Headquarters |
City of London,
EC4 United Kingdom |
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Offices | London, United Kingdom |
No. of lawyers | 77 practitioners [1] |
Major practice areas | Crime, regulatory [2] |
Key people | Jonathan Laidlaw KC [3] |
Date founded | 1567[4] |
Company type | Professional 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 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]
The set's practice areas include:
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 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]