Julian Date specialises in all aspects of family law, including: care & other public law proceedings, adoption, residence & contact disputes and matrimonial finance. Julian has a particular interest in surrogacy. He is frequently instructed by numerous local authorities in public law proceedings. He also has extensive experience in representing parents and children through their […]
Dr Sara Hunton’s practice covers all areas of private family law including child law, financial remedies and matters arising under the Family Law Act 1996. She represents clients at all stages of proceedings from without notice applications to interim hearings, fact-finding hearings and fully contested multi-day hearings. Sara is the co-author of Bloomsbury Professional’s Costs […]
Angela Hodes is an established Court of Protection barrister with extensive experience drawn from practising in all aspects of family law. For many years she specialised in declaratory relief involving decisions relating to capacity. Since the advent of the Mental Capacity Act 2005 she is well known for her focus on health and welfare decision-making for adults […]
Public law junior of the year (finalist), 2020 and 2022: Legal 500 Bar Awards Barrister of the Week, May 2020, The Lawyer Francis Hoar is a top rated public lawyer (Legal 500) and election lawyer (Chambers and Partners), who also acts in employment, commercial and property law. In 2015 Francis, appearing against two Queen’s Counsel […]
Tony specialises in public (administrative) law. His principal clients are English local authorities – about a third of London boroughs and several city and county councils. He has more than 25 years’ experience of advising and acting for them in social services cases. Tony has probably been instructed at least once about every non-childcare issue […]
David Fowler is currently on sabbatical. David Fowler specialises in both public and private areas of Family Law. He came to the Bar after a successful career in local government. If you would like more information about David’s practice, please contact his clerks or call +44 (0)20 7405 6114.
Head of Chambers November 2010 – April 2026 Bencher of Gray’s Inn John Critchley specialises in media & entertainment law together with other business law disputes. His media & entertainment practice covers copyright & related rights, trade marks, fine arts, contempt of court, music business, film & television, publishing, passing off, confidential information, privacy/misuse of […]
Nikolas Clarke is an experienced employment law and inquests barrister, with additional expertise in related civil law matters. He is instructed by the full range of interested persons in inquests. Nikolas regularly acts for local authorities in inquests which raise concerns about the state or its agents failing to protect the deceased. This Article 2 ECHR […]
John Church’s practice encompasses the full range of children public law. He represents local authorities, children’s guardians and parents in complex and sensitive public law proceedings. He has an in-depth knowledge of child protection and care proceedings. John is a qualified direct access barrister and is able to accept instructions from members of the public within his […]
David Brounger undertakes a diverse range of civil work with a particular emphasis on real property, landlord and tenant, and probate. He represents commercial and residential landlords and tenants in all manner of landlord and tenant disputes from possession claims to commercial lease renewal cases, from leasehold enfranchisement cases in the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal to […]