About
St James’s Chambers can trace its history back to 1836 when it was situated in St James’s Square, Manchester.
Our Approach
As a leading and long-established Chambers in Manchester, we offer individual expertise within a team environment.
St James’s Chambers has strength in depth which aims to provide a one-stop service to solicitors.We are flexible in our approach and encourage the development of teamwork with solicitors. These features, together with our emphasis on providing quality advice, enable us to add value to the services we provide for lay and professional clients.We are individually and collectively committed to continuing professional development as part of our approach to maintaining high standards of practice. We regularly provide SRA accredited seminars and training, which can be tailor-made to meet clients’ specific needs. For information on current seminar topics please visit our seminars page.We also work with solicitors to develop their relationships with their clients through the joint presentation of seminars and workshops.
The clerking team is happy to discuss your individual requirements in detail.
Our Practice
We are a dedicated civil set of Chambers with strong practitioner groups in the areas of Chancery and Commercial, Employment and Personal Injury.
We represent multinationals, small businesses and private individuals, professionals, insolvency practitioners, local authorities and public sector organisations. We are instructed by in-house solicitors and through direct access where permitted.We accept both publicly and privately-funded work, insurance-backed instructions and, where appropriate, conditional fee work. Members cover a wide range of Courts and Tribunals in the North West and beyond and are happy to travel for conferences at the convenience of the client or solicitor.We provide advocacy and advice at all levels of tribunal and undertake a wide range of work from large-scale corporate litigation to cases affecting the rights of individuals. We offer arbitration services and alternative dispute resolution, where litigation can be avoided. Robert Sterling is an arbitrator and Sarah Wheeldon is a qualified family mediator.
Chambers also provides a non-contentious drafting service.
Our Origins
St James’s Chambers can trace its history back to 1836 when it was situated in St James’s Square, Manchester. Chambers in its present form was established in 1917 by Neville Laski and James Marshall Easton, who wrote widely on Chancery issues such as trustees, rent charges and copyright.
The last two decades have seen a succession of appointments to the Bench from chambers, and our practice has steadily flourished.
We are firmly established as a leading Chancery and commercial litigation set in the North of England.