your success to?

Undoubtedly it would be having an extremely supportive family, a husband who understands the demands and pressures of the Bar and hard work. I have found that working with and against other barristers has been invaluable in understanding what works well and what perhaps doesn’t.

In April of this year David Green CB QC became Director of the Serious Fraud Office. Shane Collery interviewed him for Counsel 

David Green took up his appointment as Director of the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) on 23 April 2012.

After 25 years in criminal practice at 18 Red Lion Court, he was appointed Director of the newly-established Revenue and Customs Prosecutions Office (RCPO) in December 2004. A report by HMCPSI in July 2009 concluded that RCPO had succeeded in its key task of restoring public and judicial confidence in Customs prosecutions. When RCPO was merged with CPS in 2010, David became Director of the CPS Central Fraud Group, before returning to the Bar at 6 Kings Bench Walk in April 2011.  

Job title: Barrister, 2 Bedford Row

2 Bedford Row consists of 18  silks and 55 juniors practicing domestically and internationally in their specialist areas of  Crime, Fraud, HSE, Professional Discipline, Regulatory and Sports Law and has a high profile client base both here and abroad .

Tell me about your day today and the week ahead?

I’m prosecuting a trial in Croydon where there are allegations of serious sexual misconduct involving a teacher on one of his former pupils. I’m starting another trial next week in central London dealing with the paedophile unit and I’m also lodging documents with the Court of Appeal in respect of an appeal against conviction and making a trip north where I’m representing a defendant charged with relatively serious fraud allegations.

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Barrister, 4-5 Gray’s Inn Square

4-5 Gray’s Inn Square specialises in providing legal advice and advocacy in public, planning and commercial law. With 56 barristers, chambers handles cases at all levels of expertise and complexity for a range of clients.

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Silk, 20 Essex Street

20 Essex Street is a long-established set of commercial barristers’ chambers with offices in London and Singapore. Members advise on all aspects of international trade, commerce and finance with specialist expertise in banking, shipping, insurance, insolvency, IT, competition, public international law, and European Community law.

As principal legal adviser to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) from May 2006 to May 2011, how did you approach the role?

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Barrister, 7 Bedford Row

7 Bedford Row is a leading national and international set, providing expertise in family law, clinical and professional negligence, personal injury, crime, insurance disputes, employment, fraud, contract and tort, sports law, and regulatory and white collar crime.

Your practice has developed beyond “conventional” crime and regulatory to include professional disciplinary work, and you have recently been award the Bar Pro Bono Award for your work on the Bar Standards Board. How has this come about, and why is the BSB work pro bono?

My practice has always involved an element of disciplinary work, and I have represented a number of legal, medical, financial and sports professionals before the disciplinary committees of various regulatory bodies.  

Job title : Silk, Guildhall Chambers, Bristol

Christopher Quinlan QC practises from Guildhall Chambers, Bristol as a member of the Sports Law team. Guildhall Chambers was recently voted “Chambers of the Year” by Legal Week. Its 73 members (including 7 silks) offer expertise from within specialist teams also covering crime, commercial, employment, insolvency, personal injury & clinical negligence and property.

Job title - Silk, Old Square Chambers

Old Square Chambers specialises in employment and personal injury law. It is also known for its expertise in clinical negligence, health & safety, environmental, professional discipline, product liability and public inquiries. It has 11 QCs and over 50 other members based in London or Bristol 

Job title : Barrister, 9-12 Bell Yard

9-12 Bell Yard is a leading criminal set, whose members also possess specialist knowledge in common law, administrative law, licensing and the regulatory sector. The set undertakes advocacy for City law firms, public prosecution authorities, major corporates, government departments and local authorities. Chambers is authorised to accept appropriate direct and international instructions

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Silk, Serle Court

Serle Court offers expertise across a broad range of chancery and commercial disciplines. It covers the whole range of ‘business’ law, from offshore litigation about the world’s largest companies to domestic advice on probate matters, servicing a similarly disparate lay and professional client base at home and abroad.