Michael Spencer

Michael Spencer accepts instructions in all areas of Chambers’ work and is developing a broad practice, particularly in Clinical Negligence, Personal Injury, Tax, Immigration, Social Security, Public Law and Human Rights.  He has appeared in courts and tribunals in a variety of civil hearings on behalf of both claimants and defendants.

Prior to coming to the bar, Michael had a career as a solicitor-advocate specialising in public law and human rights, with a particular emphasis on asylum support and social security law.  He has worked at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP, the Asylum Support Appeals Project, the Child Poverty Action Group, and as a Judicial Assistant to Lord Kerr at the UK Supreme Court.