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Barristers
Goldsmith Barristers have extensive experience in their respective practice areas providing expert legal advice and quality advocacy services. Please contact one of our clerks who will be able to help you find the right barrister for your case.
Anneka joins chambers after successfully completing her pupillage with the Crown Prosecution Service. Prior to completing pupillage Anneka worked in the creative world as a curator. Anneka committed...
Hannah Wilson is a pupil barrister at Goldsmith Chambers. Prior to coming to the Bar, Hannah worked as a law reporter for the Incorporated Council of Law Reporting and as an attorney for Women’s...
I have recently started as a pupil barrister at Goldsmith Chambers having completed my BPTC obtaining a Very Competent (VC) in 2020. Since then, I have gained experience working as a Criminal Defence...
Anthony Metzer QC, Head of Chambers, is a highly regarded silk known for his committed and forensically-detailed approach to his practice. He specialises in crime; immigration; Claimant civil...
Roderick Johnson has, for over a decade, practised almost exclusively as leading counsel for the defence in large, complex and high-profile cases - specialising particularly in cases involving drugs,...
Gordon specialises in all serious crime including murder, manslaughter, drugs, fraud, police corruption and serious sexual abuse. He has specialised in crime for over 40 years and has both...
Robert is a very highly experienced specialist criminal advocate.
David Martin-Sperry, called to the Bar November 23rd, 1971 is a renowned independent-minded defence barrister in high profile criminal cases; his enthusiasm for his work is undiminished by five...
David has practiced as a family lawyer and civil barrister since 1980. He has extensive experience at all levels of the family court system, whether initial hearing, trials or appeals. His practice...
James practises mainly in crime, in all areas of criminal work. He is also experienced in immigration law, personal injury, professional negligence, administrative law / judicial review, mental...
Jerry is a leading junior criminal practitioner specialising in high profile homicide, large scale drug importations, rape and serious sexual offences, fraud, money laundering and people trafficking....
Dingle Clark has a wide ranging Common Law practice. He deals with all aspects of Child and Family law. His previous experience as a Coroner means he takes a particular interest in medico legal...
Shortly after qualifying as a barrister, Simon spent several years in the City working as a tax consultant with the Solicitors, Coward Chance (as they then were) and the chartered accountants,...
Juliann was called to the Bar in 1985. Juliann initially specialised in Crime and Licensing but accepted Family cases from 1991. Since around 2000 she has specialised in Family cases. Criminal...
Barry is a specialist in commercial and civil litigation particularly property related. He started his legal career as a common law practitioner. In thirty years of practice there are few areas of law...
Matthew Sowerby specialises in Human Rights and Immigration Law. His clients can expect to obtain comprehensive, realistic and practical advice and representation in relation to any aspect of...
Stuart is a very experienced civil and family practitioner. Stuart is qualified to undertake direct access work and is happy to offer fixed fee initial case assessments.
David practices mainly in landlord and tenant, general common law and commercial litigation. Additionally, David has experience in personal Injury and professional Liability. He has extensive...
Pamilla has a wide range of experience in family law cases. Pamilla is IATC qualified to undertake advocacy training and teaches trainee barristers on the BPTC and is an External Examiner for the...
Dominic Bell has practised exclusively in criminal litigation for the last 27 years and appears exclusively for the defence. Dominic’s practice is that of serious crime and he now invariably acts as...
Paul regularly acts in the most high profile international cases, advising Governments and well-known individuals and companies. He has a particular expertise in international work and he works mainly...
Paul Richardson is a highly successful immigration barrister. Paul has 27 years of experience and is a seasoned advocate and expert tactician. He has a high success rate and a reputation for...
Adam is an experienced and sought-after advocate and impressive senior counsel with a diverse practice and experience in a range of international jurisdictions. Adam's expertise in fraud cases has...
