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 of No.1, No. 2, No. 7 Fountain Court and St Philips Chambers:

  • Lord Hughes of Ombersley, former Supreme Court Judge
  • The Rt Hon Sir Andrew McFarlane, former President of the Family Division
  • Hon. Sir Richard Gibbs
  • Mr Justice Stephen Eyre
  • Mr Justice Edward Pepperall
  • Mr Justice Alistair MacDonald
  • HH Michael Dillon KC
  • HH Alan Taylor
  • HH John Wilson
  • HH Peter Stretton
  • HH Elizabeth Fisher
  • HH Ian Morris
  • HH John Price
  • HH James Pyke
  • HH Patricia Deeley
  • HH Michael Dudley
  • HH Richard Griffith-Jones
  • HH Heather Swindells KC
  • HH Patrick McCahill KC
  • HH Philip Parker KC
  • HH Melbourne Inman KC
  • HH James Burbidge KC, former Resident Judge and Honorary Recorder of Worcester
  • HH David Worster
  • HHJ Barry Berlin
  • HHJ John Edwards
  • HHJ Thomas Rochford
  • HHJ Francis Laird KC, Senior Circuit Judge and Resident Judge at Durham Crown Court and Teeside Combined Court Centre
  • HHJ Nicholas Cartwright
  • HH Simon Ward

 

In Memoriam

  • Sir Stephen Brown, (former President of the Family Division)
  • Lord Justice William Davis
  • Sir Christopher Stuart-White
  • HH Kenneth Mynett QC
  • HH James Ross QC
  • Sir Brian Bush
  • HH Peter Northcote
  • HH Alexander Morrison
  • HH John Field Evans QC
  • HH Charles Durman
  • HH Malcolm Ward
  • HH James Orrell
  • HH Michael Mander
  • HH John Wait
  • HHJ Stephen Thomas