2 Hare Court

[5] Established in the 1967,[6] It employs 77 barristers,[7] including 23 King's Counsel and several former prosecutors, including those who have acted as First Senior, Senior and Junior Treasury Counsel – barristers appointed by the Attorney General to prosecute the most serious and complex criminal cases to come before the courts.

[8] 2 Hare Court is a Grade I listed building that houses barristers' chambers in the Inner Temple.

[10] In 2000, 2 Hare Court building was extensively refurbished.

[11] The set's practice areas include: Members of chambers have prosecuted and defended in many high-profile criminal cases, including murder and terrorism, with head of chambers Jonathan Laidlaw KC[3] defending News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks accused of phone hacking,[12] Oliver Glasgow KC prosecuting Constance Briscoe (not a member of 2HC chambers), barrister and a part-time judge[13] who was imprisoned for perverting the course of justice in the Chris Huhne scandal,[14] Robert Rinder, barrister specialising in financial crime[15] best known for his role on the reality courtroom series Judge Rinder,[16] who in September 2016 became the first daytime TV judge to compete in the fourteenth series of Strictly Come Dancing,[17] and Orlando Pownall KC who represented the Premier League footballer Adam Johnson[18] at a trial over child sex allegations.

Mr Justice Edis,[20] who practised in chambers until 2013 when he was appointed a Justice of the High Court,[21] and Dame Bobbie Cheema-Grubb,[22] former member who practised in chambers until November 2015,[23] when she was appointed a High Court judge.