Blackstone Chambers
Blackstone Chambers is a set of barristers' chambers in the Temple district of central London. Established in the 1950s, it has 105 tenants, of whom 53 are silks.[1]
Current notable members include: Robert Anderson QC, Michael Beloff QC, Michael Bloch QC, Sir James Eadie QC (current First Treasury Counsel), Sir David Edward KCMG PC QC, Dinah Rose QC, Lord Keen of Elie QC, Harish Salve QC, Lord Pannick QC, Rt. Hon Lord Woolf QC, Adrian Briggs QC (Hon) and Professor Tom Hickman QC, Sir Jeffrey Jowell QC KCMG
Former notable set members include Sir Ian Brownlie, QC,[2] Lord Lester QC & Guy Goodwin-Gill
Their standout juniors include Jessica Boyd, Paul Luckhurst, Hanif Mussa, Simon Pritchard, Luka Krsljanin, George Molyneaux, Jason Pobjoy, Ajay Ratan & Hollie Higgins [3]
They specialise, and have some of the leading advocates, in public and administrative law, human rights, commercial & international law. Their barristers have acted in high profile cases such as R (Miller) v The Prime Minister and Cherry v Advocate General for Scotland, Newcastle United FC v the Premier League, Big Brother Watch (and others) V The United Kingdom and Begum V Secretary of State for the Home Department.
Notes and sources
- Notes
- Chambers and Partners (2011).
- Sands (2010).
- "Barristers". Blackstone Chambers. Retrieved 2021-12-07.
- Sources
- Blackstone Chambers. London: Chambers and Partners. Archived from the original on 8 December 2011. Retrieved 29 October 2011.
- "Blackstone Chambers: About Us". London: Blackstone Chambers. Archived from the original on 2 November 2011. Retrieved 29 October 2011.
- Dowell, Katy (2011). "The Bar". The Lawyer. London: Centaur Media. Archived from the original on 26 November 2011. Retrieved 29 October 2011.
- Sands, Philippe (12 January 2010). "Sir Ian Brownlie obituary". The Guardian. London: Guardian News and Media: 35. Retrieved 29 October 2012.