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Headquarters | 1–2 Laurence Pountney Hill, City of London, EC4 United Kingdom |
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Offices | London, United Kingdom |
No. of lawyers | 70 practitioners |
Major practice areas | Crime, regulatory. [1] |
Key people | Adrian Darbishire KC and Selva Ramasamy KC (Joint Heads of Chambers) |
Date founded | 1982[2] |
Company type | Unincorporated association of self-employed legal practitioners |
Website | QEBHollisWhiteman.co.uk |
QEB Hollis Whiteman is a leading set of barristers' chambers specialising in criminal, financial, and regulatory law, located in the City of London. [3] Established in the 1980s, it employs 70 barristers, including 21 King's Counsel, four Treasury Counsel and one Standing Counsel to the RCPO. [4] The current Heads of Chambers are Selva Ramasamy KC and Adrian Darbishire KC [5] and the Chief Clerk is Chris Emmings. [6]
The set was established in June 1982 by Daniel Hollis QC (1925–2016). [7] It was named after their former premises at Queen Elizabeth Building in the Temple which it left in 2010, moving to the City of London. [8]
The set's practice areas include: [9]
The chambers are considered "the go-to place" for criminal defence as well as for prosecution. [10]
Members of chambers have prosecuted and defended in many widely publicised criminal cases. [10]
Honorary members include Mr Justice David Calvet-Smith, former Director of Public Prosecutions and former chair of the Parole Board for England and Wales. [26]
Former members include Daniel Hollis QC, the founding member of the set, [2] and judge Ian Paton QC, criminal prosecutor who prosecuted in major criminal trials as well as sitting as a Recorder in Southwark Crown Court. [27]
Heather Norton practised at the chambers for 23 years, until 2012 when she was appointed a Circuit Judge sitting at Canterbury Crown Court. [28]