We recognise that clients demand specialist knowledge from barristers who are technically astute, excellent in court and aware of wider commercial issues and personable.
The St Philips Chambers Criminal Group is one of the leading criminal barrister teams in the country for criminal law. We boast a team of 7 King’s Counsel and 36 juniors allowing us to provide both strength and depth of representation and, of course, the highest levels of advocacy.
Our members appear in all types of criminal Courts in the Country from the Magistrates’ Court to the Supreme Court (formerly the House of Lords). The cases in which members of the group are instructed regularly feature in the law reports and in the press. Members of the team are also regularly listed in the Legal 500 and Chambers Directories as being “leaders in their field.”
We are both criminal defence barristers and prosecution barristers. Our caseload includes cases of murder, manslaughter (including corporate manslaughter), terrorism, serious sexual offences, fraud, business crime and large-scale drug conspiracies. Members of the group also appear in many matters of lesser criminality which nevertheless have devastating consequences for those facing such charges. Our sub-group headings give more detail about the cases we deal with and the services we offer.
Many members of the Group are listed as preferred counsel by key national defence firms as well as the Attorney General, the Crown Prosecution Service and the Serious Fraud Office.
The team is well represented in the judiciary with a significant number of members sitting part-time as either Recorders in the Crown Court or Deputy District Judges in the Magistrates’ Court.
We are committed to the profession and the development of necessary skills. Individual members of the group have roles on the Bar Council and within the Criminal Bar Association. The group also has a substantial number of advocacy trainers for the Midland Circuit and the Inns of Court.
We deal with publicly funded and privately funded cases. Many of our group are Public Access and Direct Access trained. This allows for direct instruction by members of the public in appropriate cases without the need for the instruction of a solicitor as well, or direct instruction from another professional.
‘The strongest spread of counsel at all levels in criminal work, including the best selection of silks in the Midlands.’ Legal 500 2023
“The premier set for crime in Birmingham. Many of its members go to the bench or take silk. It is a breeding ground for high-quality advocates.” Legal 500 2023
“The clerking is brilliant. They are absolutely on top of their game.” Chambers & Partners 2022
“St. Philips Chambers is a large set of chambers, offering enormous depth in the criminal department. Their training programmes are well presented, informative and hugely popular.” Legal 500 2022
“Strength in depth in all areas of practice. Strongest criminal team in the Midlands.” Legal 500 2022
Andrew Rourke, Su Turner Gilbert, Hannah Rae, Somaya Shaikh and Megan Shorney.
Lee Marklew KC of St Philips Chambers and Orlando Pownall KC of 2 Hare Court, instructed by Ben Henry of Jonas Roy Bloom, acted for the only defendant to be...
Following a 3 month murder trial at Loughborough ‘Super Court’, Rag Chand led by Ahmed Hossain KC secures not guilty verdicts on all counts. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-birmingham-64338673
Kevin Hegarty KC, leading Gulam Ahmed of Libertas Chambers, secured the acquittal of their client on a charge of Murder arising from an incident at The Cross Keys bar on...
Following a 4 week trial at Nottingham Crown Court, Blondel Thompson, instructed by Asad Khan of Hussain Solicitors, secured an acquittal in the case of R v Tkia Campbell. Ms...
Catherine Ravenscroft recently defended David Bishop-Rowe, the former Head Teacher at Sutton School and Specialist College in Dudley, in a fraud case before Recorder Simon Ash KC at Wolverhampton Crown...
Philip Beardwell has secured the successful prosecution of Ashley Kosciekowski at Shrewsbury Crown Court following a head-on vehicle crash which killed 19-year-old Charlotte Hope and left her mother with serious...
Ben Close (led by Jason Bartfeld KC and instructed Saddique & Uddin Solicitors) successfully secured a young defendant’s acquittal of murder. At trial in Birmingham, Mr Justice Choudhury allowed a...
An article written by Kevin Hegarty KC. The unhappy scenes presented to paramedics when attending an address following an emergency call include finding a baby undergoing CPR from a parent...
Kevin Hegarty KC prosecutes in ‘revenge killing’ murder trial at Wolverhampton Crown Court. Find out more about the case [external link]: https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/black-country/son-took-revenge-murdered-dad-25415344
Christopher Millington KC and Jonathan Barker defend Mahek Bukhari in ‘the A46 double murder’ trial at Leicester Crown Court before Mr Justice Saini. The trial is expected to last until...
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