Welcome to the Chancery Bar
Do you enjoy unravelling the knottiest of legal problems? Would you relish developing cutting-edge areas of law? Does advising business on complex transactions appeal? Can you support and guide people at times of great stress? If the answer is yes to any of the above, the Chancery Bar may be for you.
Chancery barristers specialise in business, financial and property law, are collectively known as the Chancery Bar, and practice in the Chancery Division. Our history goes back hundreds of years and, since 2017, the Chancery Division has been part of the Business and Property Courts within the High Court.
This App explains what we do and more information is available on the Chancery Bar Association’s website at www.chba.org.uk.
About 1,300 of the 16,435 barristers practising in England and Wales specialise in Chancery work. Most are based in London but Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester and Newcastle are important regional centres.
The Chancery Bar is a meritocracy where members are measured by performance. That performance does not depend on intellect alone. In the modern commercial environment, finding and communicating practical real-world solutions to legal issues is critical. Only by recruiting the best regardless of gender, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, age, disability or social background will we maintain and enhance the reputation of the Chancery Bar.
If this sounds good, read on.