GCP Barristers - About Us

Formed in 1993, Guildhall Chambers Portsmouth is a medium sized Barristers’ Chambers with an established presence on the Western Circuit. Each individual barrister’s practice encompasses several specialist fields and accordingly Chambers is able to offer a choice of Counsel to suit both the professional and lay client’s needs.

Chambers has particular strengths in civil law including all aspects of family and children matters, personal injury, employment law, property law and insolvency but these in no way encompass all fields covered.

We have a small but strong, criminal defence team which is able to offer cover from first instance in the Magistrates Court through to the Court of Appeal and the House of Lords

Several members of Chambers accept instructions from numerous government agencies including the CPS, DTI, Customs and Excise, Inland Revenue, Environment Agency and CSA.

The conventional method of instructing a barrister is via a solicitor, but Chambers does operate both the Licensed Access and Public Access Schemes, details of which may be obtained from the Senior Clerk (Tristan Thwaites).

Fee structures are negotiable with the clerks, whether it be fixed fees, hourly rates for ongoing cases or CFA’s and all members accept instructions for Publicly Funded work.