Junior Chancery Bar

The Junior Chancery Bar is the division of the Chancery Bar Association for barristers of ten years call and under.  Its objectives are: to represent the interests of junior members of the Association; to support their professional development and wellbeing; and to provide a social and networking forum. In particular:

Representation: We represent the interests of Chancery practitioners under ten years call, both within the Association and in response to external consultations.

Professional Development: The Junior Chancery Bar organises events and produces resources which are aimed at helping junior Chancery practitioners to develop their practices at an early stage in their careers. For example, we currently organise a series of seminars entitled “Anatomy of Litigation” aimed at providing an overview of each stage of the litigation process. We have also produced a Practice Development Guide for new tenants, which is aimed at helping new tenants to identify various opportunities for developing their practice in their first years as a tenant. Our professional development resources can be found on the Association’s library page, accessible here.

Networking and Social: In addition to supporting the professional development of junior Chancery barristers, the Junior Chancery Bar organises events aimed at enabling members to socialise, both together and with members of other professional associations, including other Specialist Bar Associations.

International Practice: We support junior Chancery practitioners who wish to expand or develop their international practice. The Association has partnered with the Bar Council’s “International professional and legal development grant programme”, which enables junior barristers under 7 years’ practice to obtain funding of up to two thirds of their costs of attending international legal programmes. More information about the scheme can be found here. 

Members of the Association are always welcome to contact us with queries, suggestions and thoughts. Please email Philippe Kuhn, Chair of the JCB.

The current members of the Junior Chancery Bar Committee are: Philippe Kuhn (Chair), Karl Anderson, Scarlett Taylor-Waller, Jessica Lavelle and Niamh Davis.