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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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28/05/2026

Major housebuilding firm, defended by Ben Williams KC, cleared of environmental charge

The Defendant, one of the UK’s largest housebuilders and a FTSE250 company, faced an allegation that sewage effluent had been deliberately pumped from foundation trenches into a natural watercourse, following a sewer blockage at a housing development in Sedgefield. The...

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Ben Williams
Regulatory
Tamsin Sandiford
Employment
28/05/2026

Tamsin Sandiford appears for Claimant in Wicked Vision v Rice at Supreme Court

Tamsin Sandiford was delighted to appear in the Supreme Court on 21st May 2026 in the highly anticipated whistleblowing appeal in Wicked Vision v Rice. Led by Adam Solomon KC of Littleton...
Jonathan Gale
Costs
26/05/2026

Jonathan Gale obtains non-party costs order against company director

I was successful in obtaining a non-party costs order against a company director in the case of Providence Web Services Ltd v R&K Giveaways Ltd and Elliott at Merthyr Tydfil...
Insolvency Conference
Business & Property
26/05/2026

Insolvency Conference, 1 July ’26

We are delighted to confirm that our Annual Insolvency Conference will be returning on Wednesday, 1st July 2026.  This full-day conference will bring together members of our insolvency team alongside leading industry...
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Ben Williams
Regulatory
28/05/2026

Major housebuilding firm, defended by Ben Williams KC, cleared of environmental charge

The Defendant, one of the UK’s largest housebuilders and a FTSE250 company, faced an allegation...
Tamsin Sandiford
Employment
28/05/2026

Tamsin Sandiford appears for Claimant in Wicked Vision v Rice at Supreme Court

Tamsin Sandiford was delighted to appear in the Supreme Court on 21st May 2026 in the...
Jonathan Gale
Costs
26/05/2026

Jonathan Gale obtains non-party costs order against company director

I was successful in obtaining a non-party costs order against a company director in the...
Insolvency Conference
Business & Property
26/05/2026

Insolvency Conference, 1 July ’26

We are delighted to confirm that our Annual Insolvency Conference will be returning on Wednesday,...
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What do others have to say?

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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