Lamb Building is a long-established common law set located in the Temple, in the heart of London, with an annexe in the centre of Brighton.
Our members offer an expertise across a wide range of complementary areas of law.
Chambers comprises individuals who specialise in one or more of our key areas of practice, namely:
ADULT WELFARE: “Best Interest” cases, Court of Protection and judicial review.
CRIMINAL LAW: Our Criminal Team defends and prosecutes cases at all levels of seriousness and in all levels of court, both nationally and internationally.
EMPLOYMENT AND DISCRIMINATION LAW: Advice, drafting, negotiation and advocacy on behalf of all kinds of worker, as well as employers. Many of our employment law practitioners act on a direct access basis. We also act for regulated professionals (see Regulatory and Disciplinary Law below).
FAMILY LAW: Children: public and private law; matrimonial property; TOLATA; special educational needs; child abduction; domestic abuse.
FINANCIAL LITIGATION & FRAUD: Confiscation and forfeiture cases; cases involving complex fraud; VAT tribunals; civil recovery; insolvency.
HOUSING LAW: For tenants and housing authorities; landlord & tenant; judicial review of local authority decisions.
MENTAL HEALTH: Mental Health Review Tribunals; cases involving a substantial mental health element e.g. manslaughter by reason of diminished responsibility.
PRISON LAW & PRISONERS’ RIGHTS: adjudications; categorisation disputes; parole hearings; prison crime; judicial review. Also miscarriage of justice and CCRC cases.
PUBLIC LAW, JUDICIAL REVIEW, HUMAN RIGHTS, and EUROPEAN LAW: These permeate much of the work done in our core practice areas and are a focus for many of our members.
REGULATORY & DISCIPLINARY LAW: Health and Safety; professional conduct regulation; general regulatory law; professional disciplinary tribunals; claims against medical, therapeutic and other professionals.
SPORTS LAW: Allegations of misconduct by sportsmen and women, sports bodies; procedural issues (e.g. challenges to selection); conflicts within sporting bodies; equine law.
OTHER SPECIALISATIONS: Individual members maintain other areas of specialisation, most notably personal injury, probate and general property work.
