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Our Specialist Practice Groups

Our Chambers is home to over 160 barristers whose expertise is delivered through six specialist practice groups

Business & Property

Our specialist teams are formed of business and property barristers with industry recognised expertise and market knowledge; delivering advocacy and advisory services for clients from the UK and overseas.

Crime

The criminal barrister group caseload includes prosecuting and defending in cases of murder, manslaughter (including corporate manslaughter), terrorism, serious sexual offences, fraud, business crime and large-scale drug conspiracies.

Employment

St Philips has a specialist employment barrister group for complex law cases in the Midlands region, including those concerning issues such as claims for dismissal, whistleblowing and discrimination.

Family

St Philips is one of the largest groups of family barristers in the country offering a vast breadth of experience and the highest ability in advocacy and advice.

Mediation & Arbitration

St Philips is home to a team of arbitrators and mediators, experienced in mediating domestic and international disputes of wide ranging complexity and value across a variety of different sectors.

Personal Injury & Clinical Negligence

St Philips Chambers has a team of dedicated personal injury and clinical negligence barristers, providing a personalised service tailored to the needs of the solicitor and lay client whether claimant or defendant.

Regulatory

The St Philips Regulatory Group is a team of specialist barristers who provide the highest standard of advocacy and advice across the full spectrum of regulatory law.

Direct Access to a Barrister

Anyone can now get direct access to a barrister, for advice and/or representation, without having to involve anyone else.

Business & Property

Our specialist teams are formed of business and property barristers with industry recognised expertise and market knowledge; delivering advocacy and advisory services for clients from the UK and overseas.

Crime

The criminal barrister group caseload includes prosecuting and defending in cases of murder, manslaughter (including corporate manslaughter), terrorism, serious sexual offences, fraud, business crime and large-scale drug conspiracies.

Employment

St Philips has a specialist employment barrister group for complex law cases in the Midlands region, including those concerning issues such as claims for dismissal, whistleblowing and discrimination.

Family

St Philips is one of the largest groups of family barristers in the country offering a vast breadth of experience and the highest ability in advocacy and advice.

Mediation & Arbitration

St Philips is home to a team of arbitrators and mediators, experienced in mediating domestic and international disputes of wide ranging complexity and value across a variety of different sectors.

Personal Injury & Clinical Negligence

St Philips Chambers has a team of dedicated personal injury and clinical negligence barristers, providing a personalised service tailored to the needs of the solicitor and lay client whether claimant or defendant.

Regulatory

The St Philips Regulatory Group is a team of specialist barristers who provide the highest standard of advocacy and advice across the full spectrum of regulatory law.

Direct Access to a Barrister

Anyone can now get direct access to a barrister, for advice and/or representation, without having to involve anyone else.
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29/07/2026

Saxon Woods Investments Ltd v Costa [2026] UKSC 21: Directors’ Duties, Good Faith, and the Limits of Boardroom Dissent

Summary The Supreme Court’s decision in Saxon Woods v Costa is now the leading authority on the scope of the good‑faith obligation under section 172 of the Companies Act 2006 (‘CA 2006’). The Court unanimously held that a director’s genuine...

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Business & Property
Business & Property
23/07/2026

Spot the Bot: Responding to AI Generated Documents in Proceedings, 19 August ’26

Our Business & Property Juniors are pleased to invite fellow junior lawyers to their forthcoming seminar: “Spot the Bot: Responding to AI Generated Documents in Proceedings”. Join Raghav Trivedi and Eloise...
Darron Whitehead and Clare Rennie.
Crime
16/07/2026

Darron Whitehead, leading Clare Rennie, defend only acquittal in Multi-handed Kidnap and Honour Torture

Darron Whitehead and Clare Rennie were instructed by Jonas Roy Bloom to defend SR at trial for the offence of kidnap.  On 29 December 2025, four masked men carried out...
Julie Duane
Costs
15/07/2026

Julie Duane secures £20,000 costs award

This case is a stark reminder of how parties who pursue litigation which has no prospects of success and/or behave in either an unreasonable, scandalous or vexatious manner are not...
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Business & Property
29/07/2026

Saxon Woods Investments Ltd v Costa [2026] UKSC 21: Directors’ Duties, Good Faith, and the Limits of Boardroom Dissent

Summary The Supreme Court’s decision in Saxon Woods v Costa is now the leading authority...
Business & Property
23/07/2026

Spot the Bot: Responding to AI Generated Documents in Proceedings, 19 August ’26

Our Business & Property Juniors are pleased to invite fellow junior lawyers to their forthcoming seminar:...
Darron Whitehead and Clare Rennie.
Crime
16/07/2026

Darron Whitehead, leading Clare Rennie, defend only acquittal in Multi-handed Kidnap and Honour Torture

Darron Whitehead and Clare Rennie were instructed by Jonas Roy Bloom to defend SR at...
Julie Duane
Costs
15/07/2026

Julie Duane secures £20,000 costs award

This case is a stark reminder of how parties who pursue litigation which has no...
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Chambers & Partners UK Bar Guide 2026

"The barristers are also all extremely knowledgeable and approachable which makes working with them a pleasure."

Chambers & Partners UK Bar Guide 2026

"Held in high esteem by their local, national and international clients"

Chambers & Partners UK Bar Guide 2026

"St Philips is a one-stop shop"

Legal 500 UK Bar 2026

"Highly sought-after counsel."

Legal 500 UK Bar 2026

"a long-established reputation as the ‘top set in the Midlands’"

Legal 500 UK Bar 2026

"Strength in depth and a wide variety of counsel"

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