Reuben is an established public law practitioner, who specialises in the field of immigration, asylum, nationality, human rights and animal rights law. Reuben undertakes cases on both a publicly and...
Dominic is a specialist criminal defence practitioner, most often instructed as leading junior counsel in very high profile cases. His spectacular results for clients have resulted in him being...
Tracey now specialises in Family law, having previously had a wide early practice including civil and criminal law, to appellate level. Tracey is qualified to accept instructions from members of...
Hilary has an established practice in family law. Hilary is qualified to accept instructions from members of the public, via the direct access scheme.
Pearl was an Independent Financial Adjudicator and Cost Assessor, and reviewed funding decisions, in immigration and family appeals to the Tribunal, Administrative Court, Court of Appeal and the...
Catherine has an exclusively criminal practice; the majority of which involves prosecuting rape and other serious sexual offences. In addition, she regularly prosecutes cases of serious offences of...
Nicholas is an experienced barrister who has been instructed in numerous high-profile, challenging and complex cases, as both junior and leading counsel. Nicholas is fully accredited for direct...
Daniel Coleman is a well established practitioner and he appears at all levels in Immigration law cases. Daniel is committed to appellate work and has a special interest in cases involving both...
Dominic speciliases in criminal defence work, including; fraud, armed robbery, murder, sex cases, large-scale drugs importation, violence against the person and terrorism.
Chris specialises in all aspects of child and family work including public and private law. He initially qualified and practiced as a solicitor before transferring to the Bar in 1995. Chris joined...
Anne is a specialist family law practitioner, and her practice comprises mainly of private and public law applications relating to children. Anne's practice combined both criminal and family law...
Lesley Jones began her career at the bar at a common law set of chambers where she undertook Family and Criminal cases. As her career progressed she specialised in Criminal cases for many years as...
Frances practises in public law with particular expertise in immigration and asylum, mental health and capacity, inquests (representing interested persons) and animal rights law. Frances also advises...
Phillip Lucas specialises in defending all types of Road Traffic cases and is considered to be pre-eminent in this field. He was called to the Bar in 1995 and has focussed exclusively on motoring law...
Navaz specialises in all areas of Immigration and Nationality Law, and Human Rights within the immigration context.
Charlotte practises exclusively in immigration, asylum and nationality law at all levels of the tribunal and higher courts. Charlotte is recommended in the Legal 500 2021 edition in the highest Tier...
Julie is a specialist Family & Child Law Practitioner. She has extensive experience as a Junior and of cases where she has been led by Queens Counsel. Julie is well regarded for her sensitive...
Alex is an experienced criminal practitioner who appears for the defence in cases of the utmost gravity and complexity. He is also a grade 3 prosecutor on the CPS list and is regularly instructed to...
Linda has a very busy family and immigration practice; often her cases involve both areas of law. Linda is well respected for her thorough preparation and attention to detail. Linda's family...
Guy Davison has undertaken work in relation to all aspects of Human Rights and Immigration Law. Guy has been recognised by the Legal 500 2018 edition as a Leading Junior in Band 4...
Catherine was Called to the Bar in 1999 and is an established practitioner specialising in Public and International Human Rights Law. She has over twenty years of experience in the First Tier and...
Melissa was called in 1999 and is a member of Grays Inn. She commenced pupillage and initial tenancy at 3 Temple Gardens. Melissa initially specialised in crime but has been accepting family cases...
Philippa has established herself as a successful and versatile practitioner, both prosecuting and defending. As a led junior, she has defended in a complex manslaughter (gross negligence) case; in...
Soraya’s main areas of practice are family law (public and private, both children matters and finance), immigration and public law. She has expertise in matters concerning international,...
Samina is a senior public law and immigration practitioner with over 20 years’ experience. Since 2000, Samina specialises in immigration law with a background in family law. ...
Joe has considerable experience in representing clients before the First Tier Tribunal, the Upper Tribunal, the High Court and the Court of Appeal and has recently been appointed as a Fee Paid First...
