Essex Court Chambers
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Essex Court Chambers is a leading set of commerclal barristers in Lincoln's Inn Fields
, central London
. The set is named after their former premises at 4 Essex Court in the Temple. It has 71 tenants, of whom 35 are Silks
. With a turnover of £43.6 million, it is part of the Magic Circle
and offers four pupillage
s a year.
Lincoln's Inn Fields
Lincoln's Inn Fields is the largest public square in London, UK. It was laid out in the 1630s under the initiative of the speculative builder and contractor William Newton, "the first in a long series of entrepreneurs who took a hand in developing London", as Sir Nikolaus Pevsner observes...
, central London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
. The set is named after their former premises at 4 Essex Court in the Temple. It has 71 tenants, of whom 35 are Silks
Queen's Counsel
Queen's Counsel , known as King's Counsel during the reign of a male sovereign, are lawyers appointed by letters patent to be one of Her [or His] Majesty's Counsel learned in the law...
. With a turnover of £43.6 million, it is part of the Magic Circle
Magic Circle (law)
The "Magic Circle" is an informal term used to collectively describe what are generally regarded to be the five leading UK-headquartered law firms and the four or five leading London-based commercial barristers' chambers.-Law firms:...
and offers four pupillage
Pupillage
A pupillage, in England and Wales, Northern Ireland and Ireland, is the barrister's equivalent of the training contract that a solicitor undertakes...
s a year.