Law Pod UK Ep. 134: the significant cases of 2020 - Jan 2021
Michael Spencer accepts instructions in all areas of Chambers’ work and is developing a broad practice, particularly in Clinical Negligence, Personal Injury, Tax, Environmental law, Immigration, Discrimination, Public Law, Human Rights and Data Protection & Cyber law. 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 successful career as a solicitor-advocate specialising in public law and human rights. 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.
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‘See’ you at the Bar Council Pupillage Fair 2020 - Oct 2020
Delighted to virtually join the Bar Council Pupillage Fair on 17th October. Chat through what we do, a career at the Bar and meet our barristers on the 2nd floor. Read about Rajkiran Barhey's...
London Legal Support Trust x10 Challenge - Oct 2020
Each year 1COR raise money to provide access to justice through their support of the London Legal Support Trust (LLST), usually through a 10km walk and the Great Legal Bake Off. London Legal Support...
Michael Spencer secures Sure Start Maternity Grant for refugees and kinship carers - Jun 2020
In SK & LL v SSWP, Michael Spencer successfully represented a refugee mother and a kinship carer in a discrimination challenge to the rules for awarding a Sure Start Maternity Grant (SSMG)....
Michael Spencer contributes to 3rd edition of the legal handbook for disabled children - Mar 2020
Disabled Children: a legal handbook LAG, 3rd Edition is an excellent, easily understood guide to the legal rights of disabled children, young people and their families in England. It is intended as a...
‘Judicial review trends and forecasts 2019: Public law and technology’ with the Public Law Project - Oct 2019
We are looking forward to taking part in the Public law Project's all day conference on 'Judicial review trends and forecasts 2019: Public law and technology'. Talks and workshops will examine the...
Jo Moore, Michael Spencer and Thomas Beamont volunteer at Roehampton University Mock Trial - May 2019
On the morning of Thursday 30th May 2019, 40 Pathways to Law Year 10 Summer School students learnt about how a trial works before bravely facing each other to be judged in a Mock Trial. 1COR’s Head...
1COR welcome Michael Spencer as a tenant - May 2019
Following the successful completion of his pupillage, we are delighted to announce that Michael Spencer has become a tenant at 1 Crown Office Row. He will be seeking to develop a civil practice in a...
1COR welcomes new pupils Darragh Coffey, Thomas Beamont and Michael Spencer - Oct 2018
