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1 Temple Gardens has long been established as one of the leading civil common law sets in the country and is repeatedly recognised as such by both Chambers UK and the Legal 500.  

With 6 silks and 50 juniors chambers is able to offer skilled counsel in a broad range of work domestically and internationally.

Nigel Wilkinson QC took over as Head of Chambers in 2008 upon the appointment of Sir Ian Burnett to the High Court Bench. Dominic Grieve QC MP is the Shadow Secretary of State for Justice and Shadow Attorney General and Sir Geoffrey Nice QC is the vice chair of the Bar Standards Board.

The chambers is known as a leading set conducting Public Inquiries (such as Bloody Sunday, Southall and Ladbroke Grove rail disasters, Victoria Climbie, Shipman, BSE, Hutton, Nimrod, Baha Mousa, and Guantanamo Bay) and also Coroners Inquests (including Diana Princess of Wales and Jean Charles de Menezes) as well as judicial review of such tribunals in its specialist field of Administrative Law.

In International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights members of chambers appear in International War Crimes Tribunals (including the trial of Slobodan Milosevic), the International Criminal Court as well as the European Court of Human Rights and European Court of Justice.

Chambers has repeatedly been the vanguard of new and developing areas of law and is well renowned for specialist barristers at all levels in the fields of Costs Litigation, Credit Hire, Insurance Fraud, Military claims, and Sports and Competition Law.

Members of chambers are well regarded for their wide range of Personal Injury and Fatal Accident work for both claimants and defendants. Senior practitioners in this field specialise in high value brain and spinal injury claims with certain members being on the major insurers' specialist panels for catastrophic injury.

Employment Law is a central area of Chambers work, with members regularly appearing in tribunals and appellate courts and contributing to, or writing, numerous publications.

In the field of Health and Safety chambers is regarded as a leading set with regard to both prosecuting and defending criminal trials and in the civil and administrative law fields.  

With a strong historical link to government work members of chambers have been involved in the leading cases for both applicants and respondents on cases involving Immigration and Asylum, Terrorism, Military Claims and Prisons.

The administration of chambers is led by Senior Clerk, Dean Norton, and prides itself on a strong approach with a welcoming and friendly ethos.