FIELD COURT CHAMBERS - Key Persons
Andrew has been a clerk for more than 14 years. His duties are diary management and negotiating fees.
In his spare time, he enjoys playing golf and football.
Angela Hodes is an established Court of Protection practitioner with extensive experience drawn from practising in all aspects of family law.
For many years she specialised in declaratory relief involving decisions relating to capacity. Since the advent of the Mental Capacity Act 2005 she is well known for her focus on health and welfare decision-making for adults who lack capacity.
Angela is regularly instructed by the Official Solicitor who acts for vulnerable adults. She also acts for families and statutory bodies.
Her cases regularly cover challenges to decisions made on behalf of adults who may lack the capacity to decide about their own health and welfare, contact and residence; complex matters relating to an individual's capacity and deprivation of liberty safeguards, including challenges under section 21A of the Mental Capacity Act 2005.
Angela has been Assistant Coroner for London Inner West since 2009. She also represents both the families of the bereaved and other parties and public bodies at inquests.
She is an experienced mediator (Regents College SPC accredited) and chair of round table conferences. Many of her cases are resolved successfully through mediation whether as mediator or as counsel for family, health and social care disputes without the need for judicial determination.
Clare Cullen is a civil and public law practitioner who specialises in housing, property and local government.
She advises and represents public and private clients including local authorities. Clare began practice at a specialist housing set and has appeared in the Supreme Court, Court of Appeal and High Court.
Clare is able to accept direct access instructions within her specialist areas.
Clare delivers training on housing and property related issues. She was appointed a Deputy District Judge in September 2021.
Clare was junior counsel for the local authority in the Court of Appeal in Abdikadir v Ealing LBC [2022] EWCA Civ 979, concerning a homelessness appeal.
Connor become a clerk in September 2012 and joined chambers in May 2022. He is responsible for the day-to-day management of the diary, as well as negotiating fees for counsel.
Away from work, he enjoys a wide range of sports and plays football and rugby at London and SE Division level.
Eleanor Sibley acts for intervener in successful appeal against refusal of Disability Living Allowance (care component) to British child with parent working in Belgium
Emma Godfrey is a civil and public law practitioner with particular specialisms in housing, local government and property law. She undertakes advocacy, drafting and advisory work for a wide range of clients, including local authorities, public and private sector landlords and tenants, companies and individuals. She has experience of appearing in courts and tribunals at all levels, from the FTT and county court to the House of Lords.
Emma is recommended as a leading junior for social housing in Legal 500 (ranked consistently since 2015) and Chambers and Partners (ranked consistently since 2018). Emma is also ranked for Local Government in Legal 500.
She has been co-author of Tolley's Claims to the Possession of Land since 2000.
She is able to accept direct access instructions within her areas of specialism.
Emma regularly acts in judicial review claims with a particular emphasis on housing, community care and the provision of support under Part III Children Act 1989. She also appears in cases concerning disputed age assessments.
Emma has been co-author of Tolley's "Claims to the Possession of Land" (5th Edn) for over 20 years.
Genevieve Screeche-Powell is a civil and public law practitioner, specialising in housing, community care, landlord and tenant, property and contract law. She has particular expertise in policy, often instructed in high profile and politically sensitive cases raising novel and complex issues of law.
Genevieve is an accredited mediator with experience of conducting mediations in a wide range of disputes.
Genevieve is also able to accept instructions directly from members of the public within her specialist practice areas.
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George joined chambers in 2022. Before that, he worked in customer services for 3 years after finishing school.
He attends court with barristers and is responsible for assisting with phone calls, dealing with post and general daily tasks within chambers.
He enjoys football, attends his local gym and follows mixed martial arts.
Hayley joined the clerking team in 2006 and has been promoted through our ranks to First Junior Clerk. Her responsibilities include diary management, practice development, fee negotiations and assisting with general enquiries. Hayley is a highly regarded member of the clerking team and prides herself on being approachable, professional and efficient.
Hayley obtained the IBC BTEC Advanced Award in Chambers Administration qualification in 2010.
Ian has been a barristers' clerk for more than 30 years and has developed a wide range of experience in all walks of legal life. He became Senior Clerk in Bedford Row in 1988 and takes a modern approach to both clients' and chambers' professional needs. In his spare time he enjoys golf, squash and running.
