At New Park Court Chambers, we do things a little differently. With a total of 74 barristers, including 13 King’s Counsel, our reach and influence stretches far beyond the bounds of our Circuit.
As a Tier 1 Set based in Leeds and Newcastle we are home to a number of high profile and nationally and internationally reputable Counsel.
At New Park Court Chambers, we do things a little differently. With a total number of 74 barristers, including 15 King’s Counsel, our reach and influence stretches far beyond the bounds of our Circuit.
As a Tier 1 Set based in Leeds and Newcastle we are home to a number of high profile, nationally and internationally reputed counsel, as well as as those in the early stages of their careers, whose developing practices will see them as the future of the Bar.
Our wider team are also well known and well respected for delivering a stellar service across clerking and strategic business operations.
Following legal argument before HHJ Clemitson at Newcastle Crown Court in January 2025, New Park Court members were successful in persuading the Judge that it would be an abuse of process for the Prosecution to further prosecute Defendants for offences of Riot when they had already pleaded guilty and been sentenced for offences of Violent […]
In the latest edition of Criminal Briefing, David Povall discusses the sentencing of historical sexual offences. Please click here to view the full article.
Read moreOn 7th February 2025, following his conviction after a trial, prosecuted by Nicholas Lumley KC and John Hobley, Christopher Stockton was sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 25 years for the murder of 22-month-old Charlie Roberts. He was sentenced to an 8-year concurrent sentence for cruelty towards Charlie, who he had intentionally […]
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