
23ES (23 Essex Street Chambers)
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About
Heads of Chambers: Kate Lumsdon KC, Eloise Marshall KC
Clerk's London
Chambers Director: Wayne King
Senior Clerk London — Crime: Adam Chapman
Regulatory & Disciplinary Clerk: Dan Randall
Practice Manager London — Crime: Liam Kitcher
Practice Manager London — Crime: Joe Wheeler
Practice Manager London — Crime: Michael Barratt
Junior Clerk London - Motoring Law - Jamie Levy
Clerk's Manchester
Senior Clerk Manchester — Crime: Sean Hulston
Senior Clerk Manchester — Commercial: Colin Perrin
Deputy Senior Clerk Manchester — Crime: Kevin Ambridge
Junior Clerk Manchester: Dale Kirby
Relationship Manager: Teresa Thiele
Members: 122
THE CHAMBERS
23ES is a leading multi-specialist set with a national presence, led by joint Heads of Chambers Kate Lumsdon KC and Eloise Marshall KC. Chambers offers a breadth and depth of experts in its core areas of crime, financial and corporate crime, regulatory and professional disciplinary, civil fraud, inquests and inquiries and commercial law.
TYPES OF WORK UNDERTAKEN
23ES has specialist practice groups in the areas of criminal law, fraud/financial and corporate crime, regulatory, professional discipline and civil and commercial law. Within each of the practice groups members have expertise in serious criminal offences including murder, rape and serious sexual offences, drug related cases, all major fraud offences, environmental crime, trading standards and IP crime, court martial, financial and healthcare regulation, inquests and public inquires, and banking and contract. Chambers has a team of qualified arbitrators and mediators.
23ES has 122 members of chambers, 24 of which are King’s Counsel, who are based within its London and Manchester Offices. Members of 23ES are supported by an experienced clerking team within each of the practice groups. Some members can accept instructions via Direct Public Access.
Crime:Covers all aspects of criminal work including terrorism, murder, rape and serious sexual offences and drug related crime.Members prosecute and defend. Chambers’ national presence allows it to cover the majority of Criminal Courts in England and Wales.
Financial & Corporate Crime:Experienced in all fraud related cases as well as issues relating to mutual legal assistance, extradition, search warrants, restraint and confiscation both within the criminal and civil arena.
Regulatory & Professional Disciplinary:Renowned for high-quality advocacy, the team appears before most of the major regulators and has particular expertise in the financial and healthcare professions. Members regularly appear in the Administrative Court in public law cases arising from regulatory proceedings.
Civil Fraud:This team, with its cross-over between the commercial and financial and corporate crime teams, is well placed to accept instructions in relation to civil restraint and insurance fraud cases including false claims such as crash for cash.
Business and Property:The 23ES commercial team includes chancery and commercial barristers, offering expertise across a range of specialisms including banking law, property law, probate, civil recovery and asset forfeiture, insolvency and sports law. Members provide advice, drafting, advocacy and negotiations.
Arbitration & Mediation:23ES offers a team of arbitrators and mediators ranging in experience from juniors to King’s Counsel.Chambers provides expertise to compliment the level of dispute.
RECRUITMENT
Tenancy:Applications to the Director of the Tenancy Committee. Full details of how to apply can be found on chambers’ website. www.23es.com
Pupillage:Applications to the Director of the Pupillage Committee.Funded 12-month pupillages and probationary tenancy. Full details of how to apply can be found on chambers website
Mini-pupillage:Applications to Sam Clarke (criminal) and Asa Tolson (commercial). Full details of how to apply can be found on the website.
