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 17 years, he has been involved in numerous high profile and complex cases in a wide variety of courts and tribunals up to and including the Supreme Court. 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 Sturgess (Salisbury Poisonings) Inquiry, the Sabina Rizvi inquest, the civil claims arising out of the Manchester Arena Bombings, a judicial review challenge to the police vetting system and a number of other 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 and ‘Public Services and Charities Junior of the Year’ at the L500 Bar Awards 2024.

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