Wel­come to Old Bai­ley Chambers

Old Bai­ley Cham­bers com­bines for­mi­da­ble strengths in crim­i­nal law and reg­u­la­tory work with a friendly and open approach to client ser­vice. The set mixes expe­ri­enced, market-leading silks with fiercely tal­ented juniors.

Estab­lished to meet the needs of a rapidly chang­ing legal envi­ron­ment in the 21st cen­tury, Cham­bers’ ori­gins are firmly rooted in crim­i­nal law with par­tic­u­lar exper­tise in fraud and seri­ous crime.  Heads of Cham­bers Mohammed Khamisa QC and Ben Aina QC com­bine con­sid­er­able exper­tise as Stand­ing Coun­sel to the Depart­ment for Busi­ness, Inno­va­tion and Skills, Rev­enue and Cus­toms Pros­e­cu­tion Office and the Seri­ous Fraud Office panel of Queen’s Coun­sel, together with excep­tional defence prac­tices, bring­ing together 50 years’ expe­ri­ence at the crim­i­nal Bar.

In addi­tion, Cham­bers is con­tin­u­ing to develop the very con­sid­er­able tal­ents of its junior ten­ants, each of whom has par­tic­u­lar expe­ri­ence in Cham­bers’ areas of exper­tise across a broad range of clien­tele, both pri­vate and pub­licly funded.  All mem­bers of Cham­bers are com­mit­ted to pro­vid­ing the high­est qual­ity of ser­vice both to our pro­fes­sional and lay clients, and to achiev­ing the best pos­si­ble out­come in every case.  Many of our junior ten­ants com­bine estab­lished defence and pros­e­cu­tion prac­tices, and are fre­quently instructed by the CPS, Seri­ous Fraud Office, Depart­ment for Busi­ness, Inno­va­tion and Skills and on behalf of the Attor­ney General.

We are for­tu­nate to have splen­did, state of the art accom­mo­da­tion that com­bines the ele­gance of Vic­to­rian archi­tec­ture with the most up to date tech­nol­ogy that reflects the ide­ol­ogy behind Old Bai­ley Cham­bers to com­bine tra­di­tion with moder­nity.  At Old Bai­ley Cham­bers we can offer a choice of board­rooms for con­sul­ta­tions and con­fer­ences. Fur­ther rooms can be pro­vided for con­duct­ing nego­ti­a­tions. Video­con­fer­enc­ing facil­i­ties are also available.

Cham­bers has invested heav­ily in infor­ma­tion tech­nol­ogy and our premises are fully net­worked. All mem­bers of Cham­bers are up to speed on changes in the law, hav­ing access to a full range of law reports together with a large range of other source mate­ri­als includ­ing key online databases.

If you have any queries about mem­bers of these Cham­bers or other mat­ters relat­ing to Old Bai­ley Cham­bers or this site, please con­tact Gary Reed our Senior Clerk; for those who wish to use CJSM secure e-mail then gary.reed@obc.cjsm.net.

For any enquiries with our accounts depart­ment please con­tact accounts@15oldbaileychambers.com. Please do not use this email address if your enquiry is in rela­tion to barrister’s fee or the pro­vi­sion of legal services.