Tamara is a highly experienced Civil & Regulatory practitioner and advocate in the civil courts and tribunals with a wide knowledge of general civil law as well as of POCA. Her current practice...
Amarjit is a specialist immigration practitioner and a senior member of the Immigration and Public Law team with nearly 20 years’ experience at the Bar. Throughout her career, Amarjit has been...
Alexis is a human rights and public law practitioner who has extensive expertise of Judicial Review and appellate court work. Alexis is ranked in the Legal 500 2021 edition, (Tier 4 - Leading...
Alexandra has been a criminal practitioner for 22 years and is a Grade 4 CPS prosecutor and is on the specialist CPS Rape list. She is regularly instructed on the South Eastern and Midlands circuits....
Marcia is a rounded common law barrister, who is an active advocate in the High Court and County Court. Despite her obvious interest in Clinical/Medical Negligence litigation, Marcia’s main...
Julia is a criminal practitioner with experience of prosecuting and defending across a wide range of cases including possession of firearms with intent, armed robbery and other violent crime,...
Sanaz is ranked as a leading junior within Legal 500 (Band 2) and is an established practitioner within immigration, asylum, human rights and public law. Her passion for this area of law began when...
Rita's motivation for a career in Law arose from her lengthy campaigning background on equality and anti-discrimination issues. Rita is a former Solicitor, having completed her solicitors training...
Shahnawaz Khan’s practice is divided into three areas: Criminal Defence, Immigration and Landlord & Tenancy. Shahnawaz hopes to supplement his practice by undertaking pro bono work. He is...
Victoria practices exclusively in family law. She is a skilful and effective advocate, extremely thorough and always well prepared. She inspires complete confidence in both instructing solicitors and...
Mr Page is developing an expanding practice in civil & regulatory and criminal work. Mr Page is well regarded for taking a professional and thorough approach to each case whilst maintaining his...
Jane specialises in all aspects of Immigration, Nationality and Asylum Law, and has represented private and publicly-funded clients in the following fields: Asylum Family Reunion Entry Clearance ...
Daniel was called to the Bar in 2003. He is a former Senior Investigating Officer (‘SIO’) with the Paedophile Unit at New Scotland Yard. He served with the Metropolitan Police Service for 27 years...
Meyrick’s practice has a strong focus on criminal law. Whilst at the criminal Bar he has been instructed in conspiracy, murder, fraud, proceeds of crime and confiscation including money laundering...
Jessica offers a mixed practice across areas of crime, regulatory, civil actions against the police, property litigation and civil litigation. She has a reputation for being extremely thorough,...
Samantha practises in White Collar Crime, Extradition and Family law. Samantha combines her expertise in criminal law with an interest in human rights. She is a white-collar crime specialist and...
Stephen Willmer took degrees in history from King’s College London and political science from the LSE and in 2004 was Called to the Bar with the assistance of a Middle Temple Queen Mother...
Dilan Deeljur has a wide-ranging civil practice with a particular focus on commercial, property and employment law. Dilan regularly appears in the County Court, High Court (Chancery Division and...
Sarah practises in public law with particular expertise in immigration and asylum. Sarah is also developing her practice in community care, social welfare, mental health and capacity law and...
Krystelle has a mixed practice, encompassing immigration, refugee and asylum and public law. She also has particular expertise in disclosure matters, specifically in large serious fraud cases. She...
Sara is an experienced human rights and public law practitioner specialising in all areas of immigration, asylum and nationality law. Sara also has a keen interest in public law challenges to police...
Rachel has a busy criminal practice on the South East and Midlands circuits. Clients and witnesses alike have commended Rachel for her sensitive and patient approach, and she is often instructed in...
Sangeetha is an award-winning public law practitioner with over 15 years of experience as a specialist in asylum, immigration and international human rights law. She has carved her niche at the Bar by...
