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QEB Hollis Whiteman
Headquarters1-2 Laurence Pountney Hill,
City of London, EC4
United Kingdom
No. of lawyers70 practitioners
Major practice areasCrime, regulatory.[1]
Key peopleMark Ellison QC
(Head of Chambers)
Date founded1983 (1983)[2]
Company typeProfessional limited liability partnership
WebsiteQEBHollisWhiteman.co.uk

QEB Hollis Whiteman is a leading set of barristers chambers specialising in criminal and regulatory law, located in the City of London.[3] Established in the 1980s, it employs 70 barristers, including twenty Queens' Counsel, four Treasury Counsel and one Standing Counsel to the RCPO.[4] The current Head of Chambers is Mark Ellison QC and the Chief Clerk is Chris Emmings.[5]

History

The set was established in 1983 by Daniel Hollis QC (1925–2016).[6] 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.[7]

QEB Hollis Whiteman Offices at 1 – 2 Laurence Pountney Hill, City of London, EC4

Practice areas

The set's practice areas include:[8]

The chambers are considered "the go-to place" for criminal defence as well as for prosecution.[9]

Notable members

Members of chambers have prosecuted and defended in many widely publicised criminal cases.[9]

  • Mark Ellison QC, Head of Chambers, defended Hogan Lovells solicitor Chris Grierson when he was accused of £1.27 million expenses fraud,[10] as well as prosecuting on behalf of FCA in £7.4m gains insider dealing case.[11] He also undertook a review of undercover policing in connection to Stephen Lawrence murder for the Home Office.[12]
  • Edward Brown QC advised the SFO and leads for the prosecution in the Barclays-Qatar fundraising prosecution,[13] as well as prosecuting Kevin Hutchinson-Foster in connection with Mark Duggan murder.[14]
  • Adrian Darbishire QC successfully defended Ryan Reich who was prosecuted by the Serious Fraud Office for manipulating the London LIBOR during the Libor scandal.[15]
  • Zoe Johnson QC is a former Senior Treasury Counsel and the founding member of the Bar Disability Panel.[16]
  • Peter Kyte QC is a prosecutor who also sits as a recorder at Southwark Crown Court.[17][18]
  • William Boyce QC is a Crown Court Recorder and former Senior Treasury Counsel.[19]
  • Eleanor Laws QC is a Recorder and has been described as the "go-to Silk" for sexual offences.[20]
  • Tom Kark QC is a Crown Court Recorder and former standing counsel to Customs and Excise.[21] He was a leading Counsel to the Francis Inquiry that examined the causes of the failings in care at Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust between 2005–2009.[22] and conducted a review of the fit and proper person test for the Minister for Health published in 2019. He also sits as a legal assessor in the Osteopathic Council.[23]
  • Sean Larkin QC successfully prosecuted alleged Daesh sympathiser in a terrorism case which could have long lasting implications on the definition of terrorism and the impact of public international law on domestic legislation.[24]

Notable honorary members

Honorary members include Mr Justice David Calvet-Smith, QC, former Director of Public Prosecutions and former Chair of the Parole Board for England and Wales.[25]

Former notable members

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.[26]

Heather Norton practised at the chambers for 23 years, until 2012 when she was appointed a Circuit Judge sitting at Canterbury Crown Court.[27]

Rankings and Honours

  • In 2016, Chambers and Partners named QEB Hollis Whiteman "Crime Set of The Year".[28]
  • In 2017, Who‘s Who Legal listed QEB Hollis Whiteman as one of their “leading sets” for crime.[3]
  • In 2018, Legal 500 named QEB Hollis Whiteman as “Crime Set of the Year”.[29]

See also

References

  1. ^ "QEB Hollis Whiteman Chambers profile". 30 July 2017. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
  2. ^ a b "Leading criminal barrister known for his insouciance and the sometimes startling brevity of his advocacy in court". 29 October 2017. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
  3. ^ a b "QEB Hollis Whiteman listed in UK Bar 2017". 30 July 2017. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
  4. ^ "Barristers & Staff". QEB Hollis Whiteman. Retrieved 2019-04-04.
  5. ^ "QEB Hollis Whiteman: About". 31 July 2017. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  6. ^ "Dan Hollis QC Obituary". 29 October 2017. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
  7. ^ "QEB Hollis moves to the City in spirit of competitive advantage". 30 July 2017. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
  8. ^ "QEB Hollis Whiteman - Barristers - General Crime, Business Crime, Professional Regulation and Discipline and Intellectual Property". QEB Hollis Whiteman. Retrieved 2018-03-21.
  9. ^ "Ex Hogan Lovells partner Grierson admits £1.27m expenses fraud". 30 July 2017. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
  10. ^ "Defendants in insider trading case motivated by 'greed'". 30 July 2017. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
  11. ^ "Ellison Report findings: After years of secrecy and misdirection, the true story of how corruption tainted the Stephen Lawrence Inquiry". 30 July 2017. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
  12. ^ "Senior Barclays bankers charged with fraud over credit crunch fundraising". 30 July 2017. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
  13. ^ "Man found guilty of supplying Mark Duggan with handgun minutes before Tottenham shooting". 30 July 2017. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
  14. ^ "Senior Barclays bankers charged with fraud over credit crunch fundraising". 1 August 2017. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  15. ^ "Zoe Johnson QC". QEB Hollis Whiteman. Retrieved 2018-03-22.
  16. ^ "Prosecutor Peter Kyte QC said the couple had debts of more than £30,000 and had been taken to court by creditors in 2011". 6 August 2017. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
  17. ^ "Drink-drive mum spared jail after crashes in Highams Park and Walthamstow". 6 August 2017. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
  18. ^ "William Boyce QC: my life". 4 August 2017. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
  19. ^ "Eleanor Laws QC". QEB Hollis Whiteman. Retrieved 2018-03-22.
  20. ^ "Why didn't the GMC prosecute Mid Staffs directors?". 10 August 2017. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
  21. ^ "NHS Foundation Trust". 10 August 2017. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
  22. ^ "Chambers and partners: Tom Kark QC". 10 August 2017. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
  23. ^ "Trial of a man accused of encouraging support for Islamic State nears conclusion". 10 August 2017. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
  24. ^ "David Calvert-Smith leads a parole board confronted by an unprecedented backlog of hearings and little option but to keep inmates waiting in overcrowded prisons". 1 August 2017. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  25. ^ "Barrister killed in mystery blaze at his home". 30 July 2017. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
  26. ^ "Judge Heather Norton orders arrest of man who failed to turn up at Canterbury Crown Court for jury service". 4 August 2017. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
  27. ^ "QEB Hollis Whiteman was announced as Crime Set of the Year at the Chambers UK Bar Awards". 30 July 2017. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
  28. ^ "The Legal 500 Awards - UK Awards 2018: Bar Winners". www.legal500.com. Retrieved 2018-03-20.

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