Matthew Chapman KC was called to the Bar in 1994 and took silk in 2017. He is a barrister in full-time practice at Deka Chambers in London. Matthew is a personal injury practitioner with particular interests in cross-border disputes/travel matters and employers’ liability actions. He was formerly a fee-paid Employment Judge and now sits as a Recorder (Crime) on the South-Eastern Circuit. In 2025 he was appointed as a Deputy High Court Judge (King’s Bench Division). He has, for many years, been a co-author of Munkman on Employers’ Liability (LexisNexis) and Saggerson on Travel Law and Litigation (Wildy & Sons).
In the fourth part of this series, Monisha Shah and Matthew Chapman KC address Competency B: ‘Written and Oral Advocacy’ and the ways in which applicants and assessors can evidence excellence
The Chair of the Bar reports back
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