Our Civil work covers a wide spectrum of traditional common law and more modern areas such as anti-social behaviour and employment law.
Counsel act for both claimants and defendants - either via their insurers or privately. Our work covers negligence, claims under the Occupiers Liability Acts, Fatal Accident Act claims, injuries in the workplace, claims under the Health and Safety Act and regulations and clinical negligence.
All of our Counsel will consider accepting instructions on a CFA basis. Instructions received on a CFA basis are reviewed by at least 2 barristers before acceptance or rejection. If a case is accepted on a CFA basis then we will ensure that we are able to cover any hearings.
Our Counsel are regularly instructed in claims for possession, for anti-social behaviour orders and injunctions and in other types of housing claims, such as those for rent and disrepair. They are familiar with civil proceedings in the Magistrates' Court and in the County Court and High Court. They act regularly on behalf of housing associations, local authorities and tenants.
Members of Chambers are experienced in many aspects of contract and commercial work, including building disputes, sale of goods, contract, company law and in resolving partnership disputes.
Certain members of chambers are specialists in contracts formed over the internet.
As well as experience in housing (see also Anti-social behaviour and housing), Counsel regularly act in a whole range of land and landlord and tenant work covering business tenancies, agricultural tenancies, long leases, forfeiture of leases, easements, restrictive covenants, boundary disputes and trusts of land. Many Counsel have experience have experience handling these issues as they arise in cohabitation disputes.
In addition to the other areas of work that brush on the field of chancery work, our Counsel also practise in the traditional chancery law areas of wills and probate, variation of wills, inheritance tax claims under the Inheritance (Provision For Family and Dependents) Act 1975 and claims between trustees and beneficiaries.
Counsel are experienced in advising and acting in claims for disability discrimination, race discrimination, sex discrimination, TUPE, unfair dismissal or any other aspect of employment law for both claimants and respondents.
John M Cartwright has great experience acting in all manner of claims against police forces for false imprisonment, assault and battery and negligence.
Complementing Chambers' work in personal injury (see Negligence and personal injury), many of those who practise in that field use their knowledge to act for interested parties in inquests before the Coroner's Court. Our Counsel are fully familiar with its rules and procedure.
Alexander Dumbill has experience in this niche field of intellectual property law and acts regularly for claimants and defendants.
Our Counsel have experience in all aspects of town and country planning law, from advising on planning applications, representations before a planning inquiry and prosecution of offences under the Town and Country Planning 1990.
See also our Criminal Team for details of people experienced in prosecution and defence work at all levels.
King Street Chambers
65-67 King Street, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE1 6RP
DX 10873 Leicester 1
t: 0116 254 7710 - f: 0116 247 1045
e: clerks@kingstreetchambers.com
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