Exchange Chambers

Exchange Chambers is a full-service set of barristers’ chambers with offices in Liverpool, Manchester and Leeds. With over 200 members, including 19 silks, it is one of the largest and best-resourced sets in England and Wales. Members are recognised for their expertise across all major areas of law and the set has received multiple industry awards for its work.

The chambers is consistently ranked as a leading national set and is noted for combining technical legal knowledge with commercially focused advice. Its barristers and clerks provide approachable and efficient service, with a strong emphasis on client relationships and effective delivery.

Work undertaken spans a broad range of practice areas. The set has extensive experience in alternative dispute resolution, including arbitration, adjudication, dispute resolution boards, expert determination, early neutral evaluation and mediation. Its commercial team advises on insolvency, professional negligence, commercial fraud, property, shareholder and company disputes, banking, construction, planning, competition, intellectual property and tax.

Exchange Chambers has a specialist credit hire team handling complex issues of hire, illegality, fraud and procedural challenges. The criminal team, one of the largest in the UK, provides representation at all stages of proceedings and has particular expertise in fraud, financial crime, cybercrime and data protection. The employment team advises private sector employers and public sector organisations, including NHS trusts and local authorities, across the full spectrum of employment law.

Family law services cover both public and private children matters and financial relief cases. Members also have notable experience in inquests and inquiries, including representation in major UK public inquiries, with a particular focus on the healthcare sector. The local government and social housing department advises and represents authorities and providers nationwide, often appearing in high-profile litigation before local courts, the High Court, the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court.

The set has a large personal injury and clinical negligence team, handling high-value cases involving catastrophic injuries, industrial disease and complex claims, including military claims and cases involving amputees or pain disorders. Public law and judicial review expertise includes education, human rights, housing, local government, immigration, licensing, community care and mental health. In addition, Exchange Chambers has dedicated regulatory teams advising on environmental law, health and safety, healthcare, professional discipline, police law and related inquests.