Josephine Scally

Miss Scally was called to the bar in 1984 and, after serving a pupillage in St. John Street Chambers, Manchester, pursued a general practice of family, crime and personal injury, later joining Manchester House Chambers where her practice became more focused on criminal and personal injury work.

She took a career break in 1995 as a result of family committments and then worked as an in-house advocate for Thornhill Ince & Partners, an Immigration Specialist firm of solicitors concentrating on asylum advocacy in the Manchester Immigration Tribunal.
She returned to practice as a member of Palmyra Chambers in January 2009 and, having developed an interest and experience in residential development and planning law at local authority level, currently undertakes work for affected parties and groups addressing planning committees dealing with residential and commercial planning issues; and advises on and drafts applications for judicial review and planning appeals.  She continues to undertake civil work, particularly credit hire, personal injury and contract cases.



Other Barristers
Cathy Mitchell

Cathy Mitchell

Cathy deals in particular with credit hire and road traffic accident cases and personal injury work. She has conducted trials on the small claims and fast track

Jonathan Rule

Jonathan Rule

Head of Chambers

Jonathan specialises in landlord and tenant, real property, easements and covenants, insolvency, wills and probate, inheritance disputes, partnerships and general commercial disputes

Steven Levine

Steven Levine

Steven has been a Barrister for over 19 years since his call to the Bar at Lincoln’s Inn and pupillage and gaining his Masters Degree in Law in London. He has a predominantly mixed common law background

Christopher Perry

Christopher Perry

Chris is nationally acknowledged for his considerable expertise and technical acumen in the field of costs litigation, particularly in relation to matters concerning litigation funding. Chris accepts instructions in all areas of the common law with particular emphasis on costs law, credit hire, personal injury, coroners law and regulatory work

Neil Addison

Neil Addison

Neil has particular experience in Civil/Criminal cases such as Proceeds of Crime, Banning Orders, Anti Social Behaviour, and Police Powers

Tahir Khan

Tahir Khan

Ex police constable for the Greater Manchester Police, former Partner/ Solicitor in the Personal Injury department of a Manchester City centre solicitors practice. Tahir has

Brett Wilson

Brett Wilson

Brett was called to the Bar in 2008 having spent several years in procurement and commercial roles in the rail industry and IT sector

Robert Askey

Robert Askey

Robert’s Chancery Practice and experience encompasses Banking and Financial transactions, Landlord & Tenant, Land Law and Insolvency, as well as Employment, Housing and Personal Injury

Lorraine Barton

Lorraine Barton

Lorraine was educated at Liverpool John Moores University and completed her BVC at Manchester University.  She was called to the Bar by Lincoln’s Inn in 2000

Josephine Scally

Josephine Scally

called to the bar in 1984 and, after serving a pupillage in St. John Street Chambers, Manchester, pursued a general practice of family, crime and personal injury