Legal 500 names 9 Park Place as a leading set

Civil and Employment

Within civil and commercial, Richard Kember, Jeffrey Littman (insolvency), Gwydion Hughes, (commercial and chancery) are recommended, Gareth Thomas is recommended for property work, and Emyr Jones is recommended for his public law and planning practice.

Within Personal injury and clinical negligence, Peter Brooks is noted for his particular expertise in catastrophic head injury, quadriplegia and paraplegia cases.

Within Employment, Richard Kember, again, is noted for his work on a variety of complex matters, whilst Robert Vernon is also recommended.

Criminal

Within Crime, Peter Davies is noted for has particular expertise in serious sexual offence cases. Matthew Cobbe and Elizabeth Pearson handle serious criminal offences, David Elias continues to act in high-profile homicide cases and Heath Edwards is recommended for fraud. Roger Griffiths and Hashim Salmman recently joined from Temple Chambers.

Family

9 Park Place’s family team is led by Paul Hopkins QC, who is noted for his broad family practice. Owen Thomas is described as ‘a silk in the making’, frequently instructed in cases of serious violence or abuse. Christopher Felstead is recommended for matrimonial finance work, and Lisa Thomas is recommended for care work.Within Overview, 9 Park Place (Gregg Taylor QC) is a first tier set, The Cardiff Bar contracted with the dissolution of Temple Chambers, with several sets taking on new counsel as a result. Civitas Law is the pre-eminent set on circuit for civil and public law, while 9 Park Place and 30 Park Place provide strong all-round expertise. Apex Chambers has a number of recommended criminal counsel. Iscoed Chambers and Angel Chambers are the prominent Swansea sets. Cornerstone Barristers’ Cardiff annexe is also a key player.