Fraser Chambers are specialists in Defamation, Public Law and Litigation involving High Net Worth individuals
Based in the Cheesegrater Building, overlooking the heart of the City, Fraser Chambers specialises in Defamation, Public Law and Litigation involving High Net Worth Individuals.
Fraser Chambers is named after Sir Hugh Fraser who published one of the first defamation practitioner textbooks “The Law of Libel in Its Relation to the Press” in 1889. Bringing a modern approach to litigation, Fraser Chambers offers expertise in solving legal issues facing clients ranging from pre-action advice, urgent out of hours telephone injunctions to fully contested High Court clams and appeals.
Chambers Director, David Mace, has over 35 years of clerking experience in defamation law and has been described in Chambers and Partners as “a fantastic clerk who has been in the game for such a long time that he knows exactly what needs to be done on every occasion” and by Legal 500 as “rightly highly regarded for his commercial common sense”.
“Dr Van Dellen is incredibly knowledgeable and experienced and is willing go out of his way to achieve the best outcome in each case. He provides thorough and timely legal advice. I admire his approachability and sympathetic attitude towards his clients. He will always find the time to assist and answer any questions that the client may have and does so in a compassionate yet authoritative way.”
Recent Cases
Inquest to consider conversation between Coroner and Police Officer
Dr Anton van Dellen is instructed to represent the partner of Daniel Whitworth in an inquest investigating the linked deaths of four young men in East London. At a remote hearing at the Old Bailey, Her Honour Judge Sarah Munro QC heard that there was a conversation between a [...]
Remote High Court financial services hearing settled with consent order
Dr Anton van Dellen was instructed in a financial service dispute which was heard remotely in the High Court. Part of the dispute concerned the migration of financial services from one institution to another. The hearing was settled with a consent order. Anton was lead by Damian Falkowski and [...]
Remote High Court hearing in financial services dispute
Dr Anton van Dellen represented the Defendant in a remote High Court hearing in Leeds in a financial services dispute. The Defendant alleges that the Claimant, a financial institution based in Gibraltar, failed to operate segregated client accounts, failed to reconcile accounts and withdrew third party funds. The claim [...]
Fraser Chambers Latest News
Government review of Judicial Review
Lord Faulks, a QC and crossbench peer who was a justice minister between 2013 and 2016, will chair a panel looking into potential reforms to the existing system of judicial review. Judicial review is a procedure that allows anyone who has been affected by a decision or failure to act [...]
Sir Geoffrey Vos next Master of the Rolls
Sir Geoffrey Vos has been appointed as the next Master of the Rolls. Sir Geoffrey, who is currently Chancellor of the High Court, will take over from Sir Terence Etherton on 11 January 2021, following the latter’s retirement. Dr Anton van Dellen sits as the Bar Council's observer on [...]
Mr Justice Warby appointed to the Court of Appeal
The Judge in Charge of the Media and Communications List, Mr Justice Warby, is one of eight new appointments to the Court of Appeal. See link for the new appointments. Appointments