Hull’s leading Barristers

Wilberforce Chambers is home to a leading set of barristers specialising in civil, criminal and family law.
Civil Law

Members of Chambers cover most areas of personal injury, property, commercial and employment law and specialist areas.
Criminal Law

Members of Chambers prosecute and defend in the Magistrates Court, Crown Court and the Court of Appeal.
Family Law

Members of Chambers cover all areas of family law in the Family Procedings Court, County Court and High Court.
Regulatory Law

Wilberforce Chambers has many experienced practitioners who defend cases in regulatory law.

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Meet our Barristers

Claire Holmes LL.B. (Hons) Open University, Call 2009 (admitted as a Solicitor 2008)
Principal Areas of Work
- Criminal Law
- Family Law
John Godfrey BSc (Econ) London, Call 1985 (admitted as a Solicitor 1976)
Principal Areas of Work
- Family Law
Neil Cameron LL.B. (Hons) Leicester, Call 1984
Principal Areas of Work
- Civil Law
- Regulatory Law
Richard Thompson LL.B. (Hons) Nottingham Trent, Call 2007 (admitted as a Solicitor 1996)
Principal Areas of Work
- Criminal Law
- Regulatory Law
Charlotte Baines LL.B. (Hons) Law & Politics Hull, Call 2000
Principal Areas of Work
- Criminal Law
- Regulatory Law
Sarah Fearon B.A (Hons) Sheffield, Call 2000
Principal Areas of Work
- Family Law
Nigel Clive LL.B. (Hons) Teeside, Call 1998
Principal Areas of Work
- Criminal Law
- Regulatory Law
Stephen Robinson LL.B. (Hons) Cantab, Call 1999
Principal Areas of Work
- Criminal Law
Simon Hirst LL.B. (Hons) Hull, Call 1993
Principal Areas of Work
- Criminal Law
- Family Law
Anil Murray LL.B. (Hons) Hull, Call 1989
Principal Areas of Work
- Criminal Law
Malcolm Swift QC LL.B. AKC King's College, London, Call 1970
Principal Areas of Work
- Criminal Law
- Regulatory Law
Joanne Jenkins LL.B. (Hons) East Anglia, Call 2009
Principal Areas of Work
Wendy Foster MA (Cantab), Call 2005
Principal Areas of Work
Andrew Comaish M.A (Cantab), Call 1989
Principal Areas of Work
- Civil Law
- Family Law
Paul W. Miller MA (Oxon), Call 1974
Principal Areas of Work
- Civil Law
Bernard Gateshill M.A. (Cantab), Call 1972
Principal Areas of Work
January Scott LL.B. (Hons) Hull (First Class Honours), Call 2000
Principal Areas of Work
- Civil Law
- Family Law
Julia Baggs BA (Hons) Durham, Call 2008
Principal Areas of Work
Sally Collins LL.B. (Hons) Huddersfield, Call 2002 (admitted as a Solicitor 1988)
Principal Areas of Work
- Family Law
Alan Carnie LL.B. (Hons) Hull, Call 2006 (admitted as a solicitor 1987)
Principal Areas of Work
- Family Law
Thomas Ledden LL.B. (Hons) Liverpool, Call 2009
Principal Areas of Work
Paul Genney BDS (Bristol), Call 1976
Principal Areas of Work
- Criminal Law
John Thackray LL.B. (Hons) Leeds, Call 1994
Principal Areas of Work
- Criminal Law
- Regulatory Law
Carol J. Trimmer LL.B. (Hons) Hull, Call 1993 (admitted as a Solicitor 1979)
Principal Areas of Work
- Family Law
Steven D. Garth LL.B. (Hons) Leeds, Call 1983
Principal Areas of Work
- Criminal Law
Simon Pickering LL.B. (Hons) Hull, M.A. (Political Philosophy) York, Call 1996
Principal Areas of Work