Chancery | UK Bar

Kings Chambers has a fine reputation among interviewees for its chancery work. Its highly regarded practitioners handle traditional and commercial work, including probate and property disputes, finance cases and charities matters. An interviewee comments: "The set has a wide range of impressive chancery and commercial barristers at all levels." Another source states: "Kings offers a range of experience within its set meaning all matters including those that are complex can be handled confidently."

Gary Young is the chief clerk.

18 St John Street is a strong set of barristers who regularly handle a wide variety of property cases and company and insolvency matters. An interviewee praises the set as being at the top of its game." Members of the set have appeared in high-profile matters recently including Complete Care Services (Rossendale) Ltd v Godwin, a complex partnership matter with issues of misconduct with reference to local authorities.

James Parks is chambers director and Katie Brown is senior clerk.

Exchange Chambers is a set that has expertise in an array of chancery matters. Members of the set represent clients in commercial cases, including banking, company, insolvency and shareholder disputes, as well as in traditional chancery litigation concerning trusts, wills and probate. A source praises the set, saying: "Exchange are very good generally at turning around work quickly." Another source states: "Exchange Chambers has an impressive chancery team made up of both junior and leading counsel with a breadth of experience across the board."