Bronwen specialises in asylum and immigration and children family law.
Joanna is a specialist Family barrister dealing with Child Arrangement Orders and Finance cases (with various complexities, including, jurisdictional issues, intermediaries, mental health complexities...
Charlotte is an award-winning barrister with an extensive family law practice in complex trials and appellate cases, often encompassing ground-breaking fields of law. Ranked as Legal 500’s Leading...
Katharine has a broad Criminal, Civil and Commercial practice. She is regularly instructed in High Court proceedings particularly those concerning civil fraud, commercial contracts and insolvency. ...
Jamil is a public and human rights lawyer, specialising in personal and business immigration, international protection and nationality law. He has over a decade’s experience representing...
Oliver is a common law practitioner with specialisms in fraud and property law. He is known for his forensic approach, ensuring that no detail is missed. He is frequently praised for his...
Kezia practices in all areas of immigration, asylum and nationality law and regularly appears in the First Tier Tribunal, Upper Tribunal and Court of Appeal. In addition to representing clients in the...
Marie is a popular criminal junior, appearing on both the South Eastern and Midlands Circuits. Marie is often instructed in defence matters beyond her call and in recent years, Marie has expanded...
Amanda specialises in immigration law. Amanda moved to Goldsmith Chambers from Mansfield Chambers in October 2015. Prior to coming to the Bar, Amanda worked in the field of immigration and...
Elisabeth is dual-qualified in the US and in England & Wales. She qualified in California in 2001 and was called to the Bar in 2011. Her background is in US commercial litigation, though before...
Ngaa is a friendly and approachable advocate who fearlessly and effectively represents her clients. She is particularly noted for the manner in which she is able to handle vulnerable and anxious...
Jamila practises in public law with particular expertise in immigration and human rights. Jamila also specialises in family law, representing children in particular. Jamila has been appointed as...
Emma has a mixed practice which spans the areas of immigration, refugee & asylum, public law and a number of different areas within civil law. She welcomes instructions that are either privately...
Heather had a successful career as an NHS hospital Consultant before being called to the Bar. A highly sought-after expert witness in Restorative Dentistry in clinical negligence and regulatory...
Shárin is a specialist family barrister, with particular emphasis on private children cases. She accepts instructions across the full spectrum of family law including public and private children,...
Sarah has a busy and varied criminal practice appearing in the Crown Court. She also practises in family law, representing clients in children proceedings, both private and care, as well as Family Law...
Lawrence is a public law practitioner, and specialises in UK immigration, asylum and nationality matters. He has a busy practice representing individuals in the First-tier and Upper Tribunal, as well...
Undertaking all aspects of Children Act and Family Law Act work, Christina has a particular interest in matters involving families who manage or face challenges due to disability. Christina has...
Christabel practices primarily in criminal and family law, with an interest in human rights, mental health and prison reform. She is adept at offering dedicated representation and advice which is...
Catherine’s practice is focused on human rights, immigration, refugee and animal rights law. Catherine represents clients at all levels. Catherine's work is unique in terms of the breadth and...
Araniya is a conscientious and tenacious advocate who provides advice and representation in all areas of immigration and asylum law and public law. Prior to joining Chambers, Araniya was a Legal...
Ian accepts instructions in all areas of Chambers’ practice, with a particular focus on civil and crime. Prior to joining Goldsmith Chambers, Ian was the In-House Advocate for a nationwide...
Daniel has a wide-ranging practice, which encompasses the full spectrum of civil law. Clients praise him for his pragmatic and sound advice with detailed cost-benefit analysis and robust case...
George has extensive experience dealing with Immigration, Asylum, Administrative, and Civil Law and is accepting instructions in all these fields. George previously worked for the Government Legal...
Hannah was called to the Bar in 2016 and joined Chambers after successfully completing her third six pupillage in July 2020. Hannah is regularly instructed to defend and prosecute in criminal cases...
