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Our people are our greatest asset.

We believe in each of them as individuals.

We support them as our members.

Our clerks are valued and respected.

We work together as a team.

Established and Current Practitioners can join Citadel

We always have room for both established crime practitioners, and those more recently qualified who are looking for a change, or indeed, to move into criminal practice. We are often  joined by practitioners moving out of London. 

We do not expect applicants to come with a following, but simply look for ability and commitment. In return we have a very substantial defence and prosecution workload  that we look to service with high quality practitioners. 

All formal enquiries will be treated in the strictest confidence and should be made to Timothy Hannam K.C.  (Head of Chambers) or Rachel Brand K.C. In the case of current practitioners we recognise the need for discretion, and operate a process that ensures confidentiality whatever the outcome of the application may be. 

Potential applicants may also wish to contact the Chambers Director, John Binks john.binks@citadelchambers.com  for an informal preliminary conversation.

 

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Marketing and profile building -  support for members

We believe in supporting individual members in growing both their practice and their professional reputation, so we provide a marketing consultant to support all our members with this.

Members can have access to the following at Chambers:

  • LinkedIn profile writing and other biographical information
  • The creation of personalised action plans to enhance their professional reputation and profile
  • Production of marketing material such as podcasts and social media posts to support their practice. 
  • One to one sessions to help build their professional practice and develop tactical actions as required

Pupillage at Citadel

Citadel is accredited by the Bar Standards Board as an Authorised Education and Training Organisation (AETO). For more information, please click here

Our Barristers

If you are interested in hiring a barrister please contact the Clerks here.

Our Clerks

Our clerks are your first port of call if you wish to book a barrister or have a question you need answering. They take care of the barrister’s diaries and allocate their time to cases.

 

If you would like a confidential conversation about joining Citadel, please use this form.

If you want to discuss a case or book an appointment, you can either email us at clerks@citadelchambers.com, call us on 0121 233 8500 or use this form.

“My team and I consistently strive to deliver rigorous, consistent and clear legal guidance for all our clients. We pride ourselves on clear communication, understanding of the nuances of the law and our enthusiasm in taking on new challenges. “
 

Tim Hannam KC |  Head of Chambers

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Witness Familiarisation Support And Courses

These are a few examples of courses in which our members have been involved:

  • Witness familiarisation with trainee police officers and special constables from Northamptonshire Police, where the officers were questioned regarding their statements about ‘mock’ arrest exercises
  • Similar exercises with detectives from the West Midlands Police
  • Witness familiarisation with officers of the Northamptonshire Probation Service.  These officers were given training on the process of giving evidence in sentencing hearings in the Magistrates Court and Crown Court
  • Expert witness familiarisation and training, with expert witnesses such as independent Forensic Scientists, and officers of the Health and Safety Executive. The exercises involved questioning regarding expert reports prepared by the participants

Equal Opportunity Policy

 

Citadel’s members come from a range of backgrounds and everyone is treated with the same respect as part of our Chamber’s community. 

 

We operate an equal opportunity policy and act in accordance with the Bar Code of Conduct and the Equality Code for the Bar.

 

We seek to prevent direct or indirect discrimination towards our clients, staff, tenants and pupils, on the grounds of race, colour, ethnic or national origin, nationality or citizenship, political persuasion, religion, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, disability or age.

Maternity / Paternity Policy

We support all members  who  are fortunate enough to become parents.   Whilst Citadel has written policies dealing with issues of maternity and paternity leave for members of Chambers and support staff, we also try to be flexible in our approach and to accommodate individual needs.

Uniquely (to our knowledge) we offer direct financial support to members returning from parental leave in order to cushion the cash flow impact of return to practice . 

Click here to listen to a podcast about our members with children and how we deal with childcare issues.