Professional negligence
About the Group:
"Hailsham continues to build on its reputation as one of the foremost specialist professional negligence sets." Chambers UK 2012
"The 'user-friendly and efficient' team impresses with its 'reliable and solid advice,' which it provides quickly and on time...clients find genuine value in the fact that the barristers at the set can easily turn their hand to the full range of professional negligence matters."Chambers UK 2012
"Hailsham Chambers has ‘very wide experience' and as a set is ‘safe, thorough and intellectually second to none." Legal 500 2011
About the Group members:
"Bernard Livesey QC is a recent addition to the set. He has been developing his practice and has enjoyed an increase in instructions in high-value complex financial defence cases; he combines this work with multimillion-pound construction matters." Chambers UK 2012
"The ‘excellent' Bernard Livesey QC recently defended a law firm against a multimillion-pound claim for alleged breach of duty." Legal 500 2011
"It is unsurprising that clients have total confidence in the 'assured and authoritative' Michael Pooles QC, who is one of professional negligence's leading lights. He is 'excellent at what he does' since he is a 'lethal cross-examiner' who can also 'get involved in the detail'. Solicitors admire the fact that 'he maintains a total mastery over his papers'." Chambers UK 2012
"Michael Pooles QC is praised as a ‘well-respected veteran of the professional liability world'." Legal 500 2011
"Julian Picton QC is another 'user-friendly' silk, well liked by clients for taking a constructive, team-based approach to solving difficult questions". Chambers UK 2012
"William Flenley QC is a popular new silk who provides 'sensible commercial advice' whilst 'fighting the right points and making clever arguments'. He is an 'extremely good advocate' and, although he has a broad practice, is especially recommended for his work on solicitors' negligence cases". Chambers UK 2012
"William Flenley QC is ‘intellectual and practical'." Legal 500 2011
"Derek Holwill is another fine senior junior. He has an especially strong reputation for his work on coverage disputes and impresses with his 'excellent acumen' and 'well-reasoned and robust advice'." Chambers UK 2012
"Spike Charlwood is an extremely well-regarded junior with an impressive caseload of multimillion-pound claims across the full spectrum of professional negligence. He is 'clever, clear and very good on the technical issues'. He further benefits from having a 'confident and relaxed manner'. One magnanimous fellow barrister stated: 'He wiped the floor with me'." Chambers UK 2012
"Paul Mitchell has had a sterling year, with the highlight probably being his appearance in the Court of Appeal case of Eminence v Heaney. He is 'a courageous advocate who provides pragmatic commercial advice'." Chambers UK 2012