Call: 2022
Samuel joined Chambers upon completion of his pupillage in October 2024, during pupillage he was supervised by Daniel Stevenson, Gordon Menzies and Grace Cullen. His practice covers the breadth of the common law, including criminal, regulatory and public law.
Background
Samuel is valued by clients for demonstrating a high level of care, his professional conduct and his personal manner. He is confident dealing with complex matters of law and procedure and in explaining these complexities in understandable terms to his lay client.
He has a busy practice in and out of court and has already been instructed to prosecute and defend trials in the Crown Court, Magistrates’ Court and Youth Court.
In addition to his criminal practice, Samuel accepts instructions in public law matters, he has recently drafted summary grounds for judicial review and resisted applications for costs on behalf of a local authority. He appears in civil proceedings, including civil law applications for the police and in disciplinary and licensing proceedings. Samuel is also experienced and accepts instructions in planning enforcement matters, as well as planning appeals.
Prior to joining Chambers, Samuel worked as a risk and conflicts analyst at a “Magic Circle” law firm, providing advice on regulatory compliance and the sanctions regime.
He also had a previous career, working for philanthropists and commercial galleries in the arts sector.
Planning
Sam undertook a secondment in the planning department at Hackney Borough Council. He principally assisted the department in drafting and negotiating s.106 agreements in both domestic and commercial planning applications. He also drafted an opinion on the process and procedure for conversion of land to common land, pursuant to the Commons Act 2006 and the Commons Registration Act 1965.
During pupillage Sam assisted members of Chambers in work for both local authorities and developers:
- Drafting a research note for William Upton KC considering whether or not arbitration applied to a dispute over the requisitions of a notice issued under Part VII of the London Building Acts (Amendment) Act 1939 and if so, what rules applied.
- Undertook two related tasks for Megan Thomas KC: (1) Drafted research note on the route to seeking declaratory relief in a planning matter concerning the validity of s.106 planning obligations; (2) Drafted letter before claim to be sent to the defendant LPA focused on the changes to the specific s.106 provisions sought by the Claimant.
- Research note for Angelica Rokad on whether or not the regulatory regime for outdoor advertising might apply to specific murals under the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.
Appointments
- Attorney-General’s Regulatory List of Counsel (C List)
Awards
Queen Mother Scholarship from the Honourable Society of the Middle Temple (2021)
Certificate of Honour from the Honourable Society of the Middle Temple for BPTC results (2022)
Finalist, Cecilia Moot (2021)
Honourable Mention for team orals, Willem C. Vis Commercial Arbitration Moot (2021)
Semi-Finalist, Rosamund Smith Moot at the Honourable Society of the Middle Temple (2022)
Memberships
Middle Temple
Planning and Environmental Bar Association
Education
BPP, Bar Training Course (Outstanding)
City, University of London, GDL (Distinction)
Courtauld Institute of Art, MA (Distinction)
UCL, BA
Latest news
25th March 2025
Members appointed as Specialist Regulatory Advocates
We are pleased to announce that the Regulatory Board that operates a Panel Counsel list on behalf of the Attorney General has appointed the...
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