Chambers are delighted to congratulate our clerking team who have been recognised by Chambers and Partners 2020.

James Basden heads the clerking team and Grainne McGovern is the senior family clerk. “The clerks are helpful and quick to respond.” “It’s a great chambers with a number of strong counsel and really helpful clerks.”

Members of Chambers act for individuals, companies, government bodies and local authorities, both locally and nationwide, many of whom can be instructed directly by non-lawyers, through the Public and Licensed Access schemes.

Chambers is based in Exeter, next to the Combined Court and Employment Tribunal, and incorporates specially designed mediation facilities.

Magdalen Chambers is a well-respected chambers operating out of Exeter. Members of the set are regularly instructed in financial remedy and private child law matters. Its barristers represent local authorities, parents and guardians in a range of complex matters including sexual abuse, non-accidental injury and care proceedings. The set is described as “excellent: friendly, helpful and efficient.”