JUNIOR PROFILE

Charles Phipps

UK Bar 2026

4 New Square Chambers

Ranked in 1 practice area

Professional Negligence

London (Bar)

22 years ranked

About

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UK Bar

Practice Areas

Professional liability and disciplinary proceedings (lawyers, accountants, financial advisors, pension administrators, insurance brokers, surveyors); disputes over legal professional privilege, confidentiality and/or data protection; insurance; more general chancery and common law litigation. Interesting cases include: Sportcal Global Communications Ltd v Laflin [2022] EWHC 1665 (QB), Hoegh v Taylor Wessing LLP [2022] EWHC 392 (Ch) and [2022] EWHC 856 (Ch), Cornwall Renewable Developments Ltd v Wright Johnston Mackenzie LLP [2022] PNLR 328, Taray Investments Ltd v Gateley Heritage LLP [2020] PNLR 21, Lewis v Ward Hadaway [2016] 4 WLR 6, Ocean Finance & Mortgages Ltd v Oval Insurance Broking Ltd [2016] Lloyd’s Rep IR 319, Mallon v Halliwells LLP [2012] EWCA Civ 1212; Sharma v Hunters [2012] PNLR 6; CMCS Common Market Commercial Services AVV v Taylor [2011] PNLR 17; Jones v Kaney [2011] 2 AC 398; Mortgage Express v Sawali [2011] PNLR 11; Williams v Lishman Sidwell Campbell & Price Ltd [2010] Pens.L.R.227; Nayyar v Denton Wilde Sapte [2010] PNLR 15.

Career

Called in 1992.

Professional Memberships

COMBAR, PNBA, ChBA.

Publications

Co-author, with William Harman and Simon Teasdale, of Toulson and Phipps on Confidentiality (Sweet & Maxwell, 4th edition, 2020).

Personal

Educated at Merton College, Oxford (Literae Humaniores, 1st class); City University (Diploma in Law).

Chambers Review

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UK Bar

Professional Negligence - London (Bar)

Band 1

Individual Editorial

Charles Phipps represents a broad range of clients, in particular defendant lawyers and accountants. He has a particular specialism in claims relating to obligations of confidentiality and privilege.

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Strengths

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What I like about Charles is that he's incredibly responsive. He really makes himself available and is a good barrister to bounce things off; he's very collaborative.
Professional NegligenceUK Bar
Charles Phipps is an exceptional senior junior. He is very sensible with clients and very commercial, with a confident advocacy style and well put together submissions.
Professional NegligenceUK Bar
Charles Phipps is extremely intelligent, as hard-working as they come, and excellent at coming up with commercial and sensible solutions.
Professional NegligenceUK Bar