ABOUT US

Great James Street Chambers is a modern, specialist and Legal 500 ranked set, renowned for its expertise across crime, extradition, immigration, regulatory and professional discipline, public law, family and civil law.

Established in October 2004, Great James Street Chambers has built a strong reputation for excellence at the Bar, founded on the quality, experience and commitment of its members at every level.

Chambers is recognised in The Legal 500 UK Bar 2027 for Crime (General and Fraud), reflecting the strength of our criminal practice and the quality of advocacy delivered by our members.

Since its foundation, Great James Street Chambers has developed into a progressive and highly regarded set, combining traditional standards of advocacy with a modern and forward-thinking approach to practice management, client care and the delivery of legal services.

Our members are regularly instructed in serious, complex and high-profile matters and Chambers has established particular expertise in specialist and niche areas, including extradition, INTERPOL Red Notices, search and arrest warrants, professional discipline and regulatory proceedings, international criminal and human rights work, and challenges arising from IPP sentences.
We act for professional and lay clients across England and Wales and internationally, providing specialist advice and advocacy at every stage of proceedings.

Our approach is straightforward: to provide exceptional advocacy, specialist expertise and a responsive, commercially aware service tailored to the needs of every client.

We have Members of Chambers who are dual qualified. In addition to being Called to the UK Bar, we have Members called to the Bars in Sierra Leone, Hong Kong, Australia, St. Vincent & Grenada and Ireland.

Our Barristers are instructed on behalf of clients on an ad hoc admission basis before courts around the world. Our Members have provided expert advice to overseas courts. We have Barristers who are Public Access qualified across all areas of practice.

For further information please contact the clerks.

Our clerking team has a wide range of experience in all areas of Chambers’ specialisms and have been acknowledged as being flexible in their approach and for providing a first-class service.

Great James Street
Criminal Law

Criminal Law

Extradition Law

Extradition

Regulatory Law

Regulatory Law

Immigration Law

Immigration Law

Family Law

Family Law

Public Law

Public Law & Judicial Review

Domestic International

Domestic & International

Corporate & financial Crime

Corporate & Financial

International And Business Law

International Business Law

Employment Law

Employment Law

Prison Law

Prison Law

Licensing

Licensing

Inquiries and Inquests

Inquiries & Inquests

Sports Law

Sports Law