Birmingham’s St Ives Chambers remains ‘a heavyweight set with a deservedly fine reputation’ in the Midlands for family and children law work. Elizabeth Isaacs KC is widely praised as a ’ferocious, fearless advocate’ as well as for her client care skills, benefitting in this regard from her background as a child protection social worker. Justine Lattimer is regularly instructed in the most serious cases involving sexual abuse, brain injury, deaths of parents and children, FGM, forced marriage, and fabricated illness. Tracy Lakin is ‘a highly experienced barrister who brings authority and good sense to a case’. Mark Cooper-Hall’s broad practice covers care proceedings involving child deaths, fabricated or induced illness, sexual abuse, and systemic local authority failings. Anthony Finch joined chambers in February 2024.
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- 'David Walters and Scott Goodison are very experienced and capable clerks. They both have a 'can do' attitude and are very professional and efficient.'
- 'The clerks' room is excellent - Asma Akhtar, Nick Burdon and Sarah Robinson are a pleasure to deal with.'
- 'All the clerks are extremely helpful and will go out of their way to assist.'
- 'The backroom staff at St Ives match the ability of the barristers under their care. The service given is excellent. Telephone calls are generally answered immediately and, if that is not possible, calls are returned promptly thereafter. Efforts are made to accommodate instructions, even when given at the very last minute. Sarah Robinson, Nick Burdon and Asma Akhtar stand out. They also have a brilliant receptionist, Jacqui Hanks.'
- 'A heavyweight set with a deservedly fine reputation.'
- 'St Ives are always the go-to set - they have excellent strength in depth and are a safe pair of hands.'
- 'St Ives Chambers is undoubtedly the leading set of chambers in the Midlands in this field, with amazing strength-in-depth, so much so that on run-of-the-mill cases clients can simply phone up and ask who is available.'
Avocats
Leading silks
2023 Silks
Meilleurs Juniors
Tom Harrill
Tracy Lakin
Justine Lattimer
Matthew Maynard
Moira Ashton-Walsh
James Cleary
Mark Cooper-Hall
Kirstie Danton
David Payne
Thomas Bramall
Ben Chapman
Samuel Coe
Rebecca Cross
Lawren Dobson
Matthew Fiddy
Anthony Finch
Tom Lawal
Gregory Rogers
Louise Sapstead
Sian Waldron
Rising stars
Jeunes avocats collaborateurs ou counsels qui se distinguent régulièrement par leur présence dans des dossiers importants du marché, et qui sont identifiés par le marché comme de jeunes talents à suivre.
