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2 Hare Court
Headquarters City of London, EC4
United Kingdom
Offices London, United Kingdom
No. of lawyers77 practitioners [1]
Major practice areasCrime, regulatory [2]
Key people Jonathan Laidlaw KC [3]
Date founded1567 (1567) [4]
Company typeProfessional limited liability partnership
Website 2HareCourt.com

2 Hare Court is a barristers' chambers specialising in criminal and regulatory law, [2] located in the Inner Temple, one of the four Inns of court. [5] Established in the 1967, [6] It employs 77 barristers, [7] including 23 King's Counsel and several former prosecutors, including those who have acted as First Senior, Senior and Junior Treasury Counsel – barristers appointed by the Attorney General to prosecute the most serious and complex criminal cases to come before the courts. [8]

2 Hare Court building, located in the Inner Temple.

History

Main article: Inner Temple § Chambers

2 Hare Court is a Grade I listed building that houses barristers' chambers in the Inner Temple. [6] It was named after a nephew of Sir Nicholas Hare, also named Nicholas Hare, [4] who built the first set in 1567. [6] The original buildings were destroyed in a fire in 1678, [9] and the building which is now 1 Hare Court dates from the reconstruction. [10] In 2000, 2 Hare Court building was extensively refurbished. [11]

Practice areas

The set's practice areas include:

Notable members

Members of chambers have prosecuted and defended in many high-profile criminal cases, including murder and terrorism, with head of chambers Jonathan Laidlaw KC [3] defending News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks accused of phone hacking, [12] Oliver Glasgow KC prosecuting Constance Briscoe (not a member of 2HC chambers), barrister and a part-time judge [13] who was imprisoned for perverting the course of justice in the Chris Huhne scandal, [14] Robert Rinder, barrister specialising in financial crime [15] best known for his role on the reality courtroom series Judge Rinder, [16] who in September 2016 became the first daytime TV judge to compete in the fourteenth series of Strictly Come Dancing, [17] and Orlando Pownall KC who represented the Premier League footballer Adam Johnson [18] at a trial over child sex allegations. [19]

Former notable members

Former members include The Hon. Mr Justice Edis, [20] who practised in chambers until 2013 when he was appointed a Justice of the High Court, [21] and Dame Bobbie Cheema-Grubb, [22] former member who practised in chambers until November 2015, [23] when she was appointed a High Court judge. [24]

See also

References

  1. ^ "The Law Pages: 2 Hare Court profile". 3 November 2017. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
  2. ^ a b "2 Hare Court profile". 3 November 2017. Archived from the original on 7 November 2017. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
  3. ^ a b "Lawyer of the week Jonathan Laidlaw, KC". 3 November 2017. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
  4. ^ a b "Sir Nicholas HARE of Bruisyard". 3 November 2017. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
  5. ^ "2 & 3 Hare Court Chambers, Inner Temple". 30 July 2017. Archived from the original on 7 November 2017. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
  6. ^ a b c "Inner Temple Library: History". 3 November 2017. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
  7. ^ "2 Hare Court: Barristers". 3 November 2017. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
  8. ^ "Inner Temple Library: Present Buildings". 3 November 2017. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
  9. ^ "City of London: Inner Temple buildings" (PDF). 3 November 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 November 2017. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
  10. ^ "2 Hare Court: About us". 3 November 2017. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
  11. ^ "Rebekah Brooks' legal team revealed as gagging order lifted". Retrieved 3 November 2017.
  12. ^ "The financial affairs of former barrister and author Constance Briscoe, who was at the centre of the Chris Huhne speeding points scandal, are laid bare at the Old Bailey". 3 November 2017. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
  13. ^ "Disgraced barrister Constance Briscoe left penniless, court told". 3 November 2017. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
  14. ^ "Judge Rinder 'litigant' claims to have faked legal row to secure £5,000 ITV payout". 3 November 2017. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
  15. ^ "2 Hare Court barrister set to be UK's telly Judge Judy". 30 July 2017. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
  16. ^ "Judge Rinder joins Strictly Come Dancing line-up". 3 November 2017. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
  17. ^ "Adam Johnson's alleged victim 'also got in touch with footballer Connor Wickham'". 3 November 2017. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
  18. ^ "Adam Johnson trial: Who is the high-flying lawyer defending the Sunderland winger?". 3 November 2017. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
  19. ^ "Andrew Elis KC". 3 November 2017. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
  20. ^ "Phone-hacking trial: who are the judge and lead prosecutor?". 3 November 2017. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
  21. ^ "UK's first Asian woman HC judge is of Punjabi origin". 3 November 2017. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
  22. ^ "High court appoints Bobbie Cheema-Grubb as its first Asian female judge". 4 August 2017. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
  23. ^ "The Honourable Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb is a Judge of the Queen's Bench Division of the High Court of Justice of England and Wales". 2 November 2017. Retrieved 3 November 2017.

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