4 New Square Chambers, UK Bar 2026

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Senior Clerk: Lizzy Stewart

THE CHAMBERS

4 New Square Chambers is a leading commercial set of barristers. Its members act as specialist advocates and advisers in a wide range of commercial disputes worldwide. The set also acts as an adviser in non-contentious disputes. The size of Chambers and the range of experience of its members enables 4 New Square Chambers to put together balanced teams of counsel to suit the requirements of each individual case. The set has numerous international as well as academic connections.

WORK UNDERTAKEN

Members act and advise in relation to a wide variety of commercial disputes and issues, both domestically and abroad

The set and its members are recommended by Chambers & Prs in all its main areas of practice:

Commercial litigation
Civil fraud, asset recovery and injunctive relief
Construction, energy and natural resources
Construction negligence
Costs
Group litigation
Insurance and reinsurance
International arbitration
Offshore
Product liability
Professional negligence
Professional discipline
Property damage
Sports disputes

Members are also recommended for:

Administrative & public law
ADR including mediation
Art & cultural property
Banking & finance
Commercial chancery
Consumer finance
Employment
Insolvency
Information technology
Inquests and public inquiries
Intellectual property
International human rights
Pensions
Public international law
Sanctions
Real estate litigation

PUBLICATIONS

Members edit/contribute to a number of leading legal publications including:

‘ Jackson & Powell on Professional Liability’ , written by members of the professional liability team, is in its 8th edition and remains a leading authority.
Alison Padfield KC edits “ Insurance Claims” .
The late Mark Cannon KC was the co-author of ‘ Cannon & Mc- Gurk on Professional Indemnity Insurance’ 2nd ed. (2016).
‘ Toulson and Phipps on Confidentiality’ 4th ed. (2020) is authored by Charles Phipps, William Harman and Simon Teasdale
Nicholas Bacon KC is a contributing editor of ‘ Cook on Costs’ (2013) as well as Halsbury’s Laws of England.
Paul Nicholls KC edits “ Employment & Commercial Disputes: the international aspects ”.
Dr Cyril Chern is author of ‘ The Law of Construction Disputes’ , “ Nuclear Power Plant Development: Contract issues, claims and disputes” and “ Chern on Dispute Boards: Practice & Procedure”.

Members

Justin Fenwick KC (1980) (KC-1993)
Murray Rosen KC (1976) (KC-1993)
Roger Stewart KC (1986) (KC-2001)
Patrick Lawrence KC (1985) (KC-2002)
David Halpern KC (1978) (KC-2006)
Graeme McPherson KC (1993) (KC-2008)
Ben Hubble KC (1992) (KC-2009)
David Turner KC (1992) (KC-2009)
Ben Patten KC (1986) (KC-2010)
Nicholas Bacon KC (1992) (KC-2010)
Paul Nicholls KC (1992) (KC-2012)
Ben Elkington KC (1996) (KC-2012)
Nicholas Fletcher KC (1982) (KC-2014)
Hugh Jory KC (1992) (KC-2014)
Jonathan Hough KC (1997) (KC-2014)
Graham Chapman KC (1998) (KC-2014)
Benjamin Williams KC (1994) (KC-2015)
Neil Hext KC (1995) (KC-2015)
Jamie Smith KC (1995) (KC-2015)
Paul Mitchell KC (1999) (KC-2016)
Alison Padfield KC (1992) (KC-2018)
Robert Marven KC (1994) (KC-2018)
Nicole Sandells KC (1994) (KC-2018)
Siân Mirchandani KC (1997) (KC-2019)
Daniel Saoul KC (2008) (KC-2019)
Roger Mallalieu KC (1998) (KC-2020)
Richard Liddell KC (1999) (KC-2020)
Amanda Savage KC (1999) (KC-2020)
Clare Dixon KC (2002) (KC-2021)
George Spalton KC (2004) (KC-2021)
Helen Evans KC (2001) (KC-2022)
Matthew Bradley KC (2004) (KC-2022)
Richard O'Brien KC (2005) (KC - 2024)
Shail Patel KC (2006) (KC - 2024)
Dr Cyril Chern, FCIArb (1972)
Paul Parker (1986)
Hugh Evans (1987)
Nigel Burroughs (1991)
Andrew Nicol (1991)
Charles Phipps (1992)
Nicola Shaldon (1994)
Paul Cowan (1996)
Michael Bowmer (1997)
Scott Allen (2000)
Stephen Innes (2000)
Carl Troman (2001)
Miles Harris (2003)
Tim Chelmick (2004)
Benjamin Wood (2005)
Kendrah Potts (2017)
Hugh Saunders (2006)
Tom Asquith (2007)
George McDonald (2007)
Lucy Colter (2008)
Thomas Ogden (2008)
Tom Shepherd (2008)
Lionel Nichols (2008)
Christopher Greenwood (2009)
Ben Smiley (2009)
Isabel Barter (2010)
Nicholas Broomfield (2010)
Pippa Manby (2010)
Benjamin Fowler (2011)
Anthony Jones (2011)
Paul Fisher (2012)
Peter Morcos (2012)
Matthew Waszak (2012)
Marie-Claire O’Kane (2013)
Theo Barclay (2013)
Mark Cullen (2013)
Jack Steer (2013)
Diarmuid Laffan (2014)
Douglas James (2015)
Simon Teasdale (2015)
William Harman (2016)
Seohyung Kim (2016)
Usman Roohani (2016)
Stephen Ryan (2016)
Dr Benjamin Archer (2017)
Hannah Daly (2017)
John Williams (2017)
Samuel Cuthbert (2018)
Melody Hadfield (2018)
Carola Binney (2019)
Anson Cheung (2019)
Will Cook (2019)
Emile Simpson (2019)
Helena Spector (2019)
Conor Ewing (2020)
Charlotte Baker (2021)
William Birch (2021)
Edward Grigg (2021)
Alex Forzani (2022)
Kelly Yu (2022)
Iona Branford (2023)
Teen Jui Chow (2023)
Jonathan Mo (2023)
Faye Metcalfe (2024)
Nicholas West (2024)
Sir Rupert Jackson (1972) (KC-1987)
Garry Borland KC (2000 Scottish Bar, 2014 English Bar)
Jeffrey Benz, FCIArb (1994)
Cyrus Benson (1992 New York, 2008 Solicitor England & Wales)
Aiman Odeh (1985 – Jordanian Bar)
Arvind Nayar (1997 - Indian Bar)

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4 New Square Lincoln's Inn , London, Greater London, UK, WC2A 3RJ
Web: www.4newsquare.com
Tel: (020) 7822 2000

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