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| About |
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| Equity Chambers were formed in 1996 by a group of experienced barristers committed to providing a consistently high quality of service to instructing solicitors. Although we have been in existence for only four years in that time we have firmly established ourselves as one of the leading criminal sets in the Midlands, with almost unparalleled experience of heavyweight criminal defence. Our more senior junior barristers have vast experience of the most serious criminal cases, including murder, organised crime, major fraud, serious sexual matters and large scale drug offences. They have built up practices far greater than might be expected for barristers of their call. These practices have been built on a combination of approachability, professionalism and, of course, sheer hard work. |
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| Equity Chambers have barristers who specialise in many areas of the law as well as crime, including particularly actions against the police, civil liberties, human rights, immigration and family. They also appear regularly in the higher courts, often in cases in which they didn't appear at the first instance, and pride themselves on a comprehensive understanding and knowledge of all aspects of their specialist fields of law and procedure. Chambers has a commitment to ongoing education for all members and has a policy of compulsory internal lectures on all new developments of the law. |
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| Equity Chambers supports equal opportunities irrespective of race, sex, age or sexual orientation. Chambers are made up of different cultures and can therefore more readily appreciate the cultural factors which may lie behind any given behaviour. We also have a great advantage in communicating with lay clients and their families from different cultures as we offer barristers who are fluent in Punjabi, Urdu, Hindi, Mirpuri, Arabic, Gujarati, Bengali and French |
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| Equity Chambers maintains it's own criminal law standards policy to ensure the very highest quality of service to solicitors. Irrespective of recent changes to the legal aid payment system we undertake to provide a written advice and hold a conference at a location convenient to you in all cases. We also endeavour to ensure that counsel instructed, wherever possible, conducts the case. If there is or maybe any problem with availability we undertake to keep solicitors fully informed of the position at all stages. Our commitment to quality is both extensive and firm and is fully set out in our service standards leaflet. |
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| Equity Chambers has recently moved to newly refurbished accommodation within a short walk of the major Birmingham court centres. Excellent conference facilities are now available within chambers. Members of chambers are equally happy to hold conferences at your offices, whichever is more convenient to you. |
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