Announced on 25th September 2013, 7HS Chambers has been Recommended in the Legal 500 Awards 2013 in the following categories, showing the broad base of their expertise;

Regional Bar – Treasury Panel lists (North region based on the Northern circuit – previously region 1)

Regional Bar – Northern Circuit – Crime

Regional Bar – Northern Circuit – Family

Regional Bar – Northern Circuit – Overview

Regional Bar – Northern Circuit – Personal Injury and clinical negligence

Regional Bar – Wales and Chester Circuit – Overview

The Legal 500 is widely regarded at the most authoritative research guide of the leading law firms operating in the UK. Unique within the legal industry, they bring together the best of the best from not just law firms and barristers chambers, but also the very best in-house lawyers and general counsel operating within the UK market. These new awards set the benchmark for excellence across the UK legal market.

Importantly the Recommendations also highlighted the following 11 members within Chambers:

Crime – Richard Pratt QC, Stephen Riordan QC and Ian Unsworth QC continue to appear regularly in high-profile cases, and Nigel Power QC excels in cases involving complex technical, medical or scientific evidence. Ian Whitehurst is recommended for fraud cases.

Family – Joanna Mallon is recommended for complex children law cases and Deirdre McGuire for matrimonial finance matters.

Personal injury and clinical negligence – Tim Grover appeared in Stoddart v Perucca, which involved the apportionment of liability between a motorist and a horse rider. Peter Gregory regularly undertakes multi-million pound cases. Steven Parker and James McKeon are recommended for high-value personal injury claimant work.

Article Source: Legal500