2HARECOURT - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Member of the Association of Regulatory & Disciplinary Lawyers
- Successfully Defends General Practitioner Facing 39 Allegations
Andrew Colman is a leading junior of great intellect and experience, held in high esteem for his fairness and integrity and for his particular ability to cut through complex issues of fact or law in order to get to the heart of the matter. For the past fifteen years he has specialised exclusively in the area of professional discipline, establishing a solid reputation as one of the foremost practitioners in the field. He formerly presented some of the GMC's most serious and substantial cases, but now deploys his expertise in the defence of doctors, dentists and other healthcare professionals at the MPTS, GDC, HCPTS and elsewhere. He is commonly instructed in lengthy and complex Fitness to Practise cases. He also acts for and advises regulators (for example, the GOC and GPhC) and registrants in other professions, such as solicitors. Andrew appears regularly in the High Court, on statutory appeals, judicial reviews and ancillary matters. He is well equipped for such work by his previous experience of appellate advocacy, up to the highest levels (Privy Council/ House of Lords) and his past history of practice in extradition.
Andrew is a member of the Association of Regulatory & Disciplinary Lawyers, the Health and Safety Lawyers' Association and the Criminal Bar Association and a former director of the Bar Mutual Indemnity Fund.
Andrew is recommended in the current editions of The Legal 500 and Chambers UK and has recently been shortlisted as Professional Disciplinary and Regulatory Law Junior of the Year in The Legal 500 UK Bar Awards 2022.
Christopher Foulkes specialises in business crime and related areas. His practice spans the criminal and civil jurisdictions.
He advises and represents companies and individuals in respect of serious and complex fraud, bribery and corruption, anti-money laundering, asset forfeiture and regulatory obligations.
He has been involved in prosecuting a number of the most significant fraud and corruption prosecutions in recent years, and has acted for the SFO, CPS Specialist Fraud Division and other prosecuting authorities for much of his career.
He speaks in seminars and webinars on his specialist areas.
He is ranked as a leader in both Legal 500 and Chambers UK for Business and Regulatory Crime and Financial Crime work.
Christopher Geering has a strong reputation in the fields of Professional Discipline and Coronial proceedings. He appears regularly before all the major healthcare regulators, as well as teaching and accountancy bodies.
He has experience dealing with cases of particular seriousness - including successfully representing the financial director of an NHS Trust who was awarded record costs against the ACCA after being accused of backdating million pound contracts, and a doctor accused of a sexual assault on a colleague. In addition to fitness to practise proceedings, he regularly appears in the High Court, both for and against the regulator.
In coronial work he has represented the interests of a care home and County Council, as well as those of individual doctors or nurses.
Christopher also has a significant advisory practice. He has assisted a variety of regulators on legal issues and case preparation, as well as advising registrants on prospects of appeal.
Job Titles:
- Leader of the 2 Hare Court Criminal Regulatory Team
Craig is a leader of the 2 Hare Court Criminal Regulatory Team and he regularly represents corporate bodies, their officers and other individuals before the criminal courts in relation to the full range of criminal offences arising out of fatal and non-fatal accidents. He is currently instructed to act on behalf of companies large and small from a wide variety of industry sectors in relation to proceedings following fatalities at work, including construction, energy, steel fabrication, printing, security, mobile telecommunications, transport, healthcare and hydraulic lifting.
Craig Ferguson is a highly experienced defence practitioner who has, for many years been cited as a leading junior by the leading professional directories where he is ranked in their highest bands. In particular, the latest edition of Chambers UK bears witness to the unusually high esteem in which he is held by solicitors and other clients by including him in all four of his principal practice areas: Health and Safety, Professional Discipline, Fraud and Serious and Complex Crime.
His practice now focuses principally on workplace crime and misconduct, representing companies, directors and professional people in relation to proceedings before the courts and disciplinary tribunals.
He has been described as "an exceptional all-round talent". Solicitors praise his straight talking, user-friendly style which makes him "great to work with". He is "highly regarded for quickly identifying the central issues of a case, no matter how complex, and arguing his clients' corner with calm authority."
Daniel Chadwick is a specialist criminal defence barrister with a practice exclusively defending those facing charges relating to high-value and complex fraud and business crime and serious organised crime across the country. He also has experience of defending in EncroChat cases.
Engaging, accessible and fearless, Daniel is a natural and talented jury advocate. He is known for his incisive cross-examination and compelling speeches, but in addition Daniel's dogged determination to pursue issues of disclosure and abuse of process during the pre-trial stage have produced remarkable results, often resulting in cases being dropped.
