Old Square Chambers

A specialist set with 79 members, including 14 Queen's Counsel, Old Square Chambers provides advocacy, advice and drafting of the highest quality at trial and appellate level.The defining quality of Old Square Chambers is excellence. This is the standard we set for ourselves in the delivery of services to our clients, and the criterion by which we assess prospective tenants. Many of our members hold part-time judicial positions, sit on specialist panels, act as mediators, and edit or contribute to leading practitioner texts. Our expertise covers eight areas of law: Employment & Discrimination, Professional Discipline, Personal Injury, Clinical Negligence, Product Liability, Environment, Health & Safety and Public Inquiries. We also have members who specialise in ADR / Mediation within those practice areas. We believe in teamwork and establishing long term working relationships with our clients.Chambers are ranked as a leading set by Chambers and Partners and Legal 500 within several practice areas.Stuart Brittenden won 'UK Employment Junior of the Year' at the Legal 500 Awards (2018) and John Hendy QC received the accolade of the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2017 UK Chambers Bar Awards. In October 2015 Michael Ford won 'Employment Silk of the Year' at the UK Chambers Bar Awards. Heads of Chambers: Oliver Segal QC