Legal Notices

Canary Wharf Chambers

Chambers of Gareth D. Reeds

Level 18, 40 Bank Street
LONDON E14 5NR

Please also note that legal services may be provided by:

The International Law Offices of Gareth D. Reeds

(full details available upon request)

Regulatory authorities of barristers in England and Wales and of attorneys in NY and of DC, respectively:

Bar Standards Board of England and Wales, the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division and the District of Columbia Court of Appeals - please ask for full details.

For the Disclaimer notices: click here

For the Barrister's Standard Terms with Solicitors and persons authorised by the SRA: click here

Transparency Notice

All Barristers are regulated by the Bar Standards Board ("BSB") of England and Wales.

Information to be Provided to You Before Engagement

In accordance with the BSB of England and Wales, all Barristers are required to comply with rules designed to improve the information available to members of the public instructing a Barrister under the Bar Public Access Scheme (see here for BSB Guidance) and to Solicitors and persons authorised by the SRA before engaging the services of a barrister.

All services provided by any Barrister and any agreements entered into are to be read in accordance with the BSB's regulatory rules. 

(*Please note however that any formal written engagement of a Lawyer/Attorney which is not expressly under the laws of England and Wales shall be regulated under that specific legal jurisdictions' Bar regulatory regime - please ask for further details).

How to Get Information Before Your Engagement

For further information on what a Barrister in England and Wales must provide You prior to engagement or for further questions on fee structures and predicted costings and what information from You is required for that, please contact us via either telephone, facsimile or email via the link below:

Phone: 020 7183 8011
Fax:     020 7183 8830 

Click to Email Chambers Administration Team

All engagements with any Barrister shall be subject to formal agreement with You beforehand.

You Shall Receive Written Documentation Prior to the Engagement under the Bar Public Access Scheme

For those individuals instructing a barrister under the Bar Public Access Scheme in England and Wales they shall receive a written document beforehand setting out the requisite information (this documentation provides the requisite consumer protections a Barrister is obliged to give), including (but not limited to) those matters set out below.  Please also see here.

Factors which might influences the timescales of a case:

• the availability of Your Barrister
• Your availability or that of relevant third parties
• the complexity of the case
• the amount of papers that the Barrister needs to review for You
• the need for additional information or documentation from You or others
• the approach taken by the other side
• third parties intervening in the case
• Court waiting times - both for listing the case and in Court on the day(s) of the hearing

The Complaints Procedure:

You shall receive written information regarding the complaints procedure at Canary Wharf Chambers, how You can complain to the Legal Ombudsman ("LeO") and time limits for You making any complaint. Please contact us for information before instruction. 

The link to the homepage of the Legal Ombudsman ("LeO") can be found here and the weblink to decisions of the LeO can be accessed here.

Please also see here

BSB's Barristers' Register:

All practising barristers are on the BSB's Barristers' Register (to check the status of a Barrister) click the link to the BSB's Register on its website here.

What You Can Expect:

The most commmonly used pricing models for legal services at Canary Wharf Chambers are based either on an hourly rate (the rate is dependent upon the complexity of the matter, which shall be quoted beforehand), or on so-called brief fees.  Fixed fees may also be available in certain circumstances.  Fees shall always be shown to include VAT (where applicable), together with a separate breakdown of the nett fee for those clients who are VAT registered. Please contact for further information on fees generally to answer your questions beforehand.

The areas of practice in which Canary Wharf Chambers most commonly provides legal services are in civil law.  Neither criminal law nor family law work is undertaken.  The most common legal services provided are in those areas of law appurtentant to company, chancery, insolvency, commercial, employment and cross-border legal matters.

Copyright Notice

This website and its content are the copyright of Canary Wharf Chambers.

Any redistribution or reproduction of part or all of the contents in any form is prohibited other than the following:

• you may print or download to a local hard disk extracts for your personal and non-commercial use only

• you may copy the content to individual third parties for their personal use, but only if you acknowledge this website as the source of the material

You may not, except with our express written permission, distribute or commercially exploit the content. Nor may you transmit it or store it in any other website or other form of electronic retrieval system.

