Hundred Court Chambers

In 2025 Oriel Chambers and Atlantic Chambers, two of Liverpool’s oldest and most respected sets, merged to create Hundred Court Chambers. In a forever changing legal marketplace the merger significantly enhanced the levels of service that Chambers can provide for its clients, whilst additionally creating exciting opportunities for both members and staff in a Chambers with a progressive, modern and client focused mindset.

With roots dating back over one hundred years and with immense pride in its Northern presence, Hundred Court Chambers will build on the national reputation of both Oriel Chambers and Atlantic Chambers in providing the highest standards of service.

Hundred Court Chambers benefits from a strength and depth of Counsel across all specialist practice areas, with our barristers regularly appearing in Courts and Tribunals across the UK, up to and including the Supreme Court.

Members of chambers are independent and self-employed with a wide diversity of skills and practices.Our ethos is always to provide a service of the very highest quality. We pride ourselves not only on excellence in advocacy and advisory work but on being accessible, user friendly and team players.

The name Hundred Court Chambers gets its inspiration from the medieval ‘Hundred Court’, once held in Allerton, Liverpool. Before courthouses existed, these courts convened in open-air settings, offering a place for gathering, deliberation and fair judgment. Adopting the Hundred Court name reflects our past heritage and joint vision, with deep local roots and a foundation of strength and integrity.

Chambers’ clients include solicitors, global insurers, local government, central government, corporate bodies, government agencies and individuals. Chambers’ members are frequently recognised in The Legal 500 for their excellence across multiple disciplines.

Our new state of the art premises in Exchange Station has created a collaborative working space for the benefit of our members and clients to work together in a modern and technologically advanced environment that reflects Chambers’ progressive and modern approach to its services.

Hundred Court Chambers is supported by a dedicated and experienced clerking team who consistently deliver a first-class service for our clients.

WORK UNDERTAKEN

Business and Property – a team of experienced practitioners encompassing specialist work within the jurisdiction of the Business and Property Courts of England and Wales including property, landlord & tenant, insolvency, company, and partnership, commercial, tax and trusts and probate.

Civil Litigation - providing extensive knowledge of advising, drafting and advocacy. The team are prepared to travel to appear in all courts in England and Wales, at every stage. We have specialists in all aspects of personal injury work, industrial disease, occupational illness, credit hire, professional negligence, clinical negligence, educational law, judicial review, insurance law, contract law and common law.

Clinical Negligence –experienced members embrace the complexity of law in these cases alongside in-depth knowledge of medicine across all disciplines including obstetric, orthopaedic, surgical, and neurological, general practice, psychiatry, emergency services and dentistry. The team can deal with high value and multi-party claims and can provide a service to both Law Society and AvMA Panel Solicitors along with the increasing numbers of non-panel solicitors handling clinical negligence cases funded on a CFA basis.

Crime –with specialist practitioners available to assist in all areas of crime. They are available to both prosecute and defend in publicly funded and privately funded matters at all levels.

Employment - the team advise and represents a broad range of employers and employees and are regularly instructed by a full range of clients, Corporate Bodies, Unions, Public Authorities, NHS Trusts and Professional partnerships.

Family – a specialist team offers the highest quality of expertise in all areas of family law. With an unrivalled breadth of experience at all levels of the Family Court, High Court, Court of Appeal, and the Supreme Court. All members offer the highest standards of written and oral advocacy at every stage covering public and private children law and financial relief matters.

Industrial Disease – team members have experience advising, drafting and advocacy in all areas of occupational illness and disease cases.

Inquests –a dedicated team including a part-time coroner this team can assist in advising and representing bereaved families and other interested parties in inquests. Covering all aspects of coronial law, they act on behalf of a wide range of organisations and individuals. Offering expertise in representing police forces in inquests where a death has followed police contact. Other specialisms include clinical negligence, industrial disease, and regulatory work.

Mediation– we offer a specialist mediation service with a small, dedicated team of qualified mediators.

Police Law - experienced members provide advice, drafting and advocacy. This entails all non-criminal aspects of police law, including civil trials (with or without a jury) for unlawful detention, false imprisonment, assault/battery, misfeasance in public office, malicious prosecution and negligence; misconduct and disciplinary matters; personal injury claims involving police officers; inquests and inquiries; judicial review and operational policing policy.

Proceeds of Crime - This team focuses on various specialisms of chambers – Criminal law, Family law, Civil litigation, and Chancery & Commercial law – upon the interdisciplinary subject of the proceeds of crime.

Public Law - Atlantic Chambers offer significant strength in Judicial Review and Tribunal work as part of its comprehensive public law capability. The Public Law team provides the special expertise required for Judicial Review and Tribunal cases and the high standards of service and experience needed by Solicitors acting both for claimants and on behalf of public bodies such as local authorities, police authorities and NHS Trusts.