9 St John Street Chambers

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Head of chambers

Mr Christopher Kennedy KC

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Chancery

Traditional chancery includes trusts, probate, real property and tax, while commercial chancery covers a range of finance and business disputes.

Civil law

Civil law involves relations between persons, and between persons and organisations.

Commercial dispute resolution

The commercial Bar covers a range of areas, including banking, sale of goods and shipping, insolvency, civil fraud, and insurance/reinsurance.

Construction & engineering

Contentious construction work involves the resolution of disputes by way of litigation, mediation, adjudication or arbitration.

Crime/fraud

Specialist criminal law chambers offer expertise in all areas, including child abuse, human rights, violent crime, and white collar crime.

Employment

Employment lawyers handle a variety of issues, including unfair dismissal, discrimination, redundancy, equal pay and whistleblowing claims.

Family/matrimonial

Think about all the things that members of a family can fall out about and multiply that – that’s your area.

IP barristers advise on issues such as infringement disputes, issues on validity of registered IP rights, and commercial agreements that deal either exclusively with IP rights or with IP rights in the wider context of larger commercial transactions.

Landlord & tenant/housing

Housing/landlord and tenant law encompasses all aspects of residential and commercial tenancies covering issues like disrepair, human rights and succession.

Personal injury

Personal injury law falls under the law of tort and involves civil claims brought to obtain compensation for injuries.

Professional negligence

Barristers involved in this field deal with claims against professionals such as architects, accountants, solicitors and financial advisers.

Property

Property law (now sometimes labelled as real estate) embraces a wide range of work, including real property, such as contracts for sale, covenants and land registration, trusts over land; and commercial and residential tenancies involving issues as diverse as disrepair, possession claims, succession and assignment.

Regulatory

Whether it’s EU-originated, domestic or an industry code of conduct, regulation affects all aspects of civil life and commercial activity.

Sports & entertainment

Among the different types of client are professional athletes; their managers, coaches and agents; sports clubs and brand sponsors.

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Learn more about 9 St John Street Chambers

9 St John Street, Manchester, M3 4DN
Phone: 0161 955 9000
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.9sjs.com

Mini-pupillages:	Yes
Minimum qualification:	None