PHOENIX CHAMBERS  

   Home      Members of Chambers     Areas of Law     Phoenix News     Administration     Legal link pages     Tenancy Vacancies     Complaints Procedures      Mediation   

   [Click on the above links to navigate your way around Phoenix Chambers]
 

This is a brief a brief introduction to the membership of Chambers ...

MEMBERSHIP OF CHAMBERS BY SENIORITY

Bruce Pitt   LL.B (Lond) (Recorder)  Called  in 1970.  Is the Head of Chambers and a founder member.  He specialises in Criminal Law, and is a member of the West Indies Bar.

David LANE  QC  LL.B (Hons)  (Recorder)  Called in 1968   (QC 1991)  Mr. Lane       undertakes work  in the field of  Criminal Law with an accent on complex fraud.  David's main chambers are in Manchester.  ( *door tenant)

Denis BRADLEY   Called in 1965 and undertakes work in  relation to Crime and Licensing. Disciplinary Proceedings (particularly with regard to the Police).

Christopher CUTTING Bungay GS, London School of Economics LL. B, LLM.  Called in1973 (Middle Temple), Chris specialises in landlord and tenant (business and residential) and commercial property; other areas of work include real property, general civil (both common law and Chancery), employment and insolvency. Fluent in French and listed in Legal 500

Kaja REIFF-MUSGROVE    B.A. (Hons.)  Called  in 1992.  Specialises in  Criminal  Defence law, Coroner's Inquests and Mental Health.  Speaks Danish.   Member of the Criminal Bar Association.

Yasreeb  ZAHED   B.Sc (Econ) LL.M (Lond)   Called  in 1993 . A founder member of Chambers.  Undertakes work in the following areas:   Landlord & Tenant, Employment, Licensing, Crime, Housing, Immigration.

Nigel FFITCH  T.D  LL.B (Hons) Lond. Called in 1996 and undertakes work  in a wide range of civil common law including Personal Injury, Consumer Credit, Professional Negligence, Sale of Goods, Landlord & Tenant, General Contract, Employment and Tort. Member of APIL and Bar Personal Injury Association.

Anthony LENAGHAN  LL.B (Hons) . Called in 1996 and undertakes work in relation to  Criminal Law, Personal Injury and Licensing. Also practises in the Insolvency,  Family, and  Immigration fields. Experienced in drafting commercial contracts for television, new media and advertising companies. (Lectured on contract  matters  to corporate clients).

Clare ATKIN BSc. LL.B (Hons) Harmsworth Scholar of Middle Temple. Called in 2001 following a career at the D.T.I  (Insolvency Service and Companies Investigation Branch) Has acted as an Inspector in an insider Dealing Inspection. Undertakes Civil work with particular emphasis  on Insolvency and Company.  Miss Atkin has recently completed a period with the Treasury Solicitor's Department Private Law (C2) Team. While there she advised widely on cases involving physical and psychiatric injuries suffered by prisoners and prison employees, unlawful detention and other Prison and Personal Injury law. She also appeared extensively in various Courts nationwide on behalf of the Treasury Solicitor in assorted Multi-track, Fast Track and Small Claims matters. With regard to the Multi-track and Fast Track  matters this included appearing in trials as well as various interlocutory hearings. 

Henry MAINWARING  MA  Oxon; Dip law.   Tancred scholarship 1999, Hardwicke scholarship 2000. Called 2001. Undertakes work in all aspects of Civil, Commercial and Chancery Law with a particular emphasis on contractual disputes. He also has experience in the fields of Coroners Inquests, Landlord and Tenant, Construction and Engineering, Licensing and Consumer Credit. Languages: French and Spanish.

Send mail to sean@phoenix-chambers.co.uk with questions or comments about this web site.