The private room or office of a judge.
The private office of a judge, usually close to the courtroom so that the judge can enter the court from behind the bench and not encounter people on the way.
Independent barristers are self-employed, but are usually grouped together to form chambers. Every chambers has an experienced barrister at its head, a number of members of varying seniority and usually a clerk who is responsible for distributing work among members. Members are also known as tenants.
The judge or master’s office.
A room or apartment in a house, usually a private room, and especially a bedroom.
(or "Set"). This is the barrister's place of business. The barrister is normally self-employed, but rents office space and hires the services of support personnel, (including the Barrister's Clerk) from a specific chambers. Chambers therefore consists of a number of barristers and other personnel, undertaking an agreed range of bar related work.
The judges office, usually adjacent to the courtroom.
This has two meanings: a private room or courtroom from which the public are excluded, in which a judge may conduct certain sorts of hearings, for example family cases; or offices used by a barrister.
The office of a barrister or Judge.
Private office of a judge or justice.
a hearing "in chambers" is a hearing in private, i.e. in court closed to the public (and the press).
1 rooms for the use of judges or other court officials, adjacent to the courtroom; 2 offices occupied by barristers.
Private office or room of a judge.
The private office of a Judge or Commissioner, where s/he hears motions and signs orders when not holding court.
A private office suite for the judge and staff. Proceedings, which are held in chambers, are rarely open to the press, and are only open to the media by permission of the judge.
The offices used by barristers and the judge's private office.
The offices of a judge and his or her staff.
on a bi–weekly basis one judge of the Court of Appeal, sitting in a court room, hears and determines preliminary motions on the appeal as presented by either party; the court room is called "chambers"; "chambers" also refers to the nature of the process in such phrases as "judge sitting in chambers"
A type of court where the judge makes a decision based upon affidavit evidence alone rather than oral testimony. Chambers applications usually take 10 to 20 minutes in total. If they are more complicated they should be scheduled for a special chambers date. At some court houses there is a separate chambers for family matters.
A judge is said to "sit in Chambers" when he is hearing a case in private, as opposed to open court. Almost all divorce proceedings are heard in this way. The word "chambers" can also mean the offices in which barristers work and "a set of Chambers" describes a group of barristers who have agreed to share certain facilities and services. Barristers are not allowed to enter into partnership together.
Private office suite of the judge and his/her staff. Proceedings held in chambers are rarely open to the press, and only by permission of the judge.
The private office of a judge, which may be used for a hearing without the jury or public present. The judge's clerks and secretary may work in the judge's chambers.
A hearing before a Judge or District Judge in private, i.e. not in open court. There is no right of public access to a hearing in Chambers.
Chambers was a BBC produced radio and television sitcom. It was written by barrister Clive Coleman and starred John Bird and Sarah Lancashire in both versions. The radio version was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in three series between 1996 and 1999, and the television version was broadcast on BBC One.