In November 2020 Old Court Chambers joined Park Square Barristers.
Old Court Chambers has its origins from a group of barristers who left Chambers at 71A Borough Road, Middlesbrough in the early 1990’s to form a new chambers at 9 Baker Street, Middlesbrough. The Head of Chambers was Gerard Ford, who remained Head until 2003. Others involved at that time included Shaun Dryden and Paul Newcombe, who remain in chambers to this day. Shaun Dodds, Stephen Constantine and Cath Fagan now practise elsewhere. John Constable and Ian Bradshaw have both retired. John Gillette has moved onto more exciting things in Africa and Warren Grier is sadly is no longer with us. Nigel Soppitt and Chris Baker, who remain in chambers today, joined soon after.
In 2000, Old Court Chambers moved to their present address and adopted their present name because of chambers proximity to the original Crown Court in what is now the Magistrates’ Court. At various times John Constable, Paul Newcombe and Nigel Soppitt have all been Head of Chambers.
For over 30 years, Old Court Chambers have provided high quality legal representation to clients in Teesside, Durham, Newcastle and the surrounding area.
Since 2020 this has continued as Park Square Barristers. Paul Abrahams is a Director at PSQB and Head of the Teesside office with the highly experienced Dan Foulger as the Senior Clerk.
Barristers, pupils and staff are continuously joining the Teesside team as PSQB looks to grow in the North East.
Our modern Teesside office occupies prime location on the Ground Floor at 2 Centre Square, which is a stones throw from the main entrance to Teesside Combined Court.
Telephone: 01642 232523
Email: clerksteesside@psqb.co.uk
Contact our clerks
Dan Foulger – Teesside Senior Clerk – danfoulger@psqb.co.uk
Claire Gibson – Clerk – claire@psqb.co.uk
Emma Gibson – Clerk – emma@psqb.co.uk
Kate Ingledew – Clerk – kateingledew@psqb.co.uk