BarristerMichael Chambers
“Across the past 5 + years I have instructed Michael in dozens of cases of varying complexity including serious sexual assault, fraud, serious violence, murder and drugs related offending. He has always provided a very professional personalised service and my clients and I have been very impressed by his attention to detail and his ability to put clients at their ease” –Defence Solicitor Advocate
Michael has a mixed general criminal, family and civil practice.
His criminal practice covers all areas of crime including gang related serious violence, public order disturbances and drug related allegations; fraud, including benefit fraud; domestic violence and sexual offences including rape and serious sexual assault.
His civil advice draws upon his 15 years’ experience of working in the commercial sector, before retraining as a barrister in 2003. He has advised and represented clients in defamation suits, applications for injunctions and several breach of contract cases.
He also has a rapidly developing family practice including private children law, financial orders and confiscation proceedings.
He is a witness and case preparation trainer for the UK’s leading legal training company where he has run numerous courses for professionals involved in the legal system as witnesses and/or investigators.
Before qualifying as a barrister Michael spent over 20 years in advertising in London and New York where he was responsible for the negotiating, planning and buying of multi-million pound television advertising campaigns for major companies including Fiat, Twentieth Century Fox Films, Procter and Gamble and Nationwide Building Society.
Notable Cases
Criminal
R v G (June 2019)
G, a man of good character acquitted of all nine counts of criminality associated with his alleged abusive relationship with his former partner over 3+ years during which it was asserted that he was controlling and coercive, repeatedly assaulted her and controlled her finances and social life, and made repeated racist threats against her and members of her family.
Although it was a very successful result, the effect of these proceedings on the defendant, his children and his family has been dramatic and is ongoing.
Civil
T and L (May 2019)
Instructed to advise T and L in a multi-million £ contractual dispute with vulture capitalists who attempted to capitalise on T and L’s vulnerable short-term financial position to extract maximum shareholder value and control for a nominal investment and ambiguous future investment commitments. The advice and conferences held was realistic and pragmatic, constructive and commercially focussed and included consideration of liquidation, insolvency, fraud, breaches of contract and directors duties pursuant to the Companies Act.
Family
Represented the respondent who faced multiple allegations of domestic violence across a number of months in a rapidly deteriorating relationship. At the contested fact-finding hearing all the allegations were rejected by the court.
Private children law
Instructed in cases involving:
- Allegations of domestic violence, including successfully represented the respondent in a fact-finding hearing who faced multiple allegations of domestic violence;
- Cultural and religious concerns;
- Education concerns;
- Parental responsibility agreements;
- Child arrangements orders including prohibited steps orders and specific issues orders.
Financial orders
Instructed in cases involving:
- Financial Orders including negotiations in relation to the matrimonial home at FDR;
- Represented respondent in late instructed FDR case in which parties disputed the accuracy of the schedule of assets.
Confiscation proceedings
- Representing third party interests in the former matrimonial home that the prosecution seeks to confiscate as part of the ex- husbands proceeds of crime.