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QEB Hollis Whiteman (chambers)

QEB Hollis Whiteman (chambers)

Barristers' Chambers based in London

QEB Hollis Whiteman is a leading set of barristers' chambers specialising in criminal, financial, and regulatory law, located in the City of London.[3] Established in the 1980s, it employs 70 barristers, including 21 King's Counsel, four Treasury Counsel and one Standing Counsel to the RCPO.[4] The current Heads of Chambers are Selva Ramasamy KC and Adrian Darbishire KC [5] and the Chief Clerk is Chris Emmings.[6]

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History

The set was established in June 1982 by Daniel Hollis QC (1925–2016).[7] It was named after their former premises at Queen Elizabeth Building in the Temple which it left in 2010, moving to the City of London.[8]

QEB Hollis Whiteman Offices at 1 – 2 Laurence Pountney Hill, City of London, EC4

Practice areas

The set's practice areas include:[9]

The chambers are considered "the go-to place" for criminal defence as well as for prosecution.[10]

Notable members

Members of chambers have prosecuted and defended in many widely publicised criminal cases.[10]

  • Mark Ellison KC defended Hogan Lovells solicitor Chris Grierson when he was accused of £1.27 million expenses fraud,[11] as well as prosecuting on behalf of FCA in £7.4m gains insider dealing case.[12] He also undertook a review of undercover policing in connection to Stephen Lawrence murder for the Home Office.[13]
  • Edward Brown KC advised the SFO and leads for the prosecution in the Barclays-Qatar fundraising prosecution,[14] as well as prosecuting Kevin Hutchinson-Foster in connection with Mark Duggan murder.[15]
  • Adrian Darbishire KC successfully defended Ryan Reich who was prosecuted by the Serious Fraud Office for manipulating the London LIBOR during the Libor scandal.[16]
  • Zoe Johnson KC is a former Senior Treasury Counsel and the founding member of the Bar Disability Panel.[17]
  • Peter Kyte KC is a prosecutor who also sits as a recorder at Southwark Crown Court.[18][19]
  • William Boyce KC is a Crown Court Recorder and former Senior Treasury Counsel.[20]
  • Eleanor Laws KC is a Recorder and has been described as the "go-to Silk" for sexual offences.[21]
  • Tom Kark KC is a Crown Court Recorder and former standing counsel to Customs and Excise.[22] He has been appointed to chair the Muckamore Abbey Hospital Public Inquiry in Northern Ireland (2022). He was a leading Counsel to the Francis Inquiry that examined the causes of the failings in care at Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust between 2005 and 2009.[23] and conducted a review of the fit and proper person test for the Minister for Health published in 2019. He also sits as a legal assessor in the Osteopathic Council.[24]
  • Sean Larkin KC successfully prosecuted alleged Daesh sympathiser in a terrorism case which could have long lasting implications on the definition of terrorism and the impact of public international law on domestic legislation.[25]

Notable honorary members

Honorary members include Mr Justice David Calvet-Smith, former Director of Public Prosecutions and former chair of the Parole Board for England and Wales.[26]

Former notable members

Former members include Daniel Hollis QC, the founding member of the set,[2] and judge Ian Paton QC, criminal prosecutor who prosecuted in major criminal trials as well as sitting as a Recorder in Southwark Crown Court.[27]

Heather Norton practised at the chambers for 23 years, until 2012 when she was appointed a Circuit Judge sitting at Canterbury Crown Court.[28]

Rankings and honours

  • In 2016, Chambers and Partners named QEB Hollis Whiteman "Crime Set of The Year".[29]
  • In 2017, Who's Who Legal listed QEB Hollis Whiteman as one of their “leading sets” for crime.[3]
  • In 2018, Legal 500 named QEB Hollis Whiteman as “Crime Set of the Year”.[30]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "QEB Hollis Whiteman Chambers profile". 30 July 2017. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
  2. [2]
    "Leading criminal barrister known for his insouciance and the sometimes startling brevity of his advocacy in court". 29 October 2017. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
  3. [3]
    "QEB Hollis Whiteman listed in UK Bar 2017". 30 July 2017. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
  4. [4]
    "Barristers & Staff". QEB Hollis Whiteman. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
  5. [5]
    @qebhw (13 April 2021). "Register" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  6. [6]
    "QEB Hollis Whiteman: About". 31 July 2017. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  7. [7]
    "Dan Hollis QC Obituary". 29 October 2017. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
  8. [8]
    "QEB Hollis moves to the City in spirit of competitive advantage". 30 July 2017. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
  9. [9]
    "QEB Hollis Whiteman – Barristers – General Crime, Business Crime, Professional Regulation and Discipline and Intellectual Property". QEB Hollis Whiteman. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
  10. [11]
    "Ex Hogan Lovells partner Grierson admits £1.27m expenses fraud". 30 July 2017. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
  11. [12]
    "Defendants in insider trading case motivated by 'greed'". 30 July 2017. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
  12. [13]
    "Ellison Report findings: After years of secrecy and misdirection, the true story of how corruption tainted the Stephen Lawrence Inquiry". 30 July 2017. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
  13. [14]
    "Senior Barclays bankers charged with fraud over credit crunch fundraising". 30 July 2017. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
  14. [15]
    "Man found guilty of supplying Mark Duggan with handgun minutes before Tottenham shooting". 30 July 2017. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
  15. [16]
    "Senior Barclays bankers charged with fraud over credit crunch fundraising". 1 August 2017. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  16. [17]
    "Zoe Johnson QC". QEB Hollis Whiteman. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
  17. [18]
    "Prosecutor Peter Kyte QC said the couple had debts of more than £30,000 and had been taken to court by creditors in 2011". 6 August 2017. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
  18. [19]
    "Drink-drive mum spared jail after crashes in Highams Park and Walthamstow". 6 August 2017. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
  19. [20]
    "William Boyce QC: my life". 4 August 2017. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
  20. [21]
    "Eleanor Laws QC". QEB Hollis Whiteman. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
  21. [22]
    "Why didn't the GMC prosecute Mid Staffs directors?". 10 August 2017. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
  22. [23]
    "NHS Foundation Trust". 10 August 2017. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
  23. [24]
    "Chambers and partners: Tom Kark KC". 10 August 2017. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
  24. [25]
    "Trial of a man accused of encouraging support for Islamic State nears conclusion". 10 August 2017. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
  25. [26]
    "David Calvert-Smith leads a parole board confronted by an unprecedented backlog of hearings and little option but to keep inmates waiting in overcrowded prisons". 1 August 2017. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  26. [27]
    "Barrister killed in mystery blaze at his home". 30 July 2017. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
  27. [28]
    "Judge Heather Norton orders arrest of man who failed to turn up at Canterbury Crown Court for jury service". 4 August 2017. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
  28. [29]
    "QEB Hollis Whiteman was announced as Crime Set of the Year at the Chambers UK Bar Awards". 30 July 2017. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
  29. [30]
    "The Legal 500 Awards – UK Awards 2018: Bar Winners". www.legal500.com. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
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