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St Ives Chambers

Leading Juniors

Aadhithya Anbahan – St Ives Chambers ‘Aadhithya is fiercely intelligent with exceptional technical ability. She is also an awesome advocate and has a thorough approach to her work. She is great with clients and always goes over and above to provide a comprehensive service and understands the economic realisms of social housing.’
Michelle Caney –St Philips Chambers ‘Michelle is an excellent barrister. Clients like her and she is very measured in her approach and very well-prepared for conferences and trial. Her advocacy skills are very good and she stands out from the crowd.’
Ben Chapman – St Ives Chambers
Richard Dewsbery – St Ives Chambers ‘Richard is an experienced and high-quality barrister. He adds value to cases when he is instructed by also assisting with practical steps, with his experience in-house before he re-joined St Ives no doubt assisting with this.’
Annabel Heath – 4-5 Gray’s Inn Square ‘Annabel is a highly skilled advocate with exceptional attention to detail, able to identify and successfully argue novel points of law. She also has an exceptional approach to client care, working with clients with complex mental health problems with empathy and professionalism. Her advocacy is fluent and well prepared, and she robustly and confidently makes representations whilst maintaining a professional and ethical stance at all times.’ 
Tom Lawal – St Ives Chambers 'Tom is a highly engaging and competent barrister. His preparation is thorough and he is a compelling and persuasive advocate. He quickly wins the confidence and trust of clients and witnesses, and has the gravitas to command respect in court. Tom is also highly approachable, provides pragmatic advice and is a joy to work with.'
Jonathan Manning – 4-5 Gray’s Inn Square ‘Jonathan is the best. He is unflappable, good at thinking on his feet, very thorough and well prepared. Judges like him and are prepared to listen to him.’
Anya Newman – St Philips Chambers ‘Anya is extremely knowledgeable, listens to what clients want, offers advice to achieve this, and then uses her excellent advocacy skills to get the desired outcome. She explains things well, communicates throughout and nothing is too much trouble.'
Oliver Nunn  - 3PB ‘Oliver is a phenomenal all rounder who punches well above his weight in terms of call. He is personable, supportive and cares about his client. He takes extensive notes, has excellent in-depth knowledge of his area, and is a persuasive and impressive advocate. He is proper and thorough in his approach and in his work. His advice is excellent and accessible.’
Ian Peacock – 4-5 Gray’s Inn Square 'Ian always provides his written work well in time and is helpful at all stages of the litigation. His advocacy is always well prepared and well argued. It is always good to know Ian is on a case.'
Tom Russell – St Ives Chambers ‘Tom is thorough with an eye for details and with a direct, robust approach. His advocacy is on point, succinct and precise which is liked by clients and more so by trial judges.’
Michael Singleton –St Ives Chambers ‘Michael is extremely experienced and knows the rules and case law with a seemingly encyclopaedic knowledge. He is a good advocate who argues persuasively but in a relaxed, respectful style which is unique amongst counsel.'
Jane Talbot –St Ives Chambers ‘Jane is an excellent barrister who is an expert in social housing litigation. She prepares thoroughly, is great on her feet and gets good results in court. Her experience as a solicitor before being called to the Bar helps her to give practical and helpful advice.’

Rising Stars

Harry Marriott – St Philips Chambers ‘Harry is an excellent advocate. He is always professional, pleasant with clients and witnesses, and gets good results. His advice is always practical.’

Social housing in Regional Bar

St Ives Chambers


St Ives Chambers continues to field a strong team of housing law specialists with members’ expertise spanning antisocial behaviour cases, possession claims, and disrepair work, among other areas. With considerable experience handling all aspects of housing law, including tolerated trespasser and human rights issues, Michael Singleton heads the housing practice group at chambers. Richard Dewsbery is often instructed in relation to multi-day possession claims complicated by mental health and capacity issues. He also acts for landlords facing housing conditions claims. ‘Compelling and persuasive advocate’ Tom Lawal has notable experience in possession and injunction proceedings. Tom Russell and Ben Chapman are new recruits from KCH Garden Square.

Les références

‘Catherine Merry is very helpful.’

‘The clerks at St Ives are very good. They always endeavour to find cover where possible. Jess Perry remains calm and goes above and beyond to find counsel, even at the last minute.’

‘The clerks are always on hand to assist with securing counsel for hearings, or to deal with papers or even with assistance to discuss queries with counsel on an informal basis. Catherine Merry in particular is always going above and beyond to assist in any way she can.’

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