ST PAULS CHAMBERS

St Pauls Chambers boasts some of the top lawyers in the country, with specialist Barristers who provide legal expertise in Serious Crime, Fraud, Regulatory, Health and Safety Family, Civil, Professional Discipline and Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence Law. We cover many different types of hearings in many different types of courts. St Pauls has a nationwide presence with increasing international links. St Pauls Chambers was established in 1982 in Leeds with ten founder members practising mainly in criminal law. Since then, the demands made upon the Bar have seen chambers develop in so many ways to what is now a highly sophisticated legal enterprise. You can trust the Barristers to be on top of the law, providing all levels of advice and advocacy. We pride ourselves on our ability to work as a team, sharing information and supporting each other. Instructing any Barrister at St Pauls means you not only have the benefit of that Barrister.

The Bar is changing with the modern world. Barristers used to be seen as formal, expensive and above all distant, lawyers who could appear in the rarefied atmosphere of highest courts in the land, often wearing wigs, gowns, stuffed shirts and stiff collars.? Nowadays, ordinary people find that have legal issues that often do not end up in court. Long expensive trials are the thing of the past in both criminal and civil courts. Often cases go to tribunals, professional bodies, or are dealt with by mediation or arbitration, as people find that the old fashioned methods of resolving disputes are no longer relevant or necessary. The Bar is going about a transformation. Rather than looking backwards at a world that has moved on, the modern barrister has to be approachable, able to deal often very complex or serious cases using current IT and above all interested in new and emerging areas where people need high quality legal advice. Jeremy is a fraud barrister who began representing companies ( large and small) and individuals in Regulatory and Disciplinary cases approximately 15 years ago. He specialises in Product Safety cases (Toys, Baby Products, Electrical Goods such as GHD and Segway) and representing Solicitors, Accountants, Doctors, and other professionals who appear before their regulatory bodies. As a regulatory lawyer, he has become a specialist in the new areas of environmental law: Carbon Law, Energy Saving technology and Biofuels. He has also been involved in international academic research into virtual hearings for mediation, arbitration and ODR ( online dispute resolution) and is a regular visitor to China, where a number of his clients are based. The recent relaxation in the rules allows Jeremy to advise clients on a regularly on a ‘direct access basis’.