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Solicitors choosing counsel from the Criminal Department of Cobden House have an extremely wide selection. The recruitment policy has ensured that all members of the Department offer to our solicitor and lay clients a wealth of experience and individualism. Whatever the case, there will be suitable counsel at Cobden House.

With three silks and junior counsel across the full range of Call, Cobden House offers an exemplary service to its criminal clients, with members of the Department providing support for each other.

Members of the Department can be contracted by telephone, fax or e-mail and whilst there are splendid conference facilities in Chambers, we recognise and accommodate the needs of our clients to hold conferences in prisons and at the offices of our instructing solicitors.

All members of the Department have access to the latest technology and case-law and fully appreciate the needs of our clients in criminal cases - continuous case preparation from the receipt of the brief to the conclusion of the case.

There is no geographical boundary to the Department, but most of our work is on the Northern Circuit and within the Department, we have counsel whose expertise covers criminal cases of every description.

We are well served by our clerking team, who ensure the smooth operation of the Department Diary as our clients would expect from Chambers with the BarMark award.

 

We have 22 barristers in our Crime Department:

Roger Farley QC

LL B (Hons)

Called
  1974
 Silk 
  1993 
Jonathan Goldberg QC

MA, LL M (Cantab)

Called
  1971
 Silk 
  1989 
Louise Blackwell Q.C.

LL B (Hons)

Called
  1985
 Silk 
  2006 
Harry Narayan

Called
  1970
 
   
Howard Baisden

LL M

Called
  1972
 
   
Peter Buckley

BA (Oxon)

Called
  1972
 
   
John Broadley

LL B (Hons)

Called
  1973
 
   
Stuart Neale

MA (Cantab)

Called
  1976
 
   
Michael Goldwater

MA (Oxon)

Called
  1977
 
   
Ian Metcalfe

LL B (Hons)

Called
  1985
 
   
Ian McMeekin

LL.B (Hons)

Called
  1987
 
   
John Oultram

Called
  1988
 
   
Simon Nichol

BSc

Called
  1994
 
   
Martin Callery

LL B (Hons)

Called
  1997
 
   
Michael Gleeson

BA (Hons)

Called
  1998
 
   
Rebecca Hirst

LLB (Hons)

Called
  1999
 
   
Jacinta Stringer

Called
  1999
 
   
Michael J Knowles

LL B (Hons)

Called
  2000
 
   
Geraldine Riley

LL.B (Hons)

Called
  2002
 
   
Nicholas Flanagan

LLB (Hons)

Called
  2004
 
   
Jane Greenhalgh

Called
  2004
 
   
Brigid Baillie

BA, MA

Called
  2007
 
   
Cobden House Chambers, 19 Quay Street, Manchester, M3 3HN
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