Radcliffe Chambers ranked as a leading set in Chambers UK Bar 2024
We are delighted to be recognised as a leading set by Chambers UK Bar 2024, achieving 72 individual barrister rankings, which includes 2 star individuals, 21 new and improved, and 1 up and coming. Radcliffe Chambers has been recognised for its expertise in 14 practice areas (listed below), which includes a tier 1 ranking for […]
Olivia Wilson
Olivia regularly appears as sole counsel in the County Courts and High Courts and is building a broad chancery and commercial practice. A summary of Olivia’s experience is set out in the drop-down headings below. During pupillage Olivia was supervised by Andrew Brown, Oliver Hilton, Henry Day and Lauren Kreamer. Prior to commencing pupillage Olivia worked in the corporate department of a well-regarded […]
James Anson-Holland
Before transferring to the English Bar, James practiced law in New Zealand and in the Cayman Islands. As a result, he has extensive trial and appellate experience beyond his year of call and has acted (both led and unled) in cases at various levels, including being led in the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. […]
Harmish Mehta
Harmish has extensive experience of working in counsel teams with senior colleagues on complex and high-value disputes, and complements this experience with his busy unled practice. His ongoing and recent work includes defending civil fraud proceedings allegedly valued at more than £300 million (led by senior and junior counsel), preparing an application for worldwide freezing injunctions (led by senior junior counsel) and assisting senior counsel with preparation for a six-day trial of an unfair prejudice petition. Harmish received First Class Honours […]
Jeremy Cousins KC retires from Radcliffe Chambers
Today marks the retirement of Jeremy Cousins KC, an eminent barrister and outstanding member of Radcliffe Chambers. Having been called to the Bar in 1977 and being appointed Queen’s Counsel in 1999, Jeremy has become one of London’s leading barristers in the field of commercial and commercial chancery law and professional negligence and breach of […]
London Luton BPRA Property Fund LLP v HMRC
HMRC have secured a major victory in the case of London Luton BPRA Property Fund LLP v HMRC, which concerns the availability of business premises renovation allowances, a type of capital allowances. The case relates to the conversion of a property into a hotel situated near London Luton airport. The issues in the case included […]
Volkerrail Plant Ltd & Ors v HM Revenue and Customs [2023] EWCA Civ 210 – Mark Fell KC
This important decision concerns the legitimacy of the public policy objective of preventing the cross border double deduction of losses for tax purposes. Mark Fell KC appeared for HMRC, along with David Ewart KC and Harry Winter. The case arose from a dispute over the compatibility of an aspect of UK group relief rules with […]
Robert Lee
Robert has worked on cases across the range of traditional and commercial Chancery work including insolvency, company, commercial, wills and probate, trusts, property, landlord and tenant, and professional negligence. He is developing a particular expertise in insolvency, commercial, and contentious probate matters. Before starting pupillage at Radcliffe, Robert worked as a Legislation Adviser at the […]
Amber Turner
Amber regularly appears as sole counsel in the County Court and High Court. She has also been instructed as junior counsel in the Court of Appeal and in the Commercial Court and has experience of appearing in the First-tier Tribunal (Property Chamber). Amber is continuing to build a mixed Chancery practice combining commercial, insolvency, private client and property work. Before starting pupillage at Radcliffe, Amber worked […]
Simon Mills
Simon been long been recognised as a leading barrister in Commercial Dispute Resolution in Chambers and Partners, and Chambers Global, and in Legal 500 he is recommended in Civil Fraud, Commercial Litigation, Banking and Finance, and now in Crypto and Blockchain Assets. Directory quotes comment that he is “A formidable advocate and a must-have part of our litigation arsenal”, “Brilliant […]
