‘A very strong set of chambers in an extremely competitive city. They have a wide breadth of experience and skills, which means that when complex cases require input from other specialist counsel, it can remain within chambers, which is of a benefit to clients.’

“Chris Shaw and Martin Craggs provide a first-class service supporting counsel in this area of law. They add the personal touch to communications with chambers and will always endeavour to do their utmost to facilitate requests.”

– Legal 500 2024

Client service:

“The whole team is outstanding.”

“They are  a well coordinated, large clerking team who are keen to support.”

“The clerks provide exceptional service and are very responsive. There are no delays, they always deliver, and are reliable and top quality.”

– Chambers UK Bar 2024

Our expertise includes Personal Injury Litigation including Road Traffic Accidents, Employer’s Liability, Occupier’s Liability and Public Liability from the small claims court to the most serious and catastrophic injuries. We have an exceptional team of clinical negligence experts and additional expertise in disease, costs, travel claims and civil fraud.

In addition, we offer bespoke ADR solutions to clients, ranging from Joint Settlement Meetings to online Arbitration and Mediation and including Early Neutral Evaluations. We are able to deliver this from purpose built Arbitration suites within each of our chambers or online.

In order to assist you in finding the right expert barrister we have separated our team into areas of specialism:-

To view our team you can select from the specialist options in the navigation bar on this page or, if you would like to speak to one of our civil clerks please click here for their contact details or call your local chambers and ask to be put through to the civil clerking team. You can also email clerk@stjohnsbuildings.co.uk and request a call back.