Property, chancery & commercial

1 Chancery Lane has built on its strong reputation for Professional Negligence, Personal Injury, and Property Damage work to provide relevant and linked expertise across Property, Chancery & Commercial disciplines. Areas of particular specialism include real property, trusts & probate, landlord & tenant, property damage, property-related professional negligence, property-related and Landlord & Tenant Personal Injury claims, and all areas of commercial, financial and industrial contracts, including matters relating to fraud.
Barristers for Property, Chancery & Commercial
John Ross QC
Call: 1971 , QC: 2001
Andrew Warnock QC
Call: 1993 , QC: 2012
William Hunter
Call: 1972
John Bryant
Call: 1976
Andrew Goodman
Call: 1978
Nicholas Yell
Call: 1979
Julian Waters
Call: 1986
Marc Rivalland
Call: 1987
Justin Althaus
Call: 1988
Geoffrey Weddell
Call: 1989
Maurice Rifat
Call: 1990
Angus Piper
Call: 1991
Zachary Bredemear
Call: 1996
Simon P.G.Murray
Call: 2000
Andrew Spencer
Call: 2004
Ian Clarke
Call: 2005
Roderick Abbott
Call: 2006
Richard Cherry
Call: 2009
Tom Collins
Call: 2010
Simon Newman
Call: 2010
Conor Kennedy
Call: 2011
Richard McLean
Call: 2011
Francesca O’Neill
Call: 2012
Ella Davis
Call: 2013
Christopher Pask
Call: 2013
Terence Wong
Call: 2013
Richard Collier
Call: 2016
Dominique Smith
Call: 2016
Susanna Bennett
Call: 2017
John Ross
Call: 1971, QC: 2001
jross@1chancerylane.com
0207 092 2900
Andrew Warnock
Call: 1993, QC: 2012
awarnock@1chancerylane.com
0207 092 2900
William Hunter
Call: 1972
whunter@1chancerylane.com
0207 092 2900
John Bryant
Call: 1976
jbryant@1chancerylane.com
Andrew Goodman
Call: 1978
agoodman@1chancerylane.com
0207 092 2900
Nicholas Yell
Call: 1979
nyell@1chancerylane.com
0207 092 2900
Julian Waters
Call: 1986
jwaters@1chancerylane.com
0207 092 2900
Marc Rivalland
Call: 1987
mrivalland@1chancerylane.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/marc-rivalland-21043913/
0207 092 2900
Justin Althaus
Call: 1988
jalthaus@1chancerylane.com
0207 092 2900
Geoffrey Weddell
Call: 1989
gweddell@1chancerylane.com
Maurice Rifat
Call: 1990
clerksgroup@1chancerylane.com
0207 092 2900
Angus Piper
Call: 1991
apiper@1chancerylane.com
Zachary Bredemear
Call: 1996
zbredemear@1chancerylane.com
Simon P.G.Murray
Call: 2000
clerksmurray@1chancerylane.com
0207 092 2900
Andrew Spencer
Call: 2004
aspencer@1chancerylane.com
Ian Clarke
Call: 2005
iclarke@1chancerylane.com
0207 092 2900
Roderick Abbott
Call: 2006
rabbott@1chancerylane.com
0207 092 2900
Richard Cherry
Call: 2009
rcherry@1chancerylane.com
Tom Collins
Call: 2010
tcollins@1chancerylane.com
0207 092 2900
Simon Newman
Call: 2010
snewman@1chancerylane.com
Conor Kennedy
Call: 2011
ckennedy@1chancerylane.com
Richard McLean
Call: 2011
rmclean@1chancerylane.com
Francesca O’Neill
Call: 2012
foneill@1chancerylane.com
0207 092 2900
Ella Davis
Call: 2013
edavis@1chancerylane.com
0207 092 2900
Christopher Pask
Call: 2013
cpask@1chancerylane.com
Terence Wong
Call: 2013
twong@1chancerylane.com
Richard Collier
Call: 2016
rcollier@1chancerylane.com
Dominique Smith
Call: 2016
dsmith@1chancerylane.com
Susanna Bennett
Call: 2017
sbennett@1chancerylane.com
020 7092 2900

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  • Complex Personal Injury
    Delivering ‘a consistently high-standard’ service, 1 Chancery Lane’s Personal Injury practice is closely linked to its extensive expertise across the public law spectrum. With one of the largest Personal Injury teams in the sector, offering both silks and juniors, areas of niche expertise include claims relating to child abuse, industrial disease, occupiers’ liability, product liability, public liability, road traffic, and sports incidents, as well as fraudulent claims and insurance-related work, inquests and public authority claims and inquiries.
    Other services: Motor Fraud
  • Public Authority Claims & Inquiries
    1 Chancery Lane acts for both claimants and defendants on a broad range of claims brought against local authorities, police forces and emergency services, education providers, care homes and housing associations. Members of chambers have particular expertise in human rights and other civil liberties matters; claims relating to care home regulation, child care proceedings and child abuse investigations; education-related matters; and the practice and processes of the Administrative Court and of advising public bodies as to the lawfulness of their actions.
    Other services: Police Law
  • Travel & Cross Border Claims
    Recognised as the pre-eminent travel set members of 1 Chancery Lane’s Travel Law team act for solicitors and their clients as well as directly for tour operators, airlines, cruise operators, trade associations, tourist boards, charities and insurers (home and overseas). Offering some of the leading silks and juniors in this field, members are adept at dealing with the full range of personal injury matters, including cases concerning catastrophic injury, fatalities, illness claims and group actions. The set is particularly known for its expertise in package travel claims and issues concerning liability, jurisdiction and applicable law.
  • Professional Liability
    1 Chancery Lane is recognised for legal, insurance, financial services, real estate and construction professional negligence work, and is particularly noted for its ‘unique specialism’ in claims concerning local authorities and the education sector. Members act for both claimants and defendants in hard-fought cases concerning such allegations as breach of duty, misrepresentation and fraud.
  • Property, Chancery & Commercial
    1 Chancery Lane has built on its strong reputation for Professional Negligence, Personal Injury, and Property Damage work to provide relevant and linked expertise across Property, Chancery & Commercial disciplines. Areas of particular specialism include real property, trusts & probate, landlord & tenant, property damage, property-related professional negligence, property-related and Landlord & Tenant Personal Injury claims, and all areas of commercial, financial and industrial contracts, including matters relating to fraud.
  • Medical Law
    Reported as a ‘technically strong’ team, with ‘far-reaching expertise’ 1 Chancery Lane offers one of the largest, specialist medical law and clinical negligence teams in the sector. Acting on large, multi-party actions as well as individual cases, members of 1 Chancery Lane specialise in claims relating to organ retention, cervical screening, human growth hormone, cardiac surgery, HIV/haemophilia, fatal accidents and catastrophic injuries (particularly those involving the spine or birth trauma), mental illness, as well as those concerning consent and safeguarding, human rights, difficult causation and quantum issues, inquests, inquiries, GMC and GDC regulatory cases and other professional disciplinary tribunals.

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