9 Park Place, headed by David Elias KC, is the leading multi disciplinary set for Wales, offering a formidable community of barristers who offer exceptional legal advice and advocacy across all our practice areas.
With over 60 barristers, including six Silks, 9 Park Place is one of the biggest common law sets in Wales, working across borders and on many of the most high profile cases on circuit, to support a diverse range of clients.
Established more than 75 years ago, 9 Park Place offers a wide range of legal services in a range of practice areas including family law, all aspects of civil law, commercial, chancery and property, crime and fraud, inquests & inquiries, personal injury, public sector & human rights, regulatory & disciplinary, immigration and employment law.
“9 Park Place is a standout set on the Wales & Chester Circuit praised by sources for its ‘excellent range of counsel able to deal with all aspects of cases’.”
(Chambers UK)
Members of chambers frequently appear in high value and significant cases ranging from the Supreme Court, Court of Appeal and High Court to the County Court, Crown Court, tribunals and before professional disciplinary panels in England and Wales.
“9 Park Place is a highly regarded and well-respected chambers. The strength in depth offered by the chambers is second to none. 9 Park Place also regularly offers high quality training events, which are always well attended. It is a go-to set.”
(Legal 500)
Our clients include solicitors, local government, government agencies, corporate bodies and individuals.
“9 Park Place provides a wealth of professional, talented, knowledgeable, approachable and hardworking barristers…they always strive to achieve the best possible outcome for the client and they will actively communicate with the instructing solicitor before, during and following the outcome of the case.”
“The Chambers at 9 Park Place are by far the best set of chambers in Cardiff. They are highly professional in their interaction with solicitors and clients.”
(Legal 500)
Our team of experienced mediators and arbitrators can assist in the resolution of disputes.
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Exceptional client care
Excellence in client care and collaboration underpin all that we do at 9 Park Place. We pride ourselves in offering a highly responsive and personal service, with a core understanding of our clients’ needs and in a modern legal landscape.
Our Clerking and Chambers Operations team members can be found here.
“9 Park Place continues to offer exceptional service, which is attentive, available and grounded.”
“The clerking team are extremely responsive and approachable. They have my confidence that they will go above and beyond to assist even at very short notice. Both the barristers and clerks are extremely approachable, personable, efficient and reliable.”
(Instructing Solicitors)
We recruit and nurture the brightest and most diverse array of legal talent to support the needs of our clients in an ever-changing legal market. Our commitment to mentorship of both barristers and staff and creating a positive, supportive working environment helps us attract and retain the best legal minds in Wales.
“The best chambers I have ever had the pleasure of dealing with. The chambers always conduct themselves with the utmost professionalism. 9 Park Place are great communicators and are always transparent with their fee structure.”
(Instructing Solicitor)
Our members are expertly supported by an experienced team of clerks and administrative staff to maintain our exceptionally high standards of client care, relationship management and professional development across chambers, helping to meet our clients’ needs in the most efficient and cost effective manner.
9 Park Place is able to offer city centre conference facilities, both within chambers or hosted securely online.
Pro Bono
9 Park Place is proud to have been amongst the first sets in the country to sign up and demonstrate a commitment to the Chambers Pro Bono Framework in 2023. The framework is run under the auspices of the Bar’s national pro bono charity, Advocate and provides us with a tangible opportunity to confirm our commitment to undertaking pro bono work and improving access to justice.
Bar Council Sustainability Network
Cyber Essentials Certified
9 Park Place is Cyber Essentials Certified (2024-2025). Cyber Essentials represents the UK Government’s minimum baseline standard for cyber security for organisations of all sizes in the UK. The annually renewable certification scheme is aligned to five technical controls designed to prevent the most common internet-based cyber security threats.
Cyber Essentials certification demonstrates that an organisation is protecting itself by implementing the most important cyber security controls. A team of experts review the scheme at regular intervals to ensure it stays effective in the ever-evolving threat landscape.
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Details on Regulation, our Equality and Diversity commitments, Complaints Procedures and our Policies can be found below.
Our barristers all trade as sole practitioners and are registered with and regulated by the Bar Standards Board of England and Wales.
9 Park Place is committed to respecting and understanding the cultural needs of its diverse and global client base, and is committed to equality and diversity in both recruitment and the provision of services. For further information on this, please view our Equality & Diversity Policy and current data, here.
Park Place Chambers (Cardiff) Limited/9 Park Place ‘Chambers’ is driven by values and commitment to inclusion, equality and diversity.
