Civil Litigation

• Crime
• Civil Litigation
  • Asset Recovery
  • Public Inquiries and Inquests
  • Regulatory and Disciplinary Law
• International
• Human Rights

9-12 Bell Yard is also able to provide expert legal advice and representation in many discrete fields of civil or quasi-civil practice, principally, though not exclusively, involving elements of criminal practice or procedure, or allegations of criminal conduct. Members frequently appear in large-scale civil trials involving tax fraud and in worldwide asset freezing and recovery proceedings. Members also act in immigration / control order cases involving national security issues, in more major regulatory cases, and in numerous other areas of civil practice. Chambers is well known for its public inquiry and inquest work, members having appeared in many of the most high-profile public inquiries and in numerous death in custody cases.

As a set of barristers' chambers with a leading reputation in more complex criminal fraud cases, and with the range of advocacy expertise that comes with practice at the Criminal Bar, 9-12 Bell Yard has developed an outstanding reputation for civil litigation in areas involving elements of criminal practice or procedure, allegations of criminal conduct, or human rights issues.

Members appear in a diffuse variety of significant civil cases, including:

• Judicial reviews of government departments and prosecuting authorities
• Major VAT fraud cases in the First-tier Tribunal (Tax)
• Civil and quasi-criminal worldwide asset recovery proceedings
• Large-scale civil fraud cases in the High Court Chancery Division
• Liquidation and insolvency proceedings
• Immigration / control order cases involving national security concerns
• Public inquiries and inquests
• FSA and other major regulatory investigations and proceedings
• Administrative Court challenges involving bail and wrongful detention

Three members of 9-12 Bell Yard have been appointed Civil Treasury Counsel, a unique achievement among criminal specialist chambers, and they regularly advise and act for government departments in public law matters. A number of our members are also appointed to act as Special Counsel in particularly sensitive cases, generally involving national security issues.