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Clarendon Chambers remains committed to criminal law and publicly funded defence work. We have a strong and well established criminal team led by Sir Ivan Lawrence QC with a wide range of experience in prosecution and defence work. The team appears throughout the criminal courts in London, the South East and on the Midland Circuit. Members will also travel further afield when required. Several members have international experience.
The Criminal Team is committed to delivering skilled & robust advocacy and pragmatic advice. We work closely with our instructing solicitors and work hard to maintain relationships with our professional clients based upon trust and teamwork. Members of the Criminal Team are instructed in a wide range of work:
• murder and manslaughter
• attempted murder
• serious violence
• sexual offences
• paedophile offences
• armed robbery
• firearms offences & ballistics
• money laundering
• proceeds of crime
• road traffic
• harassment
• anti social behaviour orders
• drugs incl conspiracies, supply & importation.
• complex fraud
• confiscation proceedings
• road traffic
• health & safety
• wildlife & environmental
• war crimes
Members of the team regularly prosecute and several members have completed secondments with prosecution agencies to develop their specialist experience.
Contact our Senior Clerk, Russell Burton, or Criminal Team Clerk, Rita Vella, to book Counsel and for any advice as to the most suitably experienced barrister for a particular set of instructions. Our philosophy is simple: we are here to help
Clarendon Chambers is committed to providing our instructing solicitors and lay clients with a highly dependable service, including skilled and robust advocacy and proficient clerking. Ongoing training and development programs for our barristers and our clerks are in place to ensure standards are maintained to the highest level. In support of our commitment to our clients, Chambers continues to develop our quality standards and holds the Legal Services Commission’s Quality Mark for the Bar, an essential long-term accreditation for any Chambers undertaking publicly funded work. In addition, we hold the Investor in People standard.
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