Chambers adopts a zero-tolerance approach to any form of racism. We recognise that the provision of equal opportunities in the workplace is not only right as a matter of principle and consistent with our core values, but that it is also good management practice. We dedicate time and resources to proactively establish a work environment in which members can live and work free from prejudice and discrimination.
It is unacceptable that anyone within Chambers experiences racism or discrimination of any kind.
Chambers is committed to promoting diversity and its members have a core duty not to discriminate unlawfully against any person.
Chambers accepts the recommendations of The Bar Council’s ‘Race at the Bar: A Snapshot Report’ and encourages all our barristers and staff to commit to essential action in order to make real change.
In the past year, issues of colour, ethnicity, and individual, systemic and structural racism as well as anti-Semitism have been at the forefront of our minds.
To this end, Chambers is committed to:
- Educating our members on how discrimination arises and the impact it has;
- producing an Anti-Racism action plan, which will include a race equality audit, and comprehensive anti-racism training for all members and staff;
- encouraging our members to attend anti-racism training;
- setting targets to provide an effective way of measuring both our challenges and our results;
- support our members to involve themselves in initiatives to improve diversity at the Bar;
- taking positive action to encourage applications from under-represented groups to apply for pupillage at Chambers to best support equality of opportunity in our recruitment process.
Chambers makes this statement to signal its intent to fight racism and discrimination in all its forms and will continue to review and develop our action plan by assessing and reflecting on its progress.
We welcome feedback and encourage ideas to help us improve diversity. Please contact Lisa Hunt lhunt@9parkplace.co.uk to discuss this further.
This policy has been approved & authorised by Chambers Management Committee.
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Date of last Review: |
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19.7.24 |
LISA HUNT |
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11.9.24 |
LISA HUNT |
9 Park Place prides itself on our client care and outstanding service. More information on our complaints procedure, with contact details and processes, can be found here.
Every organisation has a responsibility to the people it serves and to its community to conduct its affairs ethically and to seek to ensure that those with whom it works are also maintaining proper levels of responsibility.
9 Park Place aspires to an open, inclusive, responsible and philanthropic culture. Our attitude to Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) reflects our moral compass and the corporate personality of our organisation.
Access to the Profession
9 Park Place is currently discussing a new mentoring scheme which aims to encourage and support those from underrepresented groups to consider becoming barristers.
We believe in equal opportunity and recognise the challenges inherited by young people today when it comes to building a sustainable career.
We have taken part in the 10,000 Black Interns programme over the last two years to play our part in making the Bar a profession of equal representation and opportunity. This initiative provides paid training and work experience opportunities.
9 Park Place endeavours to promote education outreach in schools and enhance accessibility to the profession for less-advantaged social groups and areas.
We have also taken part in the LEDLET Scheme for many years. The Lord Edmund Davies Legal Education Trust, or LEDLET for short, is an independent charity established in 2013 to serve young people living in Wales or having a connection with Wales who are interested in entering the legal profession. The charity is run by a team of trustees from a diverse range of legal backgrounds, all with connections to Wales.
In particular, LEDLET was founded with the aim of ensuring that no one in society would conclude that their background would prevent them from entering the law. Candidates are introduced to the profession and helping them to understand the work of Barristers and staff.
Charitable Funding & Giving
The barristers and staff at Chambers are regularly organising, participating in and donating to fundraising events of a variety of charitable causes.
We regularly support a local charity Ty Hafan who provide comfort, care and support to children with life-shortening conditions and their loved ones.
We have held a legal seminar to raise funding in support of the Children and Family Cardiff Contact Centre, Adamsdown, Cardiff, which was in a difficult financial position due to the impact of Covid-19.
Environmental and Sustainability
We are committed to reducing our carbon footprint here at 9 Park Place. We are keep to pursue opportunities to improve our sustainability by minimising the environmental impact of our operations, specifically by reducing waste and conserving energy.
In 2021, Chambers joined the Bar Sustainability Network to further this work. https://www.barcouncil.org.uk/bar-council-services/for-chambers-and-aetos/bar-sustainability-network.html The network provides a range of services and support for Chambers to transition to a more sustainable way of working.
Our People
Chambers actively promotes the health and wellbeing of our staff, members and pupils. Our Wellbeing committee seeks initiatives to provide regular support to all at 9 Park Place.
We have a deserved reputation as one of the friendliest chambers for pupils and tenants alike and enjoy a supportive and positive working environment.
View 9 Park Place Chambers’ online General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Privacy Policy here.
9 Park Place is Cyber Essentials Certified.
Information on our Professional Liability Insurance and Contractual Terms can be found here.