Church Court Chambers | Development Home Page

OFFICE HOURS

Mon - Fri 09:00 - 18.00

ADDRESS

Central Court 25 Southampton Buildings London WC2A 1AL

CONTACT DETAILS

clerks@churchcourtchambers.co.uk
Tel: +44 020 7936 3637
DX 458 London Chancery Lane

EMERGENCY CONTACT

Chambers provides an out of hours service. If you call Chambers main number you will be diverted to the clerk on call who will be able to deal with your enquiry.

Our Clerks

Rod McGurkPractice Director
emailEmailRead more

		Rod McGurk has been praised as “very user friendly” by Legal 500 2017.

Rod McGurk, who is ‘highly experienced’ and ‘most helpful’ Legal 500 2018.

Rod McGurk is ‘very helpful and swift to respond to enquiries’ Legal 500 2019

Rod joined Church Court Chambers in 2016 from 7 Bedford Row chambers, having begun his clerking career 29 years ago, in 1989.
He is adept at building and maintaining client relationships both domestically and internationally. He has a thoroughly professional and compellingly friendly manner.

He was awarded a professional qualification by the Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) and is a member of the International Bar Association.

Rod was also invited to join the Legal Forum at the University of Greenwich.
David SelsdonFirst Junior
emailEmailRead more

		Dave Selsdon aka Big Dave runs chambers daily dairies. Dave has been clerking since 1999 and brings an incredible level of efficiency and calmness to what could be a very stressful role.

In his younger days he was an avid footballer using his extraordinary height to protect the goal, he now spends many an hour on the side-lines supporting his eldest boy who is following in his footsteps and his beloved West Ham.
Tom HorganSecond Junior
emailEmailRead more

		Tom joined Church Court Chambers in September 2018 as our Second Junior. He will be assisting David Selsdon with the daily running of chambers, which will range from managing the diaries to assisting barristers.

Having worked with David in the past he shares with him that same high level of efficiency and drive in all aspects of his work.

Tom is an avid film and series watcher, particularly Game of Thrones. He also enjoys playing cricket on the weekends for his team in Kent.
Jonathan SharplingFees Administrator
emailEmailRead more

		Jonathan joined Church Court Chambers in April 2018.

He helps with all aspects within chambers from introducing and maintaining IT processes, to dealing with fees and billing within chambers.

He aided in preparing chambers for GDPR and innovating new technological process.

He has had previous experience at Penningtons Manches LLP where he assisted in the development of Knowledge Management within the firm.

Jonathan graduated from Loughborough University in 2016 after studying Business and Information Management,

He enjoys learning all forms of technology to better assist others in their problems.

He has a passion for power-lifting and skiing making regular trips to Val d’Isère and Tignes.
Rosa ButlerPractice Administrator
emailEmailRead more

		Rosa joined Church Court Chambers in March 2022 as a Practice Administrator.

She helps with all administrative tasks within chambers to ensure that daily life within the office is operating smoothly.

She is an avid skier, making frequent trips to Vermont pre-pandemic with her family.

Criminal Law

Business Crime

Extradition

Immigration Law

Regulatory and Disciplinary Law

Sports Law

"Chambers has great depth of talent, from some very promising juniors right through to some of the leading counsel and Silks"

Legal 500

"Excellent clerks, best in London"

Legal 500

Church Court Chambers is a leading London barrister chambers with a proud reputation for being professional, approachable and modern.

Our Members, including 7 Queen’s Counsel and 48 juniors, have an enviable back catalogue of high-profile and complex matters across a range of practice areas.

News

Michael Polak leads Llewellyn Culver-Evans in successful 4-week unlawful eviction and burglary private prosecution.

Chambers’ Michael Polak leading Chambers’ pupil Llewellyn Culver-Evans, instructed by Thanet District Council, prosecuted in... more

Michael Polak Instructed to Represent Democracy Activist Drew Pavlou in Chinese Embassy Bomb Hoax Case

Church Court Chambers Barrister Michael Polak has been instructed to represent Australian democracy activist Drew Pavlou who was... more

George Hepburne-Scott Wins Another Extradition Case

On 22 July 2022, George’s client, W.S., (the Requested Person) a 46-year-old Polish national was discharged from an... more

Zayd Ahmed Successful In Drug Supply Case

Zayd Ahmed was instructed in a multi handed case where the defendant had been charged with possession with intent to supply class... more

Colin Witcher Leading Michael Polak conclude high-profile fraud

The Southwark Crown Court has formally lifted reported restrictions after a series of linked cases came to a... more

Amjad Malik QC Succeeds on Appeal on Whole Life Sentence

Amjad Malik QC successfully appealed the whole life Sentence imposed upon Ian Stewart before a specially constituted Court of... more

Chris Johnston Successfully Achieves An Unusual Outcome for a Client Charged With Distributing Indecent Images Of Children

Following a guilty plea to distributing and making indecent images of children found on one of his devices, the client was... more

United Nations Rules that Detention of Australian Man in Vietnam is Unlawful: Michael Polak Represents

Church Court Chambers’ barrister Michael Polak acts with Sydney lawyer Dan Nguyen on behalf of Mr Chau Van Kham, a 71-year-old... more

Yasin Patel Instructed by Ex-England International before ECB Racism Enquiry

Yasin Patel has been instructed to advise and represent a leading ex-International England cricketer in the on-going racist and... more

Zayd Ahmed secures unanimous acquittal for defendant charged with serious violence where the complainant receiving a fractured hand amongst other injuries

Zayd was instructed to defend his client who was charged with assault which caused serious injuries including a fractured hand.... more

George Hepburne-Scott Succeeds in Another Complex Part 2 Extradition Case

On 10 June 2022, George’s client M.D. was successful in the case of Switzerland v M.D. The case involved an allegation of... more

Lewis Power QC secures Acquittal in Murder Case by mother of her disabled son

Lewis leading Aidan Harvey of Richard Body & Co Solicitors was able through assimilating a body of highly specialist defence... more

Criminal Law

Business Crime

Extradition

Immigration Law

Regulatory and Disciplinary Law

Sports Law