Daniel approaches cases strategically from the outset and, with a reputation for being both pro-active and meticulous in his case preparation, he is frequently sought out to represent professionals in cases of the utmost gravity. In recent years, he has routinely appeared in large and complex multi-handed cases, often for the first defendant.
"Daniel is a very good trial lawyer with an ability to communicate well with lay clients and ensure a case is fully prepared for trial." - Legal 500 UK 2023 (Fraud Crime)
"Daniel is a knowledgeable and highly-responsive barrister who instills confidence in both professional and lay clients." - Legal 500 UK 2023 (Crime)
Practice Areas
Business Crime & Financial Services
Daniel joined 2 Hare Court as a Pupil Barrister in September 2021 under the supervision of David Whittaker QC and Merry van Woodenberg. He is observing and assisting in matters across the range of Chambers' practice areas.
Prior to starting pupillage, Daniel worked for a charity providing criminal representation, working on cases involving murder and terrorism, as well as the ‘Encrochat' litigation. Daniel has also volunteered for Amicus, Citizens Advice, and the Free Representation Unit.
Before focusing on criminal law, Daniel worked in the corporate and commercial sector. He worked in the City of London, and in the Channel Islands, providing research and advice on regulatory and corporate law to multinational businesses.
Eleanor Fox joined 2 Hare Court as a third six pupil in October 2022 under the supervision of Zubair Ahmad KC and Christopher Foulkes.
Eleanor has developed a broad criminal practice and is instructed to prosecute and defend in the Magistrates' Court, Youth Court, and the Crown Court. She defends across the spectrum of criminal offences, including public order offences, cases of domestic violence, and possession of offensive weapons. Eleanor is a member of the CPS Advocates' Panel at Grade One and prosecutes trials in the Magistrates' Court and appeals in the Crown Court.
Prior to coming to the Bar, Eleanor worked at an investment bank for three years. She has also volunteered for Amicus.
Grace Forbes specialises in criminal law, inquires, inquests and professional discipline.
She is ranked as a ‘Rising Star' (Tier 1 Fraud) in the Legal 500 UK 2022 and as a led junior, she is regularly instructed in complex and document-heavy criminal cases, through which she has developed a reputation for thorough case preparation, meticulous written arguments and mature tactical insight.
She has recently been instructed as a led junior in a multi-handed conspiracy to murder, a three-month million-pound commercial fraud trial and a Class A county lines drugs conspiracy. She also has experience in serious cases that she has been instructed in alone, including representing one of seven defendants in a three month boiler room fraud trial and the first defendant in a complex money laundering case. She is currently instructed in two lengthy upcoming Trading Standards fraud cases involving multiple defendants, complex legal argument and cross examination of expert witnesses. She is instructed to represent one of nine defendants in a s.18 GBH case involving a stabbing, a young defendant accused of rape and a defendant accused of child abduction.
Grace also has experience in private prosecutions and is an active member of the Private Prosecutors' Association. She was recently involved in providing a complex and substantial advice on the prospects of successfully prosecuting a government official for perjury and perverting the course of justice.
Grace has extensive experience in inquests and inquiries. She was one of four barristers instructed in the Independent Review into the Boohoo Group's Leicester supply chain, an inquiry that attracted widespread media interest. She made important contributions to the lengthy report published at the end of the review.
Grace also has extensive experience in inquests and professional disciplinary cases. She has represented numerous medical professionals, including those facing serious allegations of dishonesty and sexual misconduct.
She has also contributed to a sensitive disclosure exercise in relation to the inquest into the Manchester Arena attack and was instructed in the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse.
Job Titles:
- Social Worker before Fitness to Practise Committee at Social Work England
Jack Gilliland joined 2 Hare Court in March 2021 and has now accepted tenancy at the end of his 12-month Pupillage. He specialises in criminal defence and prosecution, appearing frequently in the Youth Court, Magistrates' Court, and Crown Court. In the field of professional discipline, he has successfully represented professionals appearing before major healthcare regulators. He is also a member of the Government Legal Department's ‘Junior Junior' scheme.
Before coming to the Bar, Jack served for six years in the British Army when, following training at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, he was commissioned into the Intelligence Corps. A significant part of his work involved handling sensitive material both in the United Kingdom and overseas. He previously lived for a period in the United States, studying and working in financial services and public affairs.