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Name of chambers: 18 St John Street Chambers
Chambers address: 18 St John Street, Manchester, M3 4EA
Number of vacancies: TBD
Area(s) of practice: Personal Injury, Clinical Negligence & Costs
Level of guaranteed earnings (in £ pounds): N/A
Role start date: N/A
Length of tenancy: 6 months
Closing date for applications: N/A
How to apply:
Please send a CV and a covering letter by email to Emma Bowie, our Chambers Manager, at [email protected].
Your covering letter should explain why you are interested in a probationary tenancy with 18 St John Street Chambers, and it should provide an outline of the experience you have gained during your pupillage to date.
All applications will be treated with confidence.
About our chambers:
18 St John Street Chambers is one of the longest established and most well-regarded sets of Chambers on the Northern Circuit. Our barristers have been delivering the highest standards of advice and advocacy to clients for over 50 years, combining the traditions of the independent Bar with a modern and forward-looking approach.
We currently comprise of over 90 members. Across our core departments we offer exceptionally skilled practitioners in business and property, personal injury, clinical negligence & costs, criminal law and family law. The depth of each department allows us to offer an extensive list of barristers across the full range of seniority and experience who are knowledgeable, insightful and analytical with particular expertise in verbal and written advice, legal drafting, negotiation and court advocacy. Within our dedicated practice groups, we provide further teams specialising in additional areas of expertise including Court of Protection, employment, military proceedings, regulatory and disciplinary proceedings, sports law and tax. Chambers also has an accredited team offering arbitration and mediation services.
Whilst the majority of our work is conducted on the Northern Circuit, members regularly attend conferences, meetings and mediations and undertake advocacy in every level of the Tribunals and Courts across the United Kingdom and further afield. We are understanding and sympathetic but firm, focused and professional. We represent individuals directly and via high street, regional and national law firms. The success of our members is epitomised by the number who have gone on to take silk or be appointed as District, Circuit and High Court Judges, as well as those who have been ranked in the legal directories.
The interests of our clients are at the heart of everything 18 St John Street Chambers does. Members approach each case with firm and focused professionalism, which ensures that clients receive the best advice and service available. Our clerking teams have a thorough understanding of their practice areas. Clients receive an efficient and effective service from the first moment they contact Chambers. Every barrister provides an expert approach to cases by offering realistic advice, innovative solutions and incisive and effective advocacy.
For more, please visit our website – www.18sjs.com
About the candidate:
Our personal injury, clinical negligence and costs department is looking for an ambitious individual who wants to quickly develop a practice in serious injury, clinical negligence or costs work. We are looking for people who are capable of building a successful practice in any of these areas.
The successful candidate can expect to have a busy and varied caseload, comprising of cases ranging from those allocated to the small claims track up to and including cases allocated to the multi-track. They will benefit from the support of more senior members of chambers for the duration of their probationary tenancy and beyond.
The successful candidate will be recruited with a view to tenancy.