INTRODUCTION

ATKINSON BEVAN CHAMBERS


With four QCs, including one Senior Treasury Counsel and over thirty juniors, Atkinson Bevan Chambers is one of the leading specialist criminal sets in the Temple.

Chambers is committed to maintaining a balance of defence and prosecution work, and strongly encourages members to develop their practices accordingly - we believe this provides our barristers with a wider perspective which benefits all clients.

Members of Chambers are involved in all kinds of criminal cases, ranging from high profile and sensitive matters requiring specialist expertise such as murder and terrorism, to more routine offences found every day in the magistrates' and Crown Courts. Many of our barristers have developed particular expertise in such areas as commercial, Revenue and VAT frauds, drugs cases, corruption, child abuse, including shaken baby syndrome, and sexual offences, and multi-handed police undercover and surveillance operations. We are also represented on the Attorney General's Panel of Prosecution Advocates, which covers work for, amongst others, HM Revenue & Customs, the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and the Health and Safety Executive. Members are also instructed by the Serious Fraud Office.

We represent both the prosecution and defence in restraint and confiscation proceedings in the Crown Court and the High Court and advise on and draft all relevant documentation.

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Chambers is structured to provide clients with a choice of counsel with comparable experience and specialisation at all levels within the set. Members practise on the Western and South Eastern Circuits, in addition to appearing regularly at the Central Criminal Court. The set has been continuously represented on the Treasury Counsel team since 1953.

In addition to crime, Chambers undertakes work in a wide range of practice areas, encompassing:

• Confiscation proceedings;

• sports law, including Jockey Club tribunals;

• regulatory work and licensing;

• health and safety;

• food and drugs;

• RSPCA prosecutions;

• trades descriptions;

• police disciplinary tribunals;

• General Medical Council disciplinary tribunals;

• coroners' inquests;

• extradition proceedings;

• courts-martial;

We receive instructions from individual private and public clients, including government departments, local authorities, corporate bodies and sporting clients.

We are committed to maintaining excellent working relationships with existing clients and welcome the opportunity to work with new clients in all areas of the country.

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