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Welcome to 39 Essex Chambers
39 Essex Chambers is a leading set based in London, Manchester, Kuala Lumpur and Singapore. Our barristers offer a depth of expertise in a range of specialist sectors and practice areas.
Practice Areas
- Administrative & Public
- Alternative Dispute Resolution
- Banking & Finance
- Civil Liability
- Clinical Negligence
- Commercial
- Construction
- Costs & Litigation Funding
- Court of Protection
- EU Law
- Inquiries & Investigations
- Intellectual Property
- International Arbitration
- International Litigation
- Medical Treatment
- Personal Injury
- Planning, Environment & Property
- Regulatory & Disciplinary
- Tax
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Central Government
What our barristers offer
39 Essex Chambers has a full complement of leading barristers with considerable experience of acting for clients in the central government sector. We offer our clients an expert, multi-faceted and practically focused service.
Who our barristers act for
Our barristers act for all central government departments and individuals challenging decisions of central government.
Which areas of central government work we cover
- Judicial review
- Constitutional and administrative law
- Human rights (both in domestic courts and before the European Court of Human Rights)
- Immigration and asylum (including appeals and judicial reviews)
- Points Based System (both sponsors and migrants), including Tier 2 (intra-company transfers)
- Special Immigration Appeals Commission
- Terrorism prevention and investigation measures
- Nationality
- National security, foreign relations and defence
- Public inquiries
- Coroner’s inquests
- Prison law
- Mental health
- Social security
- Data protection
- Freedom of Information Act requests
- Environmental Information Regulations
- RIPA
- Investigatory Powers Tribunal
- Employment
- Discrimination and equalities claims, including disability, sex, religion, race, age and the public sector equality duty
- European Union law (both in domestic courts and before the Court of Justice of the Europan Union (CJEU))
- Construction
- Contract
- Negligence
- Professional discipline and regulation
- Planning
- Environmental law
- Procurement
- Complaints to, and challenges of, the Parliamentary and Health Services Ombudsman
- Tax (both direct and indirect)
- Parliamentary Bills (drafting and advice)
- Electoral law
- Police
- Transport
- Energy
- Public International Law
Additional central government sector knowledge
A number of our barristers are currently on the Attorney General’s panel and many of our QCs were previously on the panel until they took silk. Barristers have also represented central government in important cases and have been appointed as counsel to some of the most high profile inquiries of recent years (such as the Leveson Inquiry).
Who to contact
Michael Kaplan is the Senior Clerk for the Central Government team and will, along with the clerking team below, be able to help you with any questions.
Michael Kaplan
Call: +44 (0)20 7832 1111
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