John Critchley specialises in Media & Entertainment Law together with other business law disputes. This includes Copyright & related rights, Trade Marks, Fine Arts, Contempt of Court, Music Business, Film & Television, Publishing, Passing Off, Confidential Information, Privacy/Misuse of Private Information, Defamation and Sports Law.
The hallmark of this work is its great variety, which has ranged from advising on the ownership of the physical property in the fossil of a dinosaur (for the Russian Academy of Sciences) to a case concerning title to the physical property in certain letters written by the late Princess of Wales (for James Hewitt). In addition to representing or advising corporate media rights owners (from television broadcasters to music publishers), periodicals (from The Guardian to The Lawyer) and the like, he has advised or represented many prominent individuals.
Jonathan Pennington Legh specialises in property and landlord and tenant cases. He has a particular interest in disputes involving boundaries, rights of way and land registration.
His practice also includes:
• commercial contract and buildings disputes
• insolvency
• media and entertainment/ intellectual property law
• DVLA licence appeals.
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Lauren is also an Adjunct Professor in the London programme of Pepperdine University's Caruso School of Law, where she judges and teaches the International Moot Court. Outside of her law practice, she serves as a trustee for the Holborn Community Association and on several committees at The Honourable Society of the Middle Temple.
Lauren has been commended in her employment work for her attention to detail, expertise in calculations and Excel, and an extraordinary ability to remain calm and focused in times of pressure.
Lloyd joined chambers in 2005. He deals primarily with the billing of publicly-funded family cases and related enquiries.
Mark began his career as a barristers' clerk in 1993. He joined chambers as 1st Junior in 1999. Mark assists the Senior Clerk with the smooth running of chambers.
He has overall day-to -day responsibility for diary management and allocation of work and is happy to advise solicitors about availability and suitability of counsel as well as their likely fees. Mark is married with two daughters and in his spare time enjoys walking, cycling, playing golf, cooking and music.
Max Lansman specialises in employment, housing and child protection law. He also maintains a mixed civil practice and an interest in public law.
He is a qualified Public Access barrister and is able to accept instructions from members of the public within his specialist areas.
Max Thorowgood is a Chancery practitioner specialising in property, probate and inheritance, commercial and insolvency disputes.
Max currently sits as a Judge of both the Land Registration and the Residential Property Divisions of First-Tier Tribunal, Property Chamber. He sat as a Deputy Adjudicator to Her Majesty's Land Registry from 2008.
He has a particular interest in problems with a Land Registration/Real Property/Leasehold/Residential Property aspect.
He is head of chambers' Property Group and has been instrumental in arranging webinars, seminars and continuing professional development within chambers.
Miriam Shalom is a busy practitioner specialising in civil disputes with a particular emphasis on property litigation
She has acted for a wide range of clients and always aims to provide her clients with representation that advances their interests and is efficient and cost sensitive. She has an approachable manner and seeks to put her clients at ease.
She regularly appears in the High Court and County Court as well as in tribunals.
Miriam has taught Contract law at Kings College London and was a judicial assistant in the Court of Appeal where she gained experience in a broad range of civil appeal.
Miriam is a qualified Public Access barrister.
Nikolas Clarke is an experienced civil law advocate who focuses mainly on inquests, employment and personal injury cases.
He is instructed by the full range of interested persons in inquests. Nikolas regularly acts for local authorities in inquests which raise concerns about the state or its agents failing to protect the deceased. This Article 2 ECHR inquest expertise means he is well-placed to act in related judicial review and civil claims.
He is a part-time fee-paid employment judge and also sits as a Deputy District Judge. Previously he sat as a First-tier tribunal judge in the Health, Education & Social Care Chamber, hearing appeals in the mental health jurisdiction.
Nikolas is a registered Direct Public Access barrister.
Nikolas is an experienced employment barrister. He advises and represents employees and employers in the full range of employment claims and appeals, including cases of unfair dismissal, contract claims (including confidentiality and restrictive covenant claims), discrimination, harassment, victimisation, whistle-blowing and TUPE. In addition, he has appeared in a number of cases involving jurisdiction arguments.
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