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History of St Philips Chambers

History:

  • 1998 – Priory Chambers (formerly No.2 Fountain Court) and No.7 Fountain Court merge to become St Philips Chambers in Birmingham, the largest chambers in the country at that time;
  • 2001 – St Philips moves to 55 Temple Row – purpose built premises in the heart of the legal and business quarter;
  • 2002 – St Philips Chambers merges with No.1 Fountain Court;
  • 2014 – St Philips opens in Leeds.

Former members:

  • The Rt Hon Sir Andrew McFarlane (current President of the Family Division)
  • Lord Hughes of Ombersley (former Supreme Court Judge)
  • Lord Justice William Davis
  • Mr Justice Alistair MacDonald
  • Mr Justice Edward Pepperall (current Presiding Judge of Midland Circuit)
  • Mr Justice Stephen Eyre
  • Sir Stephen Brown, (former President of the Family Division)
  • Sir Brian Bush
  • Sir Richard Gibbs
  • Sir Christopher Stuart-White
  • HH Kenneth Mynett QC
  • HH James Ross QC
  • HH John Field Evans QC
  • HH Michael Dillon KC
  • HH Alexander Morrison
  • HH John Wilson
  • HH Peter Stretton
  • HH Malcom Ward
  • HH Michael Mander
  • HH Charles Durman
  • HH Elizabeth Fisher
  • HH John Wait
  • HH Ian Morris
  • HH James Orrell
  • HH Peter Northcote
  • HH Alan Taylor
  • HH James Pyke
  • HH Patricia Deeley
  • HH Richard Griffith-Jones
  • HH John Price
  • HH Michael Dudley
  • HH Heather Swindells KC
  • HH Patrick McCahill KC
  • HH Philip Parker KC
  • HHJ Melborne Inman KC (current Recorder of Birmingham)
  • HHJ David Worster
  

 
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Birmingham

55 Temple Row
Birmingham
B2 5LS
0121 246 7000

Leeds

29 Park Square
Leeds
LS1 2PQ

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