Privacy Notice Statement

This privacy notice sets out how we use and protect any information that you give when you use this website.

In accordance with UK/EU Data Protection laws, we are committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. Should we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified when using this website, then you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy notice statement.

We may change this policy from time to time by updating this page. You should check this page from time to time to ensure that you are happy with any changes. This policy is effective from January 1, 2019.

• Information we collect
• What we do with the information collected
• Security
• How cookies are used on this website
• Google Analytics
• Links to Third Party Websites
• How to control Your personal information

Information we collect

We may collect the following information:

• name and job title
• contact information including email address
• demographic information such as postcode, preferences and interests
• other information relevant to any mini-pupillage applications

What we do with the information collected

We require this information to understand your needs and provide you with a better service, and in particular for the following reasons:

• record keeping
• In order to process any recruitment enquiries and mini-pupillage application forms
• In order to respond to enquiries about the content of the website
• We may use the information to improve our services and any products
• We may periodically send promotional emails or newsletters about new events or other information which we think you may find interesting using the email address which you have provided
• We may use the information to customise the website according to your interests

Security

We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorised access or disclosure we have put in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure any information we may collect online.

How cookies are used on this website

A cookie is a small file which asks permission to be placed on your computer's hard drive. Once you agree, the file is added and the cookie helps analyse web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site.

We use traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyse data about web page traffic and improve our website in order to tailor it to user needs. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes and then the data is removed from the system.

Cookies help us provide you with a better website, by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us.

You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website.

Google Analytics

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. (“Google”), a company headquartered in the United States of America.  Google Analytics uses “cookies”, which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyze how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States.

Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google's behalf. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google.

You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. By using this website, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes set out above.

Links to Third Party websites

Our website may contain links to enable you to visit other websites of interest easily. Please note that we do not have any control over third party websites.

We cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information you provide whilst visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.

How to control your personal information

You may choose to restrict the collection or use of your personal information.

If you have previously agreed to us using your personal information for direct marketing purposes, you may change your mind at any time by writing to our support staff by emailing.

We shall not sell, distribute or lease your personal information to third parties unless we are required by law to do so.

You may request details of personal information which we hold about you under the EU General Data Protection Regulations. If you believe that any information we are holding on you is incorrect or incomplete, please write to or email us as soon as possible, at the above address. We shall promptly correct any information found to be incorrect.

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See also

• Copyright Notice
• Disclaimer
• Accessibility
• Contact us

 (Rev: 01/20

Barristers Chambers in London

Canary Wharf Chambers

Level 18 40 Bank Street

Canary Wharf

LONDON

E14 5NR

United Kingdom

DX 42659 ISLE OF DOGS

t: +44 (0)20 7183 8011

t: +44 (0)20 7183 8012

f: +44 (0)20 7183 8830

Also:

NY: +1 (212) 202-0822

DC: +1 (202) 800-9998

Or use our contact form.

Business hours

London:

08.30 - 22.00 (GMT/BST)

United States:

03.30 - 17.00 Eastern

00.30 - 14.00 Pacific

(thru Oct 27 2024)

Australia:

18.30 - 08.00 AEDT (Sydney / Melbourne / ACT)

(until Oct 27 2024)

18.00 - 07.30 ACDT

(Adelaide)

(until Oct 27 2024)

17.30 - 07.00 AEST

(Brisbane / Cairns)

(until Oct 27 2024)

17.00 - 06.30 ACST

(Darwin)

14.30 - 04.00 AWST

(Perth)

(until Oct 27 2024)

South Africa:

09.30 - 23.00

(until Oct 27 2024)

India:

13.00 - 02.30

(until Oct 27 2024)

China / Singapore

15.30 - 05.00

(until Oct 27 2024)

New Zealand:

20.30 - 10.00 NZDT

(until Oct 27 2024)

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