No5 Chambers is a set on a national scale. Introducing No5 Barristers Chambers
WELCOME TO No5 BARRISTERS CHAMBERS Throughout our 100 year history, we have established a reputation for breaking new ground and continue to be regarded as a progressive and forward-thinking set, maintaining our success in traditional sectors of law whilst offering specialist advice and representation at the cutting edge of newly evolving areas. With offices in Birmingham, London, Bristol and Leicester we are well placed to provide expertise at all levels throughout the UK and overseas. We are one of the largest sets of barristers chambers in the UK with over 250 members including 36 Queens Counsel. Our growth and reputation can be attributed to a structured recruitment process, with quality of tenants rather than quantity at its core. Our forward-thinking approach and flexibility to change to market needs has enabled us to attract well-known and respected professionals to the Bar, including partners from leading solicitors firms and senior members of other professions, for example; a former neuro surgeon, dentist, doctors, engineers and members of the armed forces, all of whom have brought new skills to the respective groups they have joined. We are able to accept work on a public access basis and have invested a great deal of time and resources to ensure that our services are easily accessible to the general public, offering clients direct and immediate access to the wealth of expertise offered by our members. Why should you instruct us? We have the expertise to provide advice and representation across the full spectrum of the law. We pride ourselves in providing a service that our clients describe as exceptional. A large number of our clients have instructed us for many years, which is a true reflection of the level of service we provide. At No5, we believe that you, the client, should come first and our members will work closely with you at all times to provide you with the best legal advice and advocacy. What makes us different? We are innovative in our thinking and in recent years have developed links with India, Dubai, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Trinidad, Turkey, Hong Kong, Thailand and mainland China. One of the key components of our strategy is to offer our services not just throughout the UK but to the global market. We are friendly and approachable, enabling us to provide each of our clients with a personal and professional service. We can provide counsel who are leaders in their field, ensuring you receive the best quality legal advice at all times. Training We provide CPD accredited seminars in all major areas of law and several specialist fields and can offer first-class tailored training programmes. Visit www.no5.com to view our current seminar programme. Areas of expertise Agriculture & Rural Affairs Alternative Dispute Resolution Banking, Finance & Financial Regulation Clinical Negligence Commercial & Chancery Commercial Litigation Company & Partnership Coronial Law Costs & Litigation Funding Court of Protection Credit Hire Crime Criminal Fraud & Proceeds of Crime Education Law Employment Estates, Trusts & Tax Family Fraudulent Insurance Claims Immigration, Asylum & Nationality Industrial Disease Inquests, Public Inquiries & Coronial Law Insolvency Insurance Intellectual Property & IT International International Arbitration & Trade International Law & Human Rights International Travel Litigation Mediation Misconduct & Compliance Personal Injury Planning & Environment Prison & Police Law Professional Negligence Property Public Law Regulatory & Licensing Sports & Media Law Technology & Construction
What the experts say about us Highlighted below are examples of how we are viewed in the market place by independent assessors. It is the calibre of barristers that most pleases Clinical Negligence Standout Set. Clerks are friendly, fast and efficient and will do anything they can to help. With specialist counsel including practitioners with medical and dentistry qualifications, we have been involved in some of the most important and significant cases in the UK. Commercial & Chancery No5 Barristers Chambers commercial team provides top quality work, advocacy, understanding, depth of knowledge and outstanding client care. Renowned for its tight-knit teams of specialists with a user friendly and commercial approach, the group is able to provide its clients with legal expertise of the highest quality across the full range of Commercial & Chancery work including areas such as Construction & Engineering, Intellectual Property & Media and International Arbitration & Trade. Crime Large and strong team that is able to provide eperts. We are at the cutting-edge of criminal law, including all serious and complicated cases such as serious fraud, money laundering, confiscation, asset recovery, homicide and sexual offences. Employment Renowned for its employment work. Family No5 Barristers Chambers is a set with a national reach that has a wealth of highly experienced individuals who undertake a broad spectrum of family work. 2017 We can provide advice and representation at every level and clients benefit from practitioners who are trained mediators, as well as those with part-time judicial roles. Our members can provide skilled advice and representation in all courts from Family Proceedings to the House of Lords. Immigration A well-respected national practice that is recognised for its exposure before the upper tribunal, court of appeal and the Supreme Court. Comprising of one of the largest Immigration Groups in the country, our barristers are at the cutting edge of the development of the law in the field. The Group advise and appear before the First-Tier Tribunal and the Upper Tribunal, the Administrative Court, Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court. Personal Injury One of the leading sets in the field, No5 Chambers is Top Class. Drawing consistent respect from solicitors who enjoy the responsiveness of our practitioners, the quality and depth of our members ensure claimants and defendants alike have access to some of the leading lights in this field. Planning & Environment Go-to set for planning and construction. We are renowned as one of the leading sets for planning barristers in the country. Our practitioners have long been recognised as setting the standards in planning and environment law, providing advocacy across both the public and private sectors. Public Law No5 has established itself as a go-to set for public law matters. Our Public Law group includes some of the leading practitioners in the country when it comes to bringing and defending challenges to the legality of the actions of public bodies, both in the UK and abroad. Upholding civil liberties and human rights lies at the heart of everything we do, whether acting for the individual or the public body. Regulatory & Licensing No5 is well known for regulatory work. Our Regulatory and Licensing team provide advocacy and advice at each level in this rapidly growing area of law. Our members bring extensive experience from many different areas of specialism and are regularly instructed for both prosecution and defence. We have panel members on both the DTI and HSE approved lists. We provide expertise before employment tribunals and the High Court, working with in-house solicitors as well as clients through public access. For more information on all our areas of expertise and all members please visit www.no5.com or contact Chief Executive & Director of Clerking Tony McDaid on Tel: +44 (0) 845 210 5555 or Email: info@no5.com
No5 Barristers Chambers has enviable size and strength. It operates like a well-oiled machine and is admired for its good team players who are highly commercial in their approach.
Head of Chambers Mark Anderson QC Chief Executive & Director of Clerking Tony McDaid Birmingham Fountain Court Steelhouse Lane Birmingham B4 6DR DX 16075 Fountain Court Birmingham Fax: +44 (0) 121 606 1501 London Greenwood House 4-7 Salisbury Court London EC4Y 8AA DX 449 London Chancery Lane Fax: +44 (0) 207 900 1582 Bristol 38 Queen Square Bristol BS1 4QS DX 7838 Bristol Fax: +44 (0) 117 917 8501 Leicester Provincial House 37 New Walk Leicester LE1 6TU DX 141225 Leicester 19 Tel: +44 (0) 845 210 5555 Email: info@no5.com www.no5.com @No5Chambers No5 Barristers Chambers provides services on an equal opportunity basis