James Berry

Practice Areas

James is a leading public, civil and regulatory barrister. He is often called upon to deal with his clients’ most complex, high profile and sensitive matters. Over the past decade, he has been involved in numerous high profile and complex cases in a wide variety of courts and tribunals up to and including the Court of Appeal. James often appears unled against KCs and more senior counsel. He is equally comfortable making detailed legal submissions in a judicial review as he is cross examining witnesses in front of a civil or inquest jury.

Recent cases include the Undercover Policing Inquiry, the Guildford Pub Bombings Inquests, the Inquests into the deaths the victims of the ‘Grindr killer’ as well as a number of important judicial reviews, complex professional disciplinary proceedings and high value civil claims.

He won ‘Professional Discipline Junior of the Year’ at the 2020 Chambers Bar Awards.

Please visit the Serjeants' Inn website for his profile, which sets out full details of his practice including relevant work of note.