Harry O'Sullivan is a specialist criminal barrister who joined Goldsmith Chambers following the completion of his pupillage in 2018. He accepts instructions to both defend and prosecute in criminal...
Joseph’s practice focuses on immigration, public law, civil and crime. He is currently instructed as Junior Counsel to the Grenfell Tower Inquiry. Joseph read Law at the University of Cambridge...
Pierre is a specialist immigration and human rights barrister with over 5 years’ experience practising in the field of immigration and asylum, as both a Level 3 OISC-accredited advocate and since...
Toby became a member of Goldsmith Chambers upon successful completion of pupillage in November 2020. He accepts instructions for both the defence and prosecution in criminal cases, and also in...
Jeremy accepts instructions in London, the South East, the Midlands, and Manchester. Jeremy was called to the Bar in 2018, and has already begun to build a successful mixed practice. Since joining...
David became a member of Goldsmith Chambers upon the successful completion of pupillage in November 2020. He accepts instructions in crime and immigration. During pupillage, David was supervised by...
Alper Riza QC has acted in a large number of reported cases since the 1980s. Alper is a regular columnist of the Cyprus Mail, and is a fluent Greek and Turkish speaker. Alper was successful in...
Jonathan is a ‘very bright and incredibly commercial’ lawyer. His entire caseload for the past 5 years has comprised extraordinarily high-value contentious commercial matters. An extensive,...
Ian Mason has been in continuous practice as a barrister since 1979 and specialises in providing direct public access services in landlord and tenant law, property matters, and disputes about trusts...
Alan specialises in civil litigation and is authorised by the Bar Standards Board to accept direct public access work and to conduct litigation. Passionate about animal rights and a keen lover of...
Dominic is a Global Justice Fellow at Yale University and a Postdoctoral Research Associate at Fitzwilliam College, University of Cambridge. He serves as a Course Director and Tutor in international...
Anton originally qualified as a medical doctor and worked as a registrar in Neurosurgery, before studying at Christ Church, University of Oxford, as a Rhodes Scholar where he completed his DPhil under...
Shiraz Bhanji is an experienced practitioner across all areas of crime, employment, immigration and public law. During the late nineties Shiraz pursued interest in rural communities in Kenya...
Jasmine is Dual Qualified in Australia and the United Kingdom having been called to the Bar in 2011 in the UK and admitted by the Supreme Court of New South Wales in Australia in 2008. She is a grade...
Andrew was educated in the USA and England and called to the Bar in 1990. He is a highly sought-after, experienced advocate, regularly instructed in heavyweight cases across the full spectrum of...
Sara joined Goldsmith Chambers after successful completion of her pupillage. She is developing a busy practice across Chambers' main practice areas. Sara is developing a reputation as a fearless...
Martin Thomas QC is one of the most respected and experienced QCs in England and Wales. His practice has involved him in more than 250 homicide trials and appeals in England and Wales, including...
Judicial Career After sitting as a Deputy in the Chancery Division since 1996, Peter was appointed a High Court Judge on 15th April 2002. Since then he has sat exclusively in London until he...
Adil is an attorney admitted to the New York and Paris Bars. He handles high profile disputes in France and in Africa, and advises individuals and businesses on criminal law, white-collar crime, and...
Jamie Brotherton is a pupil barrister at Goldsmith Chambers as well as a serving officer in the Royal Navy. Upon completion of his criminal pupillage he will return to the armed forces where he...
Jeremy’s practice encompasses immigration and asylum, criminal defence, coroners' inquests and professional regulation, with a strong focus on human rights. Much of his work has had a high media...
Eric Lewis practices in the areas of international litigation and arbitration, serious fraud, banking, international insolvency and complex securities litigation. He has worked closely with the...
Mary Bosworth is the Director of the Centre for Criminology and Fellow of St Cross College at the University of Oxford and, concurrently, Professor of Criminology at Monash University in...
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