Adam Cloherty KC, who joined the ranks of silk in 2023, has a broad commercial chancery practice acting in and advising on commercial and private wealth disputes both domestically and internationally. Adam’s cases span this commercial set’s main fields of practice, and draw on his knowledge of equitable, trust and corporate principles. Adam comes from a working-class background, growing up in West London and attending a local comprehensive school where he had the great good fortune to encounter “very dedicated, supportive, amazing teachers”. They recognised and nurtured Adam’s sharp academic ability and encouraged him to aim for Oxbridge or some […]
Laura, one of five Doughty Street Chambers barristers appointed to silk in 2022, works in public law, with a particular focus on cases with a refugee, immigration, civil liberties or ECHR dimension. Laura has long been renowned for her insight into complex asylum and detention law. After her studies (Oxford and Columbia Universities), she took an unusual and demanding career course, working as a senior trade union organiser/ official in the USA and Canada assisting immigrant workers (primarily of Latin-American heritage), often extremely deprived with immigration status difficulties, and living in fear of the authorities. She says working outside the […]