- Kate Lumsdon KC (1993) (KC-2018) A
- Eloise Marshall KC (1994) (KC-2018)
- John Price KC (1982) (KC-2009) † A
- Cairns Nelson KC (1987) (KC-2010) A
- Charles Miskin KC (1975) (KC-1998) † A
- Francis FitzGibbon (1986) (KC-2010) A
- Paul Bogan KC (1983) (KC-2011)
- James Mulholland KC (1986) (KC-2011) A
- Zafar Ali KC (1994) (KC-2012) A
- Tom Crowther KC (1993) (KC-2013)
- Mark Fenhalls KC (1992) (KC-2014) A
- Lisa Wilding KC (1993) KC-2014
- Paul Ozin KC (1987) (KC-2016) A
- Tim Clark KC (1993) (KC-2017) †
- Rossano Scamardella KC (1998) (KC-2018)
- Ahmed Hossain KC (1996) (KC-2020)
- Jennifer Knight KC (1996) (KC- 2020)
- Alan Gardner KC (1997) (KC-2022) A †
- Nathan Rasiah KC (2007) (KC-2022) A
- Brad Pomfret KC (2004) (KC-2024)
- Francis McGrath KC (1995) (KC- 2025) A
- Lesley Bates KC (1999) (KC - 2025)
- James Bloomer KC (2000) (KC - 2025) A
- Flora Page KC (2002) (KC- 2025)
- Charles Machin (1973)
- Michael Harrison (1979)
- Walton Hornsby (1980)
- Hugh McKee (1983) A
- John Riley (1983)
- Stephen Shay (1984) A
- Brian Williams (1986)
- Wayne Cranston-Morris (1986)
- Hugh Forgan (1989) A
- Jonathan Smith (1991) A
- Christopher Amis (1991)
- Richard Moore (1992)
- Richard Milne (1992) A
- Gerard O’Connor (1993)
- James McCrindell (1993)
- Richard Bentwood (1994) A
- Bart Casella (1995) A
- Bob Sastry (1996) A
- Saul Brody (1996)
- Ian Hope (1996)
- Sarah Morris (1996)
- Charles Royle (1997)
- Graham Smith (1999)
- Oliver Dunkin (1999)
- Abigail Husbands (2000) A
- Christopher Hamlet (2000)
- David Farley (2001)
- William Eaglestone (2001)
- Heather Stangoe (2001)
- Isobel McCarroll (2001)
- Aisha Khan (2002)
- John Dye (2002) A
- Rhodri James (2002)
- Rina Marie Hill (2002)
- Sonya Saul (2002)
- John Small (2002)
- Hamish Common (2003) A
- Tom Godfrey (2003) A
- Lisa Goddard (2003)
- Kevin Saunders (2003)
- Tom Gosling (2004)
- Alexander Upton (2004)
- Rashad Mohammed (2004)
- Adam Watkins (2004) A
- Andrew Molloy (2004)
- Claire Bunbury (2006)
- Joseph Templeton (2006)
- Rebecca Vanstone (2006) A
- Lee Barraclough (2006)
- Tom Quinn (2006)
- Patrick Duffy (2007) A
- Barry White (2007)
- Jennifer Devans-Tamakloe (2007)
- Laurence Imrie (2008)
- Jeremy Rosenberg (2009) A
- Richard Saynor (2009) A
- Daniel Lister (2009) A
- Elisabeth Acker (2010) A
- Helena Duong (2010)
- Victoria Gainza (2010) A
- Stephanie Cummings (2010)
- Sarah-Kate McIntyre (2011) A
- Asa Tolson (2012)
- Alex Mills (2012)
- Sam Trefgarne (2012)
- Carina Clare (2012)
- Michael Murphy (2013)
- David Dainty (2013)
- Daniel O’Donoghue (2013) A
- Elizabeth Cobb (2013)
- Rebecca Jones (2013)
- Emilie Morrison (2014)
- Sasha Queffurus (2014)
- Nick Saunders (2014)
- Carl Wheeler (2015)
- Caroline Stewart (2017)
- Matthew Hodgetts (2017)
- Jessica Goldring (2017)
- Sam Clarke (2017)
- Karitkeya Sharma (2017)
- Wesley Griffiths (2018)
- Katie Williams (2018)
- Arianna Barnes (2018)
- Edmund Potts (2018)
- Oliver Small (2019)
- Emily Woodside (2019)
- James Halliday (2020)
- Leila Tai (2021)
- Josh Bibby (2021)
- Matthew Ness (2021)
- Olivia English (2021)
- Salek Ahmed (2002)
- Gurdit Singh (2002)
- Mark O'Connor (2022)
- Eleanor Curzon (2002)
- Qasver Khan (2002)
Ranked Offices
Provided by 23ES (23 Essex Street Chambers)
- London1 Gray's Inn Square Holborn, London , London, Greater London, UK, WC1R 5AA
- Web: www.23es.com
- Tel: (020) 7413 0353
- ManchesterWaterhouse, 2nd Floor, 41 Spring Gardens, Manchester, Lancashire, UK, M2 2BG
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