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Members of the South Eastern Circuit work mainly throughout London and the South East, with members regularly practising in Surrey, Sussex, Kent and Essex to the south and Suffolk, Norfolk, Cambridgeshire, Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, Northamptonshire and into Lincolnshire in the north. Counsel have also appeared in Crown Courts as disparate as Birmingham, Liverpool, Manchester and Newcastle.

Western Circuit members' work is largely based on the eastern half of the Circuit, in Hamphire, Dorset, Wiltshire and the Isle of Wight, although they also appear in all courts across the Circuit, including Bristol, and the Crown Court centres in Somerset, Devon and Cornwall. Chambers has a long history as one of the major sets practising on the Western Circuit. Many members of the Western Circuit also appear regularly in London court centres, instructed by solicitors both from the Circuit and in London. Western Circuit practitioners have also appeared recently in Crown Courts in Manchester, Wolverhampton and Cardiff.

One Paper Buildings is able to offer a wide range of counsel, many of whom live on circuit. From silks down to working pupils, Chambers has a vast range of experience of prosecuting and defending in cases at every level.

In addition to appearing in Youth, Magistrates' and Crown Courts, the Court of Appeal and the House of Lords, members also conduct cases of Judicial Review in the High Court and appear in Courts-Martial on the South Eastern and Western circuits and abroad.

South Eastern circuiteers also appear regularly on the Western Circuit in support of this part of Chambers' practice, and vice versa . This ensures that pupils and the more junior members of Chambers have an extensive geographical area across which they can develop their skills, and that the more senior members of Chambers are available to assist in cases of appropriate significance.

Practitioners and the Clerking team are acutely aware of the importance of pre-trial conferences, and make every effort to accommodate the needs of professional and lay clients: conferences can be held in Chambers, Solicitors' offices or elsewhere as necessary. Conferences can often be held at very short notice, to the obvious advantage of all concerned.

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