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Doughty Street Chambers

2 Pupillages

125 Tenants

5 Tenancies in last 3 years

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While at the forefront of many cutting-edge domestic and international human rights cases, we operate across a whole range of different areas of law.

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Pupillage Gateway deadline

Pupillage to commence 2025

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Head of chambers

Mr Geoffrey Robertson KC, Mr Edward Fitzgerald KC

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Pupillage Gateway

Practice Areas

Administrative & public law

The public law Bar spans the full range of administrative, public and constitutional law.

Civil law

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

Civil liberties & human rights

Human rights law is essential for a fair society where all are protected, including the vulnerable.

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.

European Union and international

Employment barristers may appear before the International Court of Justice, the European Court of Human Rights, international tribunals and domestic courts.

Immigration

Immigration lawyers deal with all legal matters relating to immigration and nationality.

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.

Planning/environment

Planning law regulates the way property owners use and develop their property in the interests of the wider community.

Professional negligence

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

Technology, media and telecommunications

Media and entertainment barristers have clients in a variety of sectors, including theatre, film, music, publishing, broadcasting, sport and advertising.

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53-54 Doughty Street, London, WC1N 2LS
Phone: 020 7404 1313
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.doughtystreet.co.uk

Mini-pupillages:	Yes
Minimum qualification:	2.2 degree

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