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Offices

1946

Established Year

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Overview

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Kings Chambers is one of the UK’s leading barristers’ chambers, renowned for excellence in advocacy, expertise and client service. With a national reputation and locations in Manchester, Leeds and Birmingham, we are a large specialist set advising across a wide range of practice areas, including business and property, planning and environmental law, personal injury, clinical negligence, costs, employment, sports law, public law, mediation and arbitration.

Capabilities (15)

  • Abuse & Human Rights Claims
  • Admin & Public Law
  • Business & Property
  • Clinical Negligence & Healthcare
  • Costs & Litigation Funding
  • Court of Protection
  • Employment
  • EU & Competition Law
  • Inquests
  • International & Offshore
  • Licensing
  • Planning & Environment
  • Private Client, Trusts and Probate
  • Personal Injury
  • Sport

Key people

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  • Andrew Singer KC

    Joint Head of Chambers

  • Mark Harper KC

    Joint Head of Chambers

  • Stephen Loxton

    Director of Clerking

  • Gary Young

    Chief Clerk - Business & Property

  • Gary Smith

    Chief Clerk - Planning

  • Debra Andres

    Chambers Directors

  • Jake Brooke

    Senior Birmingham Clerk

  • James Mason

    Senior Leeds Clerk (PI/ Clin Neg)

  • Luke Heywood

    Senior Leeds Clerk (B&P)

Work & experience

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Kings Chambers offers specialist expertise across arbitration, business and property, clinical negligence, personal injury, costs, employment, EU and competition, international disputes, mediation, planning, public law and sports law. With leading barristers, including former senior judiciary members, Chambers advises on complex litigation, advocacy and dispute resolution for clients nationally and internationally.

Notable work

Provided by Kings Chambers

Four members of Kings Chambers appear in the Court of Appeal in an important Part 36 appeal

2026Completed

Smithstone v Tranmoor clarifies CPR Part 36 following a Court of Appeal appeal involving Kings Chambers.

Holocaust Memorial Act 2026

2024Completed

Chris Katkowski KC CBE represented the Bill’s promoter, helping secure Royal Assent for the Holocaust Memorial Act 2026.

CCC (by her mother and litigation friend MMM) v Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust [2026] UKSC 5

2026Completed

Sarah Pritchard KC acted for the Defendant in a Supreme Court appeal, with judgment handed down in February 2026.

Ranked Offices at Kings Chambers

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UK - Head office

Lancashire

36 Young Street, Manchester, Lancashire, UK, M3 3FT, Manchester

www.kingschambers.com

(0345) 034 3444

UK

West Midlands

Embassy House 60 Church Street, Birmingham, West Midlands, UK, B3 2DJ, Birmingham

West Yorkshire

5 Park Square East, Leeds, West Yorkshire, UK, LS1 2NE, Leeds

Greater London

Central Court, 25 Southampton Buildings, London, Greater London, UK, WC2A 1AL, London

Ranked Practice Areas at Kings Chambers (23)

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Midlands (Bar)

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Northern (Bar)

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The Regions (Bar)

Ranked Barristers at Kings Chambers (167)

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London (Bar)

Midlands (Bar)

Members

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  • Andrew Singer KC (1990) (KC-2018)
  • Gerard McDermott KC (1978) (KC-1999)
  • Christopher Katkowski CBE KC (1982) (KC-1999)
  • Dr N Braslavsky KC (1983) (KC-1999)
  • Vincent Fraser KC (1981) (KC-2001)
  • Paul Chaisty KC (1982) (KC-2001)
  • Satinder Hunjan KC (1984) (KC-2002)
  • David Manley KC (1981) (KC-2003)
  • Lesley Anderson KC (1989) (KC-2006)
  • Michael Rawlinson KC (1991 (KC-2009)
  • Paul Tucker KC (1990) (KC-2010)
  • Mark Harper KC (1993) (KC-2016)
  • Sam Karim KC (2002) (KC-2017)
  • Sarah Pritchard KC (1993) (KC-2019)
  • Giles Cannock KC (1998) (KC-2019)
  • Andrew Grantham KC (1991) (KC-2020)
  • Louis Doyle KC (1996) (KC-2020)
  • Sarah Reid KC (2004) (KC-2022)
  • Miss Helen Mulholland KC (1999) (KC-2023)
  • Ruth Stockley KC (1988) (KC-2024)
  • Eleanor Temple KC (2000) (KC-2024)
  • Shokat Khan (1979)
  • John Barrett (1982)
  • Neil Berragan (1982)
  • Alan Evans (1978)
  • Michael Stephens (1983)
  • Gary Grant (1985)
  • Simon Hilton (1987)
  • Nigel Clayton (1987)
  • Fiona Ashworth (1988)
  • Lucy Wilson-Barnes (1989)
  • Matthew Smith (1991)
  • Gordon Exall (1991)
  • Adam Aldred (2014)
  • Martin Carter (1992)
  • Wilson Horne (1992)
  • Richard Lander (1993)
  • Ian Ponter (1993)
  • Sarah Clover (1993)
  • Steven Turner (1993)
  • James Boyd (1994)
  • Andrew Latimer (1995)
  • Anna Diamond (1995)
  • Gavin McBride (1996)
  • Jeremy Roussak (1996)
  • Simon Young (1998)
  • Simon Plaut (1997)
  • Stephen Maguire (2007)
  • Leo Charalambides (1998)
  • Matthew Hall (1999)
  • Martin Budworth (1999)
  • Tina Ranales-Cotos (1999)
  • Brian Griffiths (1999)
  • Lisa Walmisley (2000)
  • Paul Hughes (2001)
  • Ben Williams (2001)
  • Geraint Wheatley (2001)
  • Rupert Beloff (2001)
  • Claire Steward (2002)
  • Craig Ralph (2002)
  • Michael Rudd (2002)
  • John Hunter (2002)
  • Thomas Williams (2002)
  • Sarah Lawrenson (2003)
  • Victoria Heyworth (2003)
  • Sophie Allan (2004)
  • Anisa Niaz-Dickinson (2004)
  • Charlotte Law (2005)
  • Ben Harding (2005)
  • Richard Livingston (2006)
  • Jonathan Ward (2007)
  • Toby Coupe (2007)
  • Dr Nathan Smith (2007)
  • Helen Gardiner (2007)
  • Kevin Latham (2007)
  • Anthony Gill (2008)
  • Stephanie Hall (2008)
  • Richard Borrett (2009)
  • Louise Green (2009)
  • Jonathan Fletcher -Wright (2010)
  • Oliver McEntee (2010)
  • Aidan Reay (2011)
  • Fay Collinson (2011)
  • Freddie Humphreys (2011)
  • Jasmine Skander (2011)
  • Philip Robson (2011)
  • Douglas Cochran (2012)
  • Sam Harmel (2013)
  • Constanze Bell (2013)
  • Nicholas Truelove (2013)
  • Elliot Kay (2013)
  • Killian Garvey (2014)
  • Chelsea Carter (2014)
  • Jasmine Chan (2014)
  • Piers Riley Smith (2016)
  • Aisling Campbell (2017)
  • Arevik Jackson (2017)
  • Lois Norris (2017)
  • Rosie Kight (2018)
  • Sophie Hurst (2018)
  • Ifsa Mahmood (2018)
  • Harry Dyson (2018)
  • Nick Taylor (2019)
  • Ian Cooper (2019)
  • Rory Goodson (2019)
  • Rachel Senior (2019)
  • John Meehan (2019)
  • Sam Proffitt (2020)
  • Arya Tabrizi (2021)
  • Shemuel Sheikh (2021)
  • Omar Tahir (2021)
  • Elana Kaymer (2021)
  • Chloe Reddock (2021)
  • Ben Lafferty (2021)
  • Andrew Small (2022)
  • Phoebe Mather (2022)
  • William Plant(2023)
  • Adam Weisz (2023)
  • Millie Critchlow (2024)
  • Emily Kettell (2024)
  • Martha Garcia (2024)
  • Fraser Barnstaple (2024)
  • Sir Maurice Kay (1975) (1988) +
  • Marcus Daly SC (1987) (SC-1999) +
  • Colm Ó hOisín S.C. (1987) (SC-2005) +
  • David Casement KC (1992) (KC-2008) +*
  • Michael Bowsher KC (1985) (KC-2006) *
  • Kelly Pennifer (1994)*
  • James Henderson (1997) *
  • * Door Tenant
  • + Arbitrator

Top figures

3

Offices

1946

Established Year

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