Northern Base. National Presence.

Welcome to Parklane Plowden Chambers, a specialist civil law chambers headed by Chris Williams.

Parklane Plowden Chambers is regarded amongst lawyers and legal commentators as the dominant presence on the North Eastern Circuit. Operating out of Leeds and Newcastle, our team of over 80 barristers provide a comprehensive range of civil, family and commercial expertise to a regional and national client base.

Parklane Plowden barristers have a reputation for being client focused, with an ability to harness the law whilst keeping sight of commercial and legal realities. We operate across a number of key practice areas including:

       • Personal Injury

       • Clinical Negligence and Healthcare

       • Employment

       • Family

       • Chancery & Commercial

       • Public & Administrative law

       • Insurance

       • Court of Protection

       • Inquests

       • Costs

In recent years' Chambers has developed niche pockets of expertise for which it has a national reputation and client base. Specialist areas include: fraud; Court of Protection; catastrophic injury; sports law and inquests. 

Parklane Plowden is leading the way as the ‘next generation’ of chambers. In February 2015, Chambers underwent a radical and unique restructure to secure our position as the leading civil set on the North Eastern Circuit and to deliver on our ambitious growth plans.

One outcome of the restructure has been to place an emphasis on nurturing internal talent. An intensive training/knowledge sharing programme is in place, which enables junior member of Chambers to learn and develop more quickly, giving clients an even broader choice of counsel. 

Our team of knowledgeable and responsive clerks are happy to discuss your requirements.