Our areas of expertise include:

Direct Access

In July 2004 the Bar Council relaxed its rules thereby permitting members of the general public seeking legal advice or representation in court to go directly to a barrister.

Middle Temple Lane Chambers has several experienced counsel who are able to take instructions directly from members of the public under the Bar Council's Public Access Rules. The barristers are:

Olajide Lanlehin
Ram Yajnik
David Mendes da Costa
Chima Umezuruike
Gudrun Fama
Robert Mackenzie
Jumoke Hughes
Tamara Solecki
Cathy McCulloch
Saiful Islam

The services that 1 Middle Temple Lane Chambers can currently provide are the following:-

(a) advising clients both in writing and orally,
(b) drafting legal documents for clients, and
(c) representing clients in proceedings in:

The Employment Tribunals;
Disciplinary Tribunals;
The County Courts;
The High Court;
The Court of Appeal; and
The House of Lords.

Our Direct Access barristers cover the following areas of law:

Contractual disputes;
Commercial disputes;
Company law;
Trust and Probate law;
Landlord and Tenant law;
Property law;
Discrimination and Employment law;
The Rules regulating the legal, medical, nursing, teaching and accounting professions.

The majority of our work is conducted on a fixed fee basis. Our fees are competitive.

Please contact us for further details.

The terms on which barristers accept instructions under the Direct Access Scheme can be found on the Bar Council web site